The Great Eleven

Sacrifices, suspected murders, and the hidden corpse of a teenage priestess… In the 1920s, May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth led a cult based in Simi Valley, California, that promised eternal life but became infamous for its deathly rituals and disappearances. Hannah and Suruthi dive in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Their promises are alluring and their influence oh-so-subtle. Every week on Sinister Societies, friends Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire examine the unbelievable crimes and everyday insidiousness of cults. Expect plenty of prophets, apocalypses, and doom... alongside everything from bunkers and booze to utopias and URLs. A Spotify Original from Parcast.