Frankie Files Podcast

For 1st Tuesday, #BackToSchool cult awareness is a spotlight during October of Season One. My guests & I will spell out the recruitment dangers for teens, college adolescents, and people in a life transition. In this interview I speak with Tabitha Chapman, one of the victims of Allison Mack (Smallville) in the self-improvement cult NXIVM. In addition Chapman formed in 2022, Intnl Cult Awareness Mo...

It's 4th Tuesday time to talk to an adult child of a cult. This episode is featuring Sara Tasneem. Sara is going to blow our minds a bit about the laws in the USA and how they allow child brides to be entrapped against their will. Her blog is at http://tasneemsfadvocacy.home.blog Get involved! The organizations she works for are Resiliency Foundation, Global Hope 365, Tahirih Justice Center and Un...

In this 3rd Tues., It's time for a Cult Catch-Up with Journalist Syran Warner ~ In this hour we go through his reporting on The Body Cult, Cultish Podcast (follow-up) and a MN cult that is also owners of a food truck. The conversation winds and we have an audience question where Syran teaches us how to give a cult a "Google Problem".--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to mak...

In this 2nd Tues. episode, I'll do an update on Love Has Won Cult, the leader's death, plus compare it to a similar cult called Morningland Church. They both believe in New Age philosophy, both leaders abandoned their children and continued after the founder's death and both believe in chanelling a dead leader, which is going on in both cults, still, now to this day. Love Has Won in Colorado, and...

Celia Williamson interviewed me on her podcast which focuses on human & sex trafficking. Her podcast is called Emancipation Nation cuz she's into freeing slaves. I'm on ep. 159 telling my story. We will explore the arena of human trafficking from a 30 year expert in the field in the state of Ohio, but also federally. A bit about this powerhouse. Celia Williamson, Ph. D.Distinguished University Pro...

As promised I have a very special guest for 5th Tuesday. Sociologist & author of eight books, Dr. Janja Lalich. A world-renowned expert in cultic studies. Author and co-author of critically acclaimed books on cults. An avid contributor to the field of cultic studies through her research, presentations, and articles. Janja Lalich, Ph. D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in self-se...

It's 4th Tues., time for the topic of cult kids. In this episode I pay homage to my first interview ever on being a cult survivor. The interview was with a trafficking activist and the Director of that department at University of Toledo, Ohio. But how does it happen in churches and religious cults, how do they get away with it in plain site? This episode is a breakdown of pertinent right now info...

It's 3rd Tues. which means cults is the topic. While reading "Bounded Choice" I chose several pertinent excerpts as Dr. Lalich (Sociology) details who and what usherd in the "New Age" Religion that I have been surrounded with since childhood. It's of special interest to me. There is also an element of psychadelic drug use and psychology which contributed. I cover who are the books and names most i...

Today is 2nd Tuesday and I usually reserve this for the topic of sexuality in society. I'm going to take a bit more of a generalized approach on the topic of survivors today. How do we head from victim to survivor in recovering from what happened?  One specialist on this topic is a thinker in his 90's who's had a lot to say as a psychologist in this area of societal issues: Robert Jay Lifton. I le...

It's 1st Tues. and that means breaking down the aspects of mind control and there are several excellent articles I'll be using to do so. There is always so much  info to cover here. This is the topic of the very first episode of this show, too you may want to check that out. There are no cults without propaganda, let's face it. Idealism is a commodity being sold to us - once sold we are converts a...

It's 4th Tuesday. It's time to talk about stuff cult kids deal with. Adult children of cults have a unique challenge when they leave the church or cult where they were abused. This episode is advice on telling your parents, mixed in with my own story of finally telling my mom what happened to me after 28 years of silence. Telling your parents isn't as easy as you would think. This episode explores...

In this Cult Catch Up we round up several stories with some friend's help. Kacey gives us a preview of upcoming events on the Cult Vault Podcast, I cover the Abe assassination in Japan by a shooter who has grievance with the Moonies for 20 years, and it was multi-layered. I cover more of the Lighthouse International Group story, it thickens. And then I am joined by Syran Warner who gives us a repo...

