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This podcast puts a bizarre Blue Mountains cult in the spotlight

This podcast puts a bizarre Blue Mountains cult in the spotlight

“Inside the Tribe” concerns a contemporary group in the process of trying to divest itself of assets and under investigation by police.

Sydney Morning Herald journalist Tim Elliott and the creator of The Nurse podcast, Camille Bianchi, team up in this 10-part exposé that dives into the establishment and continuing operation of contentious religious sect (some say cult) the Twelve Tribes.

Hidden in plain sight as a business operator in the laid-back Blue Mountains hippy town of Katoomba, the Tribe lures its members in with a promise of a simpler life. What unfolds is a bizarre tale of alleged child abuse, coercive control and the unlawful concealment and disposal of dead babies.

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