S5 E8 | #CULTure: Fear in Northern Maine

I Want To Believe: Season 7

I Want to Believe the Podcast – S5 E8 – #CULTure: Fear in Northern Maine

Open Song - The Power by SNAP!

Close Song - Cult of Personality by Living Colour

Clips in episode from: What Makes Something a "Cult" by I Am Your Target Demographic

Also contains one clip from Blankenship's Facebook Page

Welcome to episode 8, season 5 of the I Want to Believe podcast!

The word “cult” is typically considered pejorative. And it seems the groups themselves tend to evolve into different archetypes. From destructive to doomsday cults to political and polygamist cults, and more. They all have varying definitions when considering pop culture, academia or whichever lens someone chooses to view a cult through.

During the 1960s, the counterculture movement in America was about peace, love, and happiness. Historians say that freedom of expression was the cornerstone of both the Civil rights and the Vietnam anti-war movements. But by the 1970s, America was filled with violent faiths and deadly cults. Charles Manson, Reverend Jim Jones, and many other cult leaders became common names in American households.

During parts of 2019 and 2020, the people of the small northern Maine town of Saint Agatha were concerned that a cult had started to take root in their quiet and safe hamlet. We’ll tell you more in a sec…

Before we jump into the episode, we wanted to provide the I Want to Believe social media & email links.

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Play the episode to hear what the fear in northern Maine was all about.

Sources: Sun Journal 1 | Sun Journal 2

Bangor Daily News 1 | Bangor Daily News 2

Fiddlehead Focus | WGME | Reddit

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