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A Little Bit Culty

Dinner for Vampires: The Star of a Cult TV Show on Leaving a Real Life Cult (Part 2)

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

True Crime, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This is the second part of a two-part interview, listen to Part 1 here. Bethany Joy Lenz became a household face during the meteoric rise of the teen CW soap “One Tree Hill.” However, as she appeared in homes across the country every week, she was leading a double life with her participation in a culty Bible group for a decade.

 

Lenz found her voice to break free and had the inspiration to write a personal memoir on the experience, “Dinner for Vampires,” sharing for the first time publicly her experience in the group and her struggles to break free. In this episode, Sarah and Nippy talk with Bethany about the surprising connections between her experience and NXIVM, the cult of fame, and their overlapping work in Hallmark movies. 

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CREDITS: 

 

Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson & Anthony Ames

Production Partner: Amphibian.Media

Writer & Co-Creator: Jess Tardy

Associate producers: Emma Diehl and Matt Stroud of Amphibian.Media  

Audio production: Red Caiman Studios

Theme Song: “Cultivated” by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin

 

Transcript

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This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, or mental health advice.

0:20.0

The views and opinions express do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast

0:24.7

and are not intended to malign any religion group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone,

0:29.4

or anything.

0:40.7

I'm Sarah Edmondson.

0:45.2

And I'm Anthony Nippy Ames, and this is A Little Bit Calty.

0:46.7

Cults are commonplace now.

0:49.1

From fandums to fads, we're examining them all.

0:53.4

We look at what happens when things that seem like a great thing at first go bad.

0:58.2

Every week, we chat with survivors, experts, and whistleblowers for real culty stories told directly by the people who lived through them, because we want you to learn a few

1:02.2

things that we've had to learn the hard way.

1:04.9

For example, if you think you're too smart to get sucked into something culty, you might

1:08.7

be prime recruitment material, and who knows,

1:11.2

you could already be in a cult. If you're not aware of your programming, you're probably being

1:15.5

programmed. So keep listening to find out. We'll talk about all sorts of topics on the show,

1:20.3

but be aware. This podcast might contain stories that could be alarming to some of our listeners.

1:25.4

So please check our show notes for more detailed descriptions and take care of yourself.

1:30.0

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