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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The Dawn of Crime - The Man Who Knew The Flying Angels, White Rose & Squizzy Taylor Push Gangs
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Innhold levert av The Dawn of Crime - by Roy Maloy. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av The Dawn of Crime - by Roy Maloy eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
One man has the dubious honour of being able to say that he saw the violence and local terrorism of three notorious push gangs, as Thomas Turner would live to experience the goings on of the Flying Angel Push, the White Rose Push and the Taylor Push run by Squizzy Taylor. Born in Ballarat Turner was himself convicted several times at a young age for acts of theft, in order just to survive. Along his journey to becoming a boxer and a successful father and iron monger in Young St Fitzroy, he witnessed three of the most notorious gangs of an era.
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Innhold levert av The Dawn of Crime - by Roy Maloy. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av The Dawn of Crime - by Roy Maloy eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
One man has the dubious honour of being able to say that he saw the violence and local terrorism of three notorious push gangs, as Thomas Turner would live to experience the goings on of the Flying Angel Push, the White Rose Push and the Taylor Push run by Squizzy Taylor. Born in Ballarat Turner was himself convicted several times at a young age for acts of theft, in order just to survive. Along his journey to becoming a boxer and a successful father and iron monger in Young St Fitzroy, he witnessed three of the most notorious gangs of an era.
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