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A Christian True Crime Podcast where each week I tell a true horror story from Christian History to a guest.

Vivian Taylor


    • Apr 17, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 2m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    23 The Archbishop of Melbourne Who Would Rather Go To Jail Than Report Child Sexual Abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 37:50


    In August of 2017 the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia said that he would rather go to jail than report sexual abuse against a child. Join us today as we explore the archbishop's statements and the context in which those statements were made. 

    22 Uganda's 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 65:19


    In 2014 Uganda's legislature passed a law further criminalizing homosexuality. LGBTQ people in Uganda saw a 1000% increase in violence against their communities after the law passed. Join us today for the story of how American Christians and their money were behind Uganda's anti-gay laws. 

    21 The Rise of Mark Driscoll and the Fall of Mars Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 94:17


    Mark Driscoll was a hotshot fundamentalist Southern Baptist megachurch pastor with thousands of congregants and some harsh things to say about gay and lesbian people and women. Join us today for the story of how his first megachurch Mars Hill fell from grace.

    20 The Cover Up of the Murder of Irene Garza

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 49:32


    On Easter Day in 1960 Texas school teacher Irene Garza was murdered. Join us today for the story of how her murderer got away with it for almost sixty years.

    19 The Kentucky Legislator Baptist Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 67:14


    Rev Danny Ray Johnson was an independent minister elected to the Kentucky legislature in 2017. He sometimes referred to himself as Pope. Join us for the story of his life.

    18 The Anabaptists Who Conquered Munster

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 87:52


    The Holy Roman Empire was undoing monumental religious and spiritual shifts in the early 1500s. Join us today for the story of a prophetic religious movement that took a German city by force.

    17 Feminist Quaker Queen of the KKK

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 49:29


    Daisy Douglas Barr was one of the first ordained woman ministers in the USA. Join us for the story of how she went from advocating for women's suffrage, prohibition of alcohol, and the ability of women to have careers outside of the home to being an Imperial Empress of the Klu Klux Klan

    16 The Yoga Teacher Who Claimed To Be A Reincarnation of Jesus who Stole a Bunch of Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2018 59:58


    This week we explore the story of Australia's most famous cult leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus and who stole and abused numerous children.

    15 The Teenage Trans Girl Roman Emperor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 77:49


    Join us for the story of trans girl Roman Elegabalus who claimed the throne at 14 and used the power of being emperor to come out as a woman. She was also the first monotheist Roman Emperor, and may have engaged in human sacrifice.  

    14 The Man Who Betrayed The Waldensians

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 86:42


    In late 1100s southern France a man named Peter Waldo had a religious experience in which he came to believe that G-d wanted people to live simply, help the poor, swear no oaths, that all people should preach the Gospel, and that neither the Church nor the State should have the power execute people. Because of these beliefs he and his followers the Waldensians were declared heretics. After Waldo's death, one of his disciples Durand of Huesca would try to escape the oppression by joining in the oppressors. Hear the story. 

    13 Edwin Stephenson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 45:04


    The 1920s were a time of deep institutional white supremacy. Today we explore the story of a Methodist minister who murdered a Catholic priest in Alabama. 

    12 Empress Irene, Iconaclasm, and the Death of Constantine VI

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 73:25


    In the 700s Irene of Athens became the first woman to be sole ruler of the Roman Empire. To become emperor in her own right, she had to commit a terrible crime. Today we explore that story. 

    11 Tammy Faye and the Fall of Televangelism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2017 40:13


    The story of how Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker became the most successful televangelists of all time, and how their empire came crashing down. 

    10 What Happened To The Samaritans?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 93:07


     In this episode we explore the history of the Samaritans people and their religion. Famous for the parable in the New Testament, where are the Samaritans today? We go from the time of Moses to the time of David to the time of Jesus to time of Christian Roman Emperors to find out, what happened to the Samaritans?

    09 Mike Warnke and the Satanic Panic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 43:59


    How the self-appointed "America's #1 Christian Comedian" convinced millions of Americans that witches and Satanists were commonly ritually abusing children, and how the moral panic that set off left innocent people in prison for decades

    08 Joan of Arc and Her Trial at the Hands of the Inquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 73:47


    In this week's episode we explore the life of Joan of Arc and go through her trial transcript at the hand of the Inquisition. Turns out there a lot of great Joan of Arc quotes in the transcript, listen and hear them!

    07 Warren Jeffs and the Polygamist Fundamentalist Mormons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2017 37:56


    The story of how Warren Jeffs rose to power as the prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and what he did to the women and girls of his community with that power.

    06 Lee Kaplan The Self-Proclaimed Prophet And The "Child Gifting" Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 54:46


    The story of how self-proclaimed prophet Lee Kaplan took control over the ex-communicated former Amish Stolzfus family by giving them money and a place to live, and the horror of what Kaplan asked for in return. 

    05 Sex, Suicide, and the International House of Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 55:08


    On Oct 30th 2012 the body of 27 year old Bethany Deaton was found by a lake. On Nov 9th 2012 her friend and fellow International House of Prayer small group member Micah Moore confessed to her murder. Was it murder or suicide? What was going on in that small group? In this episode we explore the International House Of Prayer's "bridegroom theology" theology where believers are taught to imagine Jesus as a lover as we try to piece together what happened to Bethany Deaton. 

    04 General Bishop Leonidas Polk and the Episcopal Church of the Confederate States of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 68:32


    How the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana became the second highest ranking Confederate general and how he attempted to form the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Confederate States of America.

    03 St Dominic and the Extermination of the Albigensians

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 54:35


    The story of how a 13th century saint led a crusade of siege warfare in southern France against a heterodox community of siege warfare and burnings against peace loving, gender rejecting believers who chose to live in holy poverty.

    02 Fr James Porter And The Beginning Of The Roman Catholic Child Sex Abuse Scandal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 38:45


    In 1992 unfathomable news broke in Massachusetts, that Roman Catholic priests had been sexually abusing children. Today we explore the story of Fr James Porter, the first major abusive priest to end up in the national media.  

    01 Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 71:12


    How a socialist, anti-racist preacher went as bad as possible

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