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What Happens in Cults, and Escaping From Them: A Megyn Kelly Show True Crime Special
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7K
0.5× the show's usual
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1h 36m
usual ~1h 30m
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A deep dive on cults. Megyn Kelly is joined by Michelle Dowd, author of "Forager," and Dr. Steven Hassan, a cult expert, to discuss each of their experiences in cults, the survival skills Dowd learned while she was in the cult, what it was like growing up in the cult in extreme poverty, looking back on the trauma and abuse she experienced, what's happening now in the cult, raising a family after leaving, how each escaped their cults, how cults control the minds of followers, personality types that are susceptible to cults, ways to escape cults or help loved ones escape, and more.
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