"the most sophisticated sociopath I've ever observed' - Inside the Twisted World of Scary Terri

Bad Blood: The Final Chapter

Sony Music

Society & Culture, News, True Crime

4.7 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Between 1977 and 1989, a dozen people died under mysterious circumstances, with one thing in common: a spiritual leader named Terri Hoffman. Join investigative reporter Jonathan Hirsch as he unravels the web of lies, manipulation, and dubious deeds that surround Hoffman on Scary Terri - A dark Texas Gothic about the Charlie Manson you’ve never heard of. Search for Scary Terri wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes right now, completely ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, bad blood listeners.
0:02.0	Jonathan Hirsch here, journalist and host of the latest series to drop on the binge,
0:06.9	Scary Terry.
0:08.2	Available now wherever you get your podcast.
0:10.6	And if you're a subscriber to the binge, you can listen to all episodes ad-free today.
0:16.2	Between 1979 and 1989, a dozen people from Dallas died mysteriously, tragic drownings, automobile
0:24.3	accidents, and suicides.
0:26.5	But these deaths were no accident.
0:28.9	They were all part of a sinister and deadly conspiracy, led by spiritual leader Terry Lee
0:35.0	Hoffman.
0:36.5	Terry was the founder of a religious movement called Conscious Development of Body, Mind, and Soul.
0:41.9	Terry's followers described her as a gentle and nurturing guru, but in reality, she kept them under her tight control and saw them all as collateral damage on the path to achieving her aims.
0:56.2	She used her influence to wrestle her way into her followers' lives until she became their only guiding star. They sought to obey her
1:02.8	every command in order to advance their spiritual growth, even if that meant shutting out their
1:08.8	families or leaving their spouses.
1:12.0	Most suspiciously of all, upon their deaths, many of her followers left her millions of dollars
1:18.3	in cash, property, and other assets.
1:22.6	As I waded into the mysterious world of Terry Hoffman, I found that it was darker,
1:28.3	eerier, and more twisted
1:30.0	than I could have ever imagined.
1:32.9	How did Terry pull it off?
1:35.2	What did she tell her followers
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