Ep: 70 The Cult of the Great Eleven Part 2
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Being Dead Serious podcast
Episode 70
The cult of The Great 11: part 2
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The Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven (yes, that was the actual name) AKA: The cult of aThe Great 11 was a 1920s cult in California run by May Otis Blackburn, who convinced people she was chosen by God to reveal the secrets of the universe—like a cosmic TED Talk, but with more purple capes.
She promised immortality, buried treasure, and spiritual enlightenment and death resurrections which, let’s be honest, sounds like the plot of a really bad Indiana Jones sequel.
Things got sketchy fast, with followers mysteriously dying, burned alive, blood orgies and a lot of money "donated" for those divine secrets that never quite showed up.
Join us as we unravel how a cult promising eternal life and buried gold turned into a true crime circus.
Spoiler: no one found the treasure, but the drama? Priceless.
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