6 True Scary Cult Survivor Horror Stories (Vol. 2)

[@LetsReadPodcast]

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[@bexyrexy]

Thanks for the time stamps L.R.!

[@gabrylromero1912]

Hey please set your commercials at the beginning. I listen to relax go to sleep. I like you as a narrator but its hard to enjoy when im shocked out of sleep.

[@superlurf]

THANK YOU FOR CULT STORIES!

[@wihh87]

@@gabrylromero1912 you are sleeping to creepy stories so mabye that's the jump scare 😂

[@gabrylromero1912]

@@wihh87 I'm happy my anxiety is a joke to you.

[@raechytown5685]

Everyone talks about the awesome new intro but do you know how much I appreciate the chirping birds at the end after listening to all the creepiness

[@Stopstaring101]

Raechy Town I know right! Me too! Then you hear Joel’s happy voice saying, “Hi friends...”

[@cnew5648]

I dread that sound bc I wish the stories went on forever 😂

[@lipsticklisa]

@@cnew5648 Was just gonna say same 😂

[@nessylovesyouu]

It's the light at the end of a very dark and creepy tunnel.

[@luckydal2059]

It instantly calms me back down!

[@d.l.starling6684]

im glad you included the branch davidians. its very sad that the world has forgotten it. a lot of mistakes were made in waco

[@ddylla85]

The government's actions at Ruby Ridge and Waco are responsible for the Murrah Federal building bombing in 1995.

[@d.l.starling6684]

@@ddylla85 well basically they just used scorched earth rather than admit they screwed up. they're pretty ok with sacrificing american lives to cover their own butts.

[@tekbarrier]

ddylla85 no, Timothy McVeigh is responsible. No one forced that piece of trash to do what he did.

[@sabermyth4017]

Was just about to watch one of your vids when you uploaded

[@teresabrewer4052]

One of my favorite videos ..great work!!

[@gabrylromero1912]

Hey please set your commercials at the beginning. I listen to relax go to sleep. I like you as a narrator but its hard to enjoy when im shocked out of sleep.

[@Leanne_w]

I never get a ad throughout the stories.

[@annaliezze3713]

Lake Eildon is popular holiday spot that I’ve been to before whattt how did I not know about the cult

[@smokedchedda1421]

Jim Jones was far from loving, lets just get that straight. He was narcissistic, manipulative, deceiving, selfish and thoroughly evil.

[@iulia.bianca.b]

@@IskanderKhan Hate to break it to you, but those were all tactics. He 'love bombed' them and made them feel accepted. He preyed on minorities, as they felt isolated and discriminated against. That's how he brainwashed them and had power over them. That's a smart man, that used his intelligence for vile things. He fooled them, and lots more people watching from the outside, just like you. That's the same thing missionaries and religious leaders did to the slaves and natives they subdued. Used religion to "tame" them, and it still holds up to this day unfortunately. Brainwashing is downright disgusting. None of those who died deserved their freedom taken away in such a deceptive manner.

[@alyssaann5537]

🖤🖤🖤

[@beth-rg8bm]

32:00 ATF cluster fuc#!

[@tearsofjoyforallthispain]

Waco is one of the saddest and scariest things to have happened in recent US history. The government fucking railroaded those people. It was sick. And could be done to any of our communities in a heartbeat.

[@tearsofjoyforallthispain]

Ps, the government is like a cult, if you really think about it.

[@wilfredostretz3350]

The guy that was in an occult when a child , you are the perfect example that no matter what happens in ones life a humanbieng has the ability to bounce back from anything im sorry for ehat you went through as a child im proud of you how you overcame all

[@valerieschannel8902]

Punctuation would be great. Hard to read it like that.

