River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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2 July - 1870 - The Case Of The Electric Snakes
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REPEAT: When colonial newspaper readers were jolted by the claim that electric snakes were on the loose, it was up to a heretical scientific genius to weigh in on this shocking reptile tale.
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REPEAT: When colonial newspaper readers were jolted by the claim that electric snakes were on the loose, it was up to a heretical scientific genius to weigh in on this shocking reptile tale.
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