I'm launching a new hashtag to call attention to cults and the real life damage they do to marriages, kids, families #OccupyCults - use it today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/frankie-tease/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's 2nd Tues = sexuality time. In ep. 24, we'll go through several articles to give an update on sentencing and details of both R. Kelly and Ghislane Maxwell for sex trafficking crimes. I also include an article on the last hours of Epstine's life in a detention center. 40 min. Donate to the program via PayPal, Ca$hApp, Anchor sub, Buy me a ☕ see FrankieFilesPodcast.com.  #truecrime #triggerwarn...

Well it's time to get back into mind control. Each first Tuesday I get into digging into how propaganda & other tactics keep us in line as human beings. But - why do you hear so very little from these rediculously demanding groups? Only once they have gotten one over on so many people is it a story? Because they have tactics that they use to keep members who leave from saying ANYTHING and I mean a...

Teaser / highlight on cults using their operatives to ruin people who dare to leave. Full Eps. each Tues.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/frankie-tease/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's 4th Tues. & these are dedicated to us cult kids but all can benefit. I researched from an article how to break a horse & compare it to how people are slowly conditioned into cults. It's too relatable. Then we get into tips on reprogramming yourself, it's easier than you think. Keep your chin up cult kids. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://an...

Syran Warner is a 30 something journalist from Minnesota who has been investigating a religious group which started in Alaska called The Body Cult. He painstakingly interviewed and videoed members of the cult and regular citizens to get to the truth of what is going on for several years and it is ongoing. See his TikTok, Reddit, and Twitter as @ SyranWarner or @ FreeMelParker. Warner got a break a...

Teaser See @SyranWarner or @FreeMelParker everywhere, web TheBodyIntl.com & CultStories.com. Cult Vault Interview with Syran https://open.spotify.com/episode/0si7oPRNbFeIdDqDyzegjL?si=d6myjQt2SNS9ltZQYZnZ9w&utm_source=copy-link Viral Arrest Video https://youtu.be/LWKFFFP1XjgLand of the Body Doc by Syran https://youtu.be/57xSVk8BOxs The  Frankie Files Podcast is produced by voicer, writer, cult sur...

After a 2019 arrest in Los Angeles, CA, Naason Joaquin Garcia, one of the main leaders of the international church La Luz Del Mundo (lldm.com) has been sentenced for sexual abuse, rape of a minor, lewd acts, kiddie porn, sex slavery, forcible rape and more. The church has locations in 50 + nations, and one to five million members. The Light of the World is a Christian-based faith. Its practices ar...

1st Tues. is about mind control and this week I'm focused on apocalypticism an overview of religious doctrine / cult / spiritual lifestyle propaganda which follows similar themes and grifts. Analyze dogma with common sense, try it. Excerpts from "All You Want To Know But Didn't Think You Could Ask, Religions, Cults, and Popular Beliefs." written by two female religious study high school instructor...

It's 5th Tues. and as promised I have a very special guest: Daniella Mestyanek Young (@daniellaMYoung). The author of the new St. Martin's Press memoir " Uncultured" talks Vanessa Guillen, Children of God and U.S. Military. I interview her and review her new book I read. Daniella stands strong in the face of her abuse, and stands for those women and children who are still compromised. Please proce...

It's 4th Tues. and time for Adult Children of Cults chat. Have you noticed everyone publicizes the stories of adults who got out of a cult but not the adults in a cult as children? There is a reason for that. I get into it. Listen on your favorite app. Also we have a very special guest next week on 5/31/22, be sure not to miss this author interview. Subscribe and share the podcast now. I appreciat...

Now call 988 - for suicide prevention. If you are feeling down, and no one is there to actually talk to, there is someone to talk to. Call the suicide prevention line anytime. You are important and this will pass. Please, know that many of us have survived these thoughts. Especially with the holiday coming up that amplifies people's desire to fit in, it can be difficult, for veterans of wars and f...

Human trafficking in cults is rarely talked about, even more rarely taken to court. Details inside on the precedent setting recent legal victory in U.S.A. Also an update on my personal story about Morningland Church, including a statement for the press. #occupycults #noia #scientology #morningland #themonastery #unitedstates #cults #cultrecovery --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easie...