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Episode 155 - 'Repent or Die': Panama's Jungle Death Cult
Manage episode 266595055 series 2139076
Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie...
Sources:
The Missionary podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/
https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect
https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629
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Manage episode 266595055 series 2139076
Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie...
Sources:
The Missionary podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/
https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect
https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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