Murder at Ryan's Run
Murder At Ryan's exposes the darkest, deepest secrets that lay just beneath the surface of The Move Organization's public perception. Within the groups ranks, members endured unspeakable abuse, victims of a cultic system created by leader Vincent Leaphart in 1972. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date story of MOVE told by the people who lived and survived it - ex-members known as AFRICAS and others with first hand accounts of bizarre beliefs, abuse, terror campaigns, violence, destruction, millions of dollars and the loss of more than a dozen lives including 7 children. FBI documents, internal cult communications, obtained audio tapes and photos on social media. *This is a serialized podcast and Season 1 is produced with real time reporting coordinated with the cult escape of a young mother and her 5 children. Warning: graphic discussion of violence, death, domestic abuse, child neglect and abuse. Please take care while listening. If you have any information relevant to investigation please email: murderatryansrun@gmail.com or message us on social media. Hosted, reported, written, edited and Executive Produced by Beth McNamara. *All individuals referenced in this series are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Episodes
34 year old John Gilbride was murdered on September 2002 and to this day the case is unsolved. Many people claim this case will never be solved because John was once a member of the radical group known as MOVE. This series will take you down the dark and twisty investigative rabbits holes that will expose the true nature and history of The Move Organization as a deceptive, violent cult with a history of silencing critics.
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Executive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
After decades of fear and silencing, members born into MOVE come forward with allegations that their "revolutionary family" is a cult that abused, terrorized and threatened them. Pixie Africa, daughter of globally known MOVE and Mumia Abu Jamal spokesperson Pam Africa, is escaping with her 5 children and shared her life story in order to expose the group so that she can leave without retaliation.
Leaving MOVE b...
The crowds at John Gilbride's wake had the funeral director asking if he was someone famous, maybe a major league baseball player. John was a regular guy like by everyone but he before he died he was keeping his personal life a secret because it involved a notorious local organization known as MOVE.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed in...
No one joins a cult. 17 year old John Gilbride gets lured into MOVE in the summer of 1985 after the deadly confrontation with police that resulted in a fire that destroyed 61 homes and took the lives of 6 adult MOVE members and 5 children who were inside MOVE headquarters on May 13, 1985. It would be years later when John's parents even discover that he has become a MOVE member which prompts them to seek out cult interventio...
It was a rainy night in 2002 when ex-MOVE member John Gilbride arrives home to his apartment at RYAN'S RUN in Maple Shade, New Jersey and is shot dead in his car. Who would want to kill him? In this episode we take you along to the scene of the crime as we try to figure out who might have murdered John and how they have gotten away with it for more than 20 years.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all indivi...
*CONTENT WARNING - domestic abuse/violence and homophobic slurs.
John Gilbride was a victim of cultic abuse and control inside of MOVE and according to Mario Hardy (formerly Mario Africa) John was also a battered husband who finally escaped MOVE only to resurface and take Alberta to court which was seen as an act of war against MOVE. This is the first time former MOVE member MARIO AFRICA has ever told this story because he h...
*Content Warning: this episode contains allegations of child neglect and child abuse. Please take care while listening.
JOHN GILBRIDE leaves MOVE and his wife Alberta Africa, the leader of MOVE, in 1998 when he is 30 years old, Alberta is 50 years old and their son Zackary is 2 years old. For the next 4 years John will battle Alberta and the entire MOVE organization in public and in family court. With never-before-seen cour...
6 weeks before JOHN GILBRIDE is shot dead, he is awarded the unsupervised visitation with his 6 year old son Zackary that has been fought in the Family Court of Philadelphia event hough John, Alberta and Zackary all live in New Jersey. This final order by the Judge crosses a red line for John's ex-wife, the leader of MOVE (alleged to by former members to be a cult). It is said that Alberta considers the court order to be a p...
WARNING: Mentions of suicide, racism and disturbing events involving children.
This episode is intended for mature audiences. Please take care while listening.
This bonus episode exposes what it was like to grow up as a girl in the MOVE cult and features the former MARIA AFRICA who was born shortly after John Gilbride's son was born into MOVE which was 10 years after the most deadly police confrontation with MOV...
*EXPLICIT CONTENT - child sex abuse and homophobic slurs.
This second bonus episode exposes what it was like to grow up as boy in MOVE featuring 2nd Gen MOVE member Josh "Africa" sharing that all decisions on child rearing originated from the leader Alberta Africa and her 2nd in command, Sue Africa aka Ria. Josh is breaking his silence and the cycle of abuse so that he can raise his own children outside of ...
* Content Warning: this episode mentions threats of violence against children.
MOVE cult leader Alberta Africa prepares her followers that they must be willing to lose their lives in order to keep John Gilbride from getting his son Zackary, and if necessary be willing to even kill Zack so that John does not get him.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presume...
On the night John Gilbride was murdered, September 26th 2002, Alberta directed that there was to be a MOVE meeting held at house in New Jersey owned by a longtime MOVE member that has been flying under the radar for decades. This MOVE member Gary claims to have known MOVE founder Vincent Leaphart and definitely knew John Gilbride. With all of the MOVE supporters at Gary's then only MOVE members know the alibis of MOVE member...
John Gilbride was murdered in the final hours of September 26, 2002 and the investigative clock begins at 12:08am on September 27, 2002 when police come up the scene and John's death is recorded as a homicide. In the final hour of September 26, 2002, John Gilbride was