Morningland PT1: “The Daughters of Isis”
Was I In A Cult?
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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of child abuse and sexual coercion.
It started with a pizza party for single moms. But soon, there were purple-lit temples, custom medallions, and a man who called himself “Donato the Christ”. What could possibly go wrong?
In Part 1 of Frankie Tease’s gripping story, we follow her teen years inside Long Beach, California’s Morningland—a so-called spiritual community where rituals masked control, and devotion was slowly weaponized.
Manipulation. Isolation. Grooming disguised as enlightenment—and a disturbing undercurrent of coercion that only grew darker with time. Frankie lived it all. And this is just the beginning.
Next week brings even more revelations… as well as Frankie’s road to freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely |
| 0:04.4 | belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, |
| 0:09.4 | the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey guys, this episode contains disturbing content, including discussions of child abuse and |
| 0:20.0 | troubling sexual coercion. |
| 0:22.6 | So please take care while listening. |
| 0:25.5 | So Morning Lynch Church is a new age religion that's goal is to bring in the new age of |
| 0:32.5 | enlightenment. |
| 0:33.0 | They wanted to use the Bible, the Bhagavagina, and all of Gandhi's teachings. |
| 0:40.4 | Meanwhile, it's truly a sex cult with a sadistic leader who knows how to get money out of people. |
| 0:57.5 | Welcome to Was I and a Colt. Where the Colts just keep coming. |
| 1:02.3 | So many cults. |
| 1:04.0 | Truly, what is happening, everyone. |
| 1:06.6 | I'm Liz Ayacuzzi. |
| 1:08.1 | And I'm Tyler Mism. |
| 1:09.2 | Today's guest goes by the name Frankie T's. |
| 1:13.2 | And this story, folks, it is a wild one with a capital W and a capital O. |
| 1:20.2 | We are talking, chanting, astrology, custom medallions, and so much more. |
| 1:26.6 | And a guru self-named Donato the Christ, |
| 1:31.1 | which if you didn't guess, guys, he's not. |
| 1:34.1 | No. Spoiler alert. Sorry. Ruining the episode for all. |
| 1:40.1 | But what he is, or was, is a charismatic narcissist who ditched his wife and kid after a spiritual awakening. |
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