Return To The Shiny Happy People Cult Compound Part 2 - With Lindsey Williams | Friends With Davey

Join Davey Jackson and Lindsey Williams LIVE as they talk about what it was like going back to the the compounds where they lived while still in the Shiny Happy People cult.
The Shiny Happy People Cult (IBLP) owned compounds or "Training Centers" all over the world under the supervision of cult leader, Bill Gothard. Today, many of the compounds are no longer owned by the cult and have been abandoned or repurposed.
Years later, Davey and Lindsey have both returned to the old sites of the compounds. They discuss their unique experiences of seeing the former compounds where they were subjected to brain washing, solitary confinement, and abuse.
Part 2 of "Return To The Shiny Happy People Cult Compound"
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[@LindaMarlene7]

Lindsey, your story is relevant and believed regardless of buildings being present or not. I am so sorry the two of you had to go through the evil that presented itself as Christian. I disagree that going through the horror made you what you are today. I believe going through all that totally destroyed you. Yet you came through despite everything. I give no credit to Gothardites for the strong people you have become. I am glad you have found your voice. I am glad you speak out against the evil you encountered in the name of Christianity. I know it has helped me to see and understand things that happened to me. Thank you both for sharing your stories.

[@thecultchronicles]

Thank You Linda. It means a lot to hear how telling our stories are helping others. I do agree with you that Gothardites didn't make me who I am though they were a part of my life journey. It's pretty validating to look back at these haunted places realizing with extreme pride the human I became. I never ever would have thought I'd be who I am now. Thanks to ME! :-)

[@JCScavage97]

Amazing job you two! Lindsey, thank you for sharing. I find that many of your stories help me to piece my own chronicles together. This parallels my high-school saga and post high-school experience. I too left a similar environment with my husband in my early 20s. I thank my husband for opening my eyes initially to things that seemed normal too. We both saw different things, but it's taken me several years to process this. Thanks you guys for helping me through my own healing process. It's a journey too but I am on the brighter side. After being out 20+ years, it's amazing to hear "your not crazy & your not alone!" 💕

[@lavenderbluemama953]

Great job, guys. Thank you. Lindsey, when you were describing the decline & decay, all I could think about is a Harry Potteresque glamour spell, that couldn't maintain itself anymore. I have a strict Southern Baptist (with a couple IBLP seminars) upbringing that was also S-abusive & I remember as a child, the teachings painted a beautiful holy world that I believed in & was aspiring to be worthy of, but the reality that resided beneath the facade in our home was simultaneously terrifying & ugly. As a child/teen, when you're forced to exist between these two opposing atmospheres, you can't logically reconcile it, but you have to anyway. And often the only way we can attempt to do so, at the time, is to blame everything wrong or confusing on ourselves & not the adults who abuse us. Even later, when you realize that what you were groomed to believe about yourself is false & you see the ugly reality beneath the glamour-spell, both narratives still linger in the background of your (hi)story & sometimes leave you reeling. I could feel every moment of your struggle, as you described the decline & also the Titanic scene analogy was perfect, as far as how the memories sort of bombard you, wavering between the past & the present. I appreciate the strength of you, Davey, & Chad in revisiting one of the tangible strongholds of your pasts.

[@thecultchronicles]

You are not far off the mark. It is SO strange to see!

[@katwitanruna]

Break the silence. Break the cycle.

[@hollywebster6844]

Don't feel bad, Davey. My high school boyfriend stole his mother's eyebrow pencil to try to make his moustache darker. So, you're not the only one! 😂

[@daveyjaxx]

😂😂😂

[@shanmarielewis330]

OMG Happy Tree Friends!!! I totally forgot about that. Takes me back to sophomore year & flirting with my now-husband on a band trip to Disney World. lolol.

[@katwitanruna]

Liked. Shared. Commented. Up the algorithm!

[@TheGnosticGospelHour]

Holly is an off the charts Gothardite. I've had my moments with her when I was on twitter because she came for me when I started calling Bill out on a regular basis. I am no longer on twitter I stick to substack these days (way less toxic there) but I do have a tik tok account and will be following her son I really want to see the replay of the live he did with you guys. Holly will swear up and down that she is not a Gothardite but only a "third party interested in the truth" lol. She's so OBVIOUSLY Gothardite it makes my stomach turn. She's got the same sing song voice like all the old Gothardite women have. BTW she's got a youtube channel for her "Shiny Happy Slander" nonsense that no one gives a fuck about so there's that. Loved this talk with you two today love love love all of the docu siblings except for paul and morgan for obvious reasons. lol

[@andynewman9637]

I thought I was the only one that knew about homestar runner "the system is down"

[@pachygyriaqueen4684]

It's called exposure therapy, that you guys did by going back to Indy.

[@HPsquared]

Omg so my mom took me to a few conferences...I live in Indiana so it was quite prevalent in our church. In Honesty, I think my mom didn't qualify to have me join. She was divorced twice by that point and had an illegitimate child (hallelujah, thank god) irony intended... Anyway, point is I remember being weirded out by the red carpets and the little robot lord children that were presented walking all around in single isle. I have/had homeschooled friends that followed the curriculum and I remember being envious of their adamant devotion. I would never measure up. I HATED my mom but only in secret. I saw the documentary (SHP) when it came out. It all fell into place then. Holy shit. This is the part of childhood that confused me so much. To my core... It was narcissism in group form. En masse So there's a whole group of people like my mom?! Omg. Trauma envelope me! AND it did. I am THE most confused human I have ever known. Real life was more like molestation, psychological torture, identity disorder and hostage scenarios. I would never live my youth again. Thank you and SO many others to bring g this crazy shit to light and also to talk about the aftermath. The after is so important for people like me.

[@claycasassa4757]

I was Life Focus 1. Can you get Brandon McDonald on the show? Would be super interesting to hear from him!

[@daveyjaxx]

Sorry for your loss 😂 but for real I would love to get brandon on just not sure how to contact him

[@claycasassa4757]

@@daveyjaxx Who spilled the beans that he's gay? Someone 3 degrees of separation away knows how to get in touch with him!

[@Schu0086]

Is there a link to this livestream that happened with Holly’s son and the group from SHP? I want to watch this but I might have missed when you said what channel it was.

[@thecultchronicles]

I don't believe it is available anywhere at this time.

[@xochitlkitty]

@9:27 gossip for god🤣🤣🤣

[@carladqcheers15]

When is Bryce coming back?

[@VElizabethWhitecrochet]

You know, I was thinking of Wally from the youtube channel JW Thoughts, maybe compare your respective cult upbringings?

[@tiffanyclaycomb6494]

TROGDOR!!!!!

[@realhealthrealwealth]

Oooohhh, 1:23:00 it is CHRISTIANITY!! reLIEgions, Every Seed Produces After Its Own Kind ~ Every reLIEgion Produces After Its Own Kind ~ Every Seed Produces After Its Own Kind ~ Every Book god Produces After Its Own Kind ~ Every CULT Produces After Its Own Kind ~