[@vvspurpp2947]

@@valerieschannel8902 😂

[@LivingDeadBabyDoll]

@@valerieschannel8902and correct spelling/vocabulary 👀 but nonetheless, such a sweet, compassionate and kindhearted thought ❤

[@jamesthomson3372]

You all got what he was saying tho. Why b hung up on vocabulary? Not everyone has the education or learning a lot of us have. Anyway, peace to you all

[@thomashunter7190]

Hey Read hows it going brother? Wife's still loving your vids so once again thank you for making her Cancer treatment recoveries more tolerable. She loves when you upload new vids and I play them for her.

[@WolfStreak]

I wish you and your wife well. I'm glad she found something to keep her strong.

[@cheezontoast3375]

That second one is freaking ridiculous of my goodness. After the "Father" died and the wife had the nerve to have a rule that told members to send 10 percent of the income to the church? Are you freaking kidding me? Let it go sis, IT'S OVER.

[@everythingisalie3363]

😂😂

[@rileymcdaniel5271]

It's the typical christain cult way smh

[@acidicbliss_]

Not gonna lie, story number 4 just reminds me of that episode of Criminal Minds. If you know, *_you know_*

[@yazelhernandez1463]

Itzel I was thinking the same thing! Apparently the episode was based on that event

[@acidicbliss_]

Yaz Now when I hear that story i just won’t stop thinking about that episode lol

[@ddylla85]

The Waco Siege.

[@Cure_Hana]

I’ve never been in a cult, nor do I have any intention to, but there’s something morbidly fascinating about how these organizations are easily able to manipulate the public and work in secret under the nose of local authorities.

[@BenDover-d9w]

Ye like there in society hidden and try to hide its like hypnosis or something

[@WokeandProud]

The Jim Jones one was just sad, he became so consumed by his own ideology and hatred and cynicism that he became exactly what he hated the most, an oppressor.

[@maevelesan2972]

he was just a evil fucker who liked to take advantage of helpess people. He wasn't consumed. He was evil and selfish. Its just sad that he had to take innocent, good people with him.

[@WokeandProud]

@@maevelesan2972 Human beings are a bit more complex then good and evil dude that black and white view helps nothing and just makes you look like an ignorant noob.

[@jaredbrown3726]

You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain

[@samswoman2009]

640 views in 17 minutes - almost 38 views a minute!

[@ArtzillaAysha]

Good time to listen while editing my art video 😀💜 much love Let’s Read, I wish you all a fantastic week.😘🤗

[@ArtzillaAysha]

Immanuel Kant awesome haha😄👏🏻

[@georgemiser]

Jim Jones is the living embodiment of the saying ''You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.''

[@SHENNA802]

The intro is everything

[@Bongtheripperr]

I learned a lot about sun myung moon. He would literally randomly choose couples to marry. Usually different cultures. And then marry them all at once

[@tjduncan8166]

Shout out to my home town Tyler tx...first time I hear my town mentioned and it's related to a cult leader SMH

[@Zero911jlb]

I knew the last one would be Jim Jones

[@acidicbliss_]

I’ve never been this early. I’m *_HONORED_*

[@racerx009]

Then you deserve a ⭐!

[@johnjessup942]

Here you go🍪

[@andrewdecker9031]

Jiu-mo-gwai-gwaai-faai-di-zau. Jiu-mo-gwai-gwaai-faai-di-zau. Jiu-mo-gwai-gwaai-faai-di-zau lol ONE MOOORE THING, Jiu-mo-gwai-gwaai-faai-di-zau.

[@ambidial60]

Jackieeeeeee!!

[@scud4752]

Yes I’ve been waiting for this love your voice❤️

[@ChaoticUrges]

50:35 What the cat do to deserve this?

[@humanskinnergames4520]

Probably a Chinese amiright

[@pailanaburke203]

This was extremely interesting...more than you will ever know. Thank you for exposing what can happen to many who are empty inside & easily persuaded.

