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Jane Borden: Cults Like Us

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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What is the origin story of cults? Author Jane Borden says it goes all the way back to the Puritans and their doomsday beliefs. She says that from the beginning, we’ve been a nation of easy marks for con artists and manipulators. She tells me about her book, Cults Like Us.

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