Episode 33: "The Family" Australia's Most Notorious Cult (Part 1)

In the mid-1960s, an Australian yoga teacher by the name of Anne Hamilton-Byrne had wanted a fresh new start. In doing this she found peace in yoga, nothing bad about that. Although, fast-forward to years later and this woman would have started what would be Australia's most notorious cults through simply becoming a yoga teacher.

In part one find out what horrors that Anne had to commit in order to convince her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

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Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/20/growing-up-with-the-family-inside-anne-hamilton-byrnes-sinister-cult

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne

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