[@Mal1ily]

Tʜɪs ɴᴇᴡ ɪɴᴛʀᴏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴏʟᴇsᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀ

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

One thing that often gets overlooked about Aum Shinrykio is that the guy responsible for making the saren fucked up and didn’t make it right. If he had made it correctly, the death toll would have been in the thousands. That little slipup saved thousands of lives and prevented the attack from being far, far worse.

[@megane8421]

goodmorning x

[@blazefire8119]

The children of god still exists, it’s under a different name, David’s 2nd wife is currently running it.

[@iulia.bianca.b]

That's fucked up and frightening...

[@Sunquids]

im dutch now im scared

[@zk420zk]

What nationality were you before you got scared?

[@Sunquids]

@@zk420zk thats an awful quistion if been dutch my whole life

[@rickc2102]

Accidental discharge, yeah... That's why we responsible types call it negligent discharge.

[@samuelmendoza8086]

Rick C it shouldn’t be surprising knowing how things are ran round here

[@dayanirarodriguez642]

Cant sleep without Hearing Ur Stories ThankYou So Much..1:22am

[@HighlightOfAshleyAshleymaher]

🖤🖤🖤

[@tekbarrier]

I wanted to start my own doomsday cult, but when I went to buy the required Russian military attack helicopter, Walmart was sold out 😥😔

[@sleepyeyes5056]

Yesss finally early ❤️ Love your vids

[@theflyingsceptile8432]

Just got home from early morning shift this is just what I need

[@bobbisue313]

What time is it where you are?

[@theflyingsceptile8432]

Bobbi Sue it was about 3:30 at that time

[@charliekirkpatrick6883]

Thank you Let's Read 💓💮😊

[@flightlessjade]

there’s a REALLY good documentary about anne hamilton byrne and the family if anyone’s interested about learning more about the first story

[@stephaniemarie3587]

flightless jade Netflix? Title?

[@wackypuppet6980]

I just noticed to know about Midway of the video at Dumbledore in the background of the image😂

[@lucienaround4501]

Thanks for reaching to me in illiterate

[@DiabeticlySweet87]

Pizza and let's read tonight! 🍕

[@persona5305]

3rd. I'm a survivor of that cult. they don't considered themselves as cult now since they've grown in numbers to be considered as legit religion but they like to pretend as Christians. half of my life i spent for that cult. let's read touched just the surface of that cult. I could write a book about my life and experiences and how I overcome it.

[@marcelinevonschrute9850]

Wait, the 4th story starts with “…his mother was 14 years old and his father abandoned them” you mean an adult male raped a 14yo and run away… call it by its name, no 14yo can be consensually pregnant.

[@martymcfly4654]

No offense I know this sounds a bit fucked up but if a cult leader told me they were the reincarnation of god or Jesus I'd just point to a tower block and say "prove it jump off there and if you survive I'll join the cult"

[@lax9586]

My mom worked in the next city over from the branch davidian compound. She said they had to close the whole town down in order to get out of the chaos.

[@tekbarrier]

Bellmead?

[@Spiritueli]

the first story ... he was very very lucky, as kind people are extremely rare. as a survivor, i can attest that, as most of the people will just take advantage of the situation you are in. as i like to say it, alsmot all people are actually demons in human disguise

[@niccolehoody7317]

I never unstand why go to these places

[@massacretexas5885]

True cult stories vol. 3???? Please

[@elliecabadas7375]

Waiting for this vid lol

[@yootoobyooser9814]

Creepy one ! Awesome vid man!

[@nanakapyon5481]

i love the intro 💖 and love your narrations

[@ericac.brooks1851]

I love creeepy stories about cults what about deep southren states folk lore

[@samferrara1150]

Omg you got one of The Family kids to tell his story??!!! Wow. Hamilton Byrne died just recently. Hideous woman. Awful.

[@jaredbrown3726]

In the Waco one I feel like they should of used Barbie girl for the psychological warfare

[@klaythompson6271]

So early!!

