
Episode 7: Lonely Hearts
Hidden Brain
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Is This Too Good to Be True?
At the centre of the entire fantasy was a saintly woman named mother maria. Maria collected and managed the money from the members, and she organized and disciplined the angels. They were said to have mystical powers and could revirginize fallen women. Not all the members of the call believed in shandaza. Jessie stuffed the letters describing shandaza in the back pocket of the binder. He figured it was just some waki idea pamela had and just ignored it. But there were other fish who found this hook tempting. Dan got hundreds of new sign ups every year. By the mid 19 eighties, dan was writing love letters to more than 30 thousand men. We
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