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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Tory Hess - From Second Life to Wilderness Commune

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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True Crime, Talk Radio, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Today our guest is Tory Hess, former member of a small rural group in upstate New York she calls Crazyland. She tells us about how she always loved reading and fantasy growing up, never went to public school, and didn’t connect easily with folks in real life when she was young, and how she found connection in the online gaming community Second Life, where she acted out her dream of having a family of her own... until it began to consume her life. She’ll tell us how some of the friends she made on there convinced her that she was spending too much time on the game, and that she should come live with them in upstate New York... in Crazyland. We’ll talk about how 13 people were living in one trailer, extremely uncomfortable living conditions, but how it fulfilled her desire for a family to take care of (at first). We’ll get into who the leader Ron was, the financial and sexual abuse he was committing, how he isolated her from her parents, and how she finally got out. Email Tory to learn more about her story! [email protected] BUY OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch  Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0

If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with manipulation or abuse of power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at 347-86-8-6-trust.

0:12.1

That's 347-8-68-7-8.

0:16.0

Or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail.com.

0:20.1

Trust me. Dude, you.com. Trust me.

0:21.0

Dude, you trust me.

0:22.5

Trust me.

0:23.5

I'm like a smart person.

0:25.1

I've never lied to you.

0:27.0

I never have lied to you.

0:28.5

If you think that one person has all the answers, don't.

0:32.6

Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about Colt's extremeief and manipulation from two fantasizers who've actually

0:39.4

experienced it.

0:40.3

I'm Lola Blanc.

0:41.3

And I'm Megan Elizabeth.

0:43.0

Today, our guest is Tori, former member of a small rural group in upstate New York that

0:48.3

she calls Crazy Land.

0:50.3

She's going to tell us about how she always loved reading and fantasy growing up, never went to public school, and didn't connect easily with folks in real life when she was young, and how she found her human connection in the online community of the game Second Life, where she could act out her dream of having a family of her own until it began to consume her life.

1:08.6

She'll tell us how some of the friends she made on there eventually convinced her that she was spending too much time on the game and that she should come live with them in upstate New York in Craiseland.

1:19.1

We'll talk about how 13 people were living in one trailer with extremely uncomfortable living conditions like one toilet for all those people, but how it also fulfilled

1:29.2

her desire for a family to take care of, at least at first.

1:33.0

We'll get into who the leader of Ron was the financial and sexual abuse that he was committing,

1:37.8

how he isolated her from her parents, and how she finally got out.

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