[@suzietheadventurer7695]

I love, love, LOVE the oldschool vibe of your intros! Feels like watching and old VCR 😊

[@MissIsley]

Just what I wanted!

[@Dom_Inator22]

Those Damn peggies

[@thornuhh]

Greetings you fabulous Earthlings and Happy Saturday!!! 👋👽I bring Keto friendly cookies to all you friendly Earthlings 🍪Don't mind me, just cruising by:::::::::::::::::🛸

[@f.b.i.8590]

How could I forget about that raid

[@keelw13]

for the first one. "blue suit and bleach blonde hair" fallout lmao

[@ra_fri]

CULTure....

[@Justchillingames03]

First

[@rambozeta]

You know the things will rapidly go bad in a cult when you hear "make us whole again"

[@jens2739]

You have the best narration voice ever. So clear easy to understand

[@AnnaVaughn4351]

I'm really digging this new intro yo!

[@batsnghostz]

Yeet the vapor wave intro is bacc

[@Saint_Dan132]

Thanks for Sharing. What a listen x

[@OscillatorCollective]

😱...that intro gives me chills..

[@Rainy..Day.]

Awesome,!!!!!

[@lorivaldez4839]

I love me some cult stories ☠️📖

[@deadbeatboy]

Amazing intro

[@sammccarthy3262]

I've been to lake Eldon camping :)

[@karenlarter712]

The final note on story one is perfect.

[@sabrinablackberry4]

iconic intro as usual joel

[@ark123stokes4]

The second story is a sex offender

[@alexishearn3592]

awesome intro!!!

[@yannana]

I love this intro

[@leannma42]

I hate cult stories. Gets my aggravated hearing these stories because I don’t understand how people can think that certain crazy things ask of them are normal, drugged or not. Religion should preach love for yourself, family and people, in general. Not “if you don’t do as I say, you will be punish...”

[@Hayden-Nix03]

Thank You, Joel!

[@angelinastar4741]

I am so thankful for the parents I have!

[@ladonamariposavigilis6447]

YOU HAVE MADE A PATRON FOR LIFE JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT THE "GRAPE FLAVOR AID''' correct!!!!!! This has been an absolute pet peeve of mine since I was big enough to reach and read my mother's true crime books!

[@Ceeboyforlife]

That’s a dope intro!

[@chrisortiz2466]

Love the new intro!!

[@luzcrispin3684]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🍿🥰

[@omega25137]

answering your las question: power

[@teriandjacobsworld]

Speaking of cult,I just seen people holding up signs saying Jehovah was coming,in front of Denny's no less...

[@TheWedabest]

Denny's lmao!!!

[@Boobop219]

Omg love the intro

[@bobbisue313]

Yes! Just got home from a hard day outside at work, shower, smoke, and chill . . .perfect timing

[@daniellehyde5869]

Ur the best ❤

[@janellerubi2139]

love you bunches let’s read

[@ImmortalVampire19]

What sound does a dying rabbit make?!

[@theelusiverainbow]

A horrible, high-pitched screaming.

[@mooselarock5596]

Intro music was dumb hard !!!🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾when you adddd that

[@iScAre1]

Aw man wish I shared my Cult story for this video it's pretty interesting

[@jolee9782]

Please tell it here, in the comments

[@iScAre1]

