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NB: This may not be a word-for-word transcript. How to Avoid Getting Drawn into a Cult Sophia Smith Galer: When you think of a cult, you probably imagine this. But that could never be you, right? Richard Turner: People think that a cult is a group with strange beliefs, where everybody all dresses the same and they all live in a commune together. Sophia Smith Galer: But in fact, cult-like groups take many forms. Whoever you are, there’s probably one attractive to someone like you. Richard Turner: When I use the term cult, I’m using it to describe a psychological system of control, and it can manifest itself anywhere. I know what I went through, and it was pretty horrific. Sophia Smith Galer: Cults have been around for millennia, but they really hit the headlines in the 1960s and 70s as people began to experiment with alternative lifestyles and new religious ideas. Some of these experiments turned dark, most notoriously with over 900 people drinking cyanide in Jonestown in 1
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