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Cults and Secret Societies

Cults and Secret Societies

By: The Forbidden Knowledge Network
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Cults and Secret Societies is a documentary-style podcast that uncovers the hidden rituals, psychological manipulation, and underground influence of the world’s most mysterious groups. From apocalyptic cults and deadly doctrines to elite brotherhoods and secret initiations, each episode reveals the truth behind the oaths, the symbols, and the forces that operate behind closed doors.

These are the organizations they don’t want you to question.
Because once you start looking — nothing looks the same again.

🎙️ New episodes every week. Follow now and discover what lies beneath.

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Episodes
  • Jonestown Revisited Inside the Final Hours of the People’s Temple
    Oct 1 2025

    Step back into the chilling final hours of Jonestown, where over nine hundred members of the People’s Temple met their tragic end. This episode unravels the disturbing rise of Jim Jones, the manipulative control he wielded over his followers, and the chain of events that led to one of the most infamous mass tragedies in modern history. Was it blind devotion, calculated deception, or something much darker? Explore the hidden truths behind the cult that shocked the world.

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    #Jonestown, #PeoplesTemple, #CultHistory, #TrueCrimePodcast, #ForbiddenKnowledge

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    32 mins
  • Space Brothers and Human Sacrifice: When UFO Belief Turns Deadly | Cults and Secret Societies
    Sep 24 2025

    From the promise of benevolent “Space Brothers” to the darkest extremes of human sacrifice, UFO belief has inspired both hope and horror. Throughout history, fringe groups and cult leaders have claimed contact with alien beings — but for some followers, that devotion ended in manipulation, tragedy, and even death.

    In this episode of Cults and Secret Societies, we uncover how cosmic faith can spiral into cult control, and why the line between spiritual awakening and deadly obsession is so dangerously thin.

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    #UFOCults, #AlienBelief, #SecretSocieties, #ForbiddenHistory, #CultsAndConspiracies

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    29 mins
  • Mass Suicide in the Jungle: Secrets of the Jim Jones Compound
    Sep 17 2025

    On November eighteenth, nineteen seventy-eight, over nine hundred members of the People’s Temple died in the remote jungles of Guyana in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre. Led by the charismatic yet manipulative preacher Jim Jones, the cult built a secluded compound promising utopia but ending in tragedy.

    In this episode of Cults and Secret Societies, we uncover the chilling rise of Jim Jones, the methods of control he used, and the final hours of Jonestown. Was it truly a mass suicide, or was there more to the story?

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    #JimJones, #Jonestown, #Cults, #MassSuicide, #ForbiddenKnowledge

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    28 mins
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