Honestly I didn’t realize I was in a cult until recently this year, which makes this a bit more scary. I was probably around 7, my deadbeat of a dad left my pregnant mom with 3 kids and we were really struggling financially. We were raised Roman Catholic, so we attended a regular Catholic Church every Sunday per usual. I guess this wasn’t doing it for my mom, we were in a really bad place and she wasn’t working due to paternal leave so by word of mouth, she found a “different” and “better” church. It was Catholic based, but don’t ask what it’s called or what exactly they preached because they all spoke Spanish and I was still an ignorant kid who didn’t care about what the adults were doing. This “church” took place in the back of an old, run down candle shop. My family would enter through the back of an ugly parking lot, through a small door and had to take our shoes off. We were met with a gentlemen in a wheelchair with a spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol who would spray our hands and order us the deeply inhale before entering to “eradicate all the demons”. It smelled horrible, made me feel dizzy but that’s what we had to do. Although children were allowed to go inside the “church” they weren’t allowed to actually attend in mass. So, anyone 12 and younger were forced to wait in the near pitch black front area of the candle shop. Mass would take anywhere from 1-3 hours, and I just remember being so bored the entire time. From what I remember there were 3 main member of the “church”. The man in the wheelchair like I mentioned, a skinny women dressed like the Virgin Mary, and the Priest, his name was Lazaro. I only remember because his name would be chanted or mentioned all the time even when us kids weren’t present in the room. There was also a dress code, but only for the women- who made up most of the attendants in the church. They all had to wear white dresses that were loose, with a white bandanna wrapped around their head, all in the name of “purity”. This is all I remember, the rest will be from the perspective of my older sister who was old enough to attend and understood the teachings...: The priest, Lazaro, believed to be a “healer” he could remove impurities and negativity just by touching you, so he was basically treated as a god. Apparently he had a thing for my mom, would “heal” her by rubbing his hands everywhere on her- all in the name of god. Lazaro hated my sister, she was a goth, and refused to put on the “dress code”, Lazaro would repeatedly call out my sister during mass as a bad model, exercising his disgust towards today’s youth and going off tangents on how ungodly they were. Eventually he convinced my mom to burn all her black clothing because they were “demonizing” her child. Of course my sister was pissed, there were expensive band t shirts in there. The nail in the coffin though, was when they performed an “exorcism” on my sister. Every member surrounded her, held her down, and started chanting things she couldn’t even translate. And Lazaro, “healed” her by touching various areas of her body. That’s when she snapped, and left the building, I couldn’t tell you how it was from my perspective because I was just locked inside a room with nothing to do at the time. I think we only attended this “church” for only a year and we stopped going altogether. Every meeting there would be less and less people, my mom being the one of the most loyal of followers, so it was a bit of a shock when we just stopped going. My sister and I theorized with how inappropriate the priest was acting towards all the women, that he only used this “religion” as a way to take advantage of poor, and desperate women on hard times. Unfortunately my mom fell for it, believed every word this “healer of god” spouted and let herself be taken advantage. Even now, when I mention the church we used to go to my mom would deny it, and say she has no idea what I’m talking about, I just drop it. Like I said, it wasn’t until recently that we found out this was a cult, mostly because these were buried memories we would rather forget. But when retelling all these stories to my in laws they just looked at each other and said, “you were in a cult!” It seems to fit. Hearing back on this I wish I could have done something, I wish I was more aware of how bizarre everything was but, I was just a child who could have easily been groomed by some sexual predator who claimed to have godly powers. I’m glad we got out of that before anything else happened, unfortunately it was all at my mothers expense

[@jolee9782]

@@iScAre1 I'm glad to hear youre out! I'm so sorry that you lost your mom to this creepy predator though :( did you have a place to go after everything?

[@iScAre1]

Jo Lee yeah we were all fine after, my mom got lots of help from her friends and other family members after this whole event. Although I’m not on speaking terms with her anymore (as evidenced by her gullibility in any man) I hope nothing worse happened beyond groping, but we wouldn’t know since she refuses to even acknowledge its existence

[@jolee9782]

@@iScAre1 I hate to say it, but there probably was more. it wouldn't surprise me if there was a lot of abuse and they relied on the shame of members to keep quiet. heck, abusers outside of cults rely on shame to keep their victims quiet. I'm sorry you all went through this, but you're very strong

[@TattooedPink]

YESSSSS cheers 😍 omg I love that new intro. Edit... My mum's bday is 1st May 1954 😶

[@messyartdesk8141]

For the first story: "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him." - Matthew 24:23 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many." -Matthew 24:5