S2 Ep11: The wild story of conman Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Helen and Danni go where they’ve never gone before… to the world of The Praise the Lord Network and the biggest television scandal in history. Starting from humble beginnings Jim Baker and Tammy Faye LaValley were just two people passionate about spreading the word of the Lord… that was, until dollar signs started springing up left right and centre. Expect a con of HUGE proportions, a religious theme park bigger than Disney World and the return of Helen’s Demon…

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
0:05.8	Oh yeah.
0:06.6	Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook
0:12.2	titles including Romantasy, autobiographies, true crime, and more.
0:19.3	Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their flight.
0:23.4	Amazon Music Unlimited now includes Audible. No way. Download the Amazon Music app now to start listening.
0:29.3	Terms Apply. Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me, Helen Anderson and me, Danny Howard.
0:35.1	We're two best friends entering the world of true crime.
0:38.0	We'll be showing the stories of some of the worst and wildest true crime cases in history,
0:42.3	and we're taking you along for the ride.
0:44.4	In this episode, we're mixing it up a little bit,
0:47.6	and we're going to look at the biggest sex and fraud scandal in modern history.
0:51.4	It's the story of Tammy Faye, Jim Baker and the Praise the Lord
0:55.7	Network.
1:09.7	I'm excited. I'm excited. I've got your juices flowing. Yeah, I'm already. You're excited?
1:11.1	I'm excited.
1:11.6	I've got your juices flowing.
1:12.5	Yeah, I'm going to look now at the screen.
1:15.6	I don't know how I feel about that actually because I was just very close to your naked bum.
1:23.3	I mean, over here at Devils in the Dark HQ, you might think that it's all glitz and glamour and
1:28.5	darkness and intrigue and it's not. Absolutely not. I felt a prick in my bum and I started
1:36.8	to panic and rather than just, you know, talk about it or rationalise the situation.
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