S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)

Cult or Just Weird

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"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible."

-David Brin

Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some shocking stories about the group du jour in this part two.

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*Search Categories*

New Religious Movement; Anthropological

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*Topic Spoiler*

The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON

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*Further Reading*

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07B4TLHNG/allbooks

http://www.henrydoktorski.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/05/26/hare-krishna-leader-tied-to-murder-plot/5308aa16-44f7-459d-b62e-4c3acc4e1a4f/

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/us/ex-hare-krishna-leader-gets-20-year-sentence.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-28-me-4819-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Vrindaban

https://gbc.iskcon.org/

​​http://www.henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna/2018_Memorial_Service.html

https://thecinemaholic.com/charles-st-denis-and-stephen-bryant-murders-is-kirtanananda-swami-dead-or-alive/

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/02/archives/california-slaying-case-involves-exmafia-figures-and-krishnas.html

https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12236-can-cultic-groups-change-.html

https://culteducation.com/group/1016-iskcon/12198-where-have-all-the-krishnas-gone.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/16/archives/swami-prabhupada-hare-krishna-head-founder-of-movement-81-came-to.html

https://ffl.org/

https://iscowp.org/

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