River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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Episode 45 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a Hong Kong man who teaches a course on how to dominate women but preyed on the men who signed up for the course, blackmailing them into paying him more money, the legendary Aussie Ladder Man - who was arrested for stealing a ladder and went on to give one of the most ridiculous and tangential police interviewers ever recorded.
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https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3174951/devil-details-hong-kong-online-dating-coach-arrested
https://hongkonglondongold.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/%E5%91%A8%E5%BB%BA%E5%B8%8C-chau-kin-hei-%E8%A9%90%E9%A8%99%E3%80%81%E7%BA%8F%E6%93%BE%E3%80%81%E6%81%90%E5%9A%87/
https://katouotome.com/2017/05/09/ray-chau-%E5%91%A8%E5%BB%BA%E5%B8%8C/
https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/pick-up-artist-professor-devil-arrested-for-using-unfair-trade-practices-to-sell-online-dating-classes/
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/240992/Customs-nabs-'Professor-Devil'-over-online-dating-techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLrOGDAxJ2g
https://podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/the-snake-and-the-ladderman/id1501054880?i=1000489146081
https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-woman-grabs-armed-robbers-testicles-after-he-breaks-into-her-home-20210809
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/four-years-jail-for-bungling-car-892034
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/vatican-museum-tourist-smashes-statues/index.html
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-toowoomba/nathan-james-ramsey-found-with-ice-in-his-bum-by-hospital-staff-treating-him/news-story/83e97c0ee8eed1dd7742ff822b049667
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Episode 45 of World's Dumbest Criminals is about a Hong Kong man who teaches a course on how to dominate women but preyed on the men who signed up for the course, blackmailing them into paying him more money, the legendary Aussie Ladder Man - who was arrested for stealing a ladder and went on to give one of the most ridiculous and tangential police interviewers ever recorded.
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https://hongkonglondongold.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/%E5%91%A8%E5%BB%BA%E5%B8%8C-chau-kin-hei-%E8%A9%90%E9%A8%99%E3%80%81%E7%BA%8F%E6%93%BE%E3%80%81%E6%81%90%E5%9A%87/
https://katouotome.com/2017/05/09/ray-chau-%E5%91%A8%E5%BB%BA%E5%B8%8C/
https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/pick-up-artist-professor-devil-arrested-for-using-unfair-trade-practices-to-sell-online-dating-classes/
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/240992/Customs-nabs-'Professor-Devil'-over-online-dating-techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLrOGDAxJ2g
https://podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/the-snake-and-the-ladderman/id1501054880?i=1000489146081
https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-woman-grabs-armed-robbers-testicles-after-he-breaks-into-her-home-20210809
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/four-years-jail-for-bungling-car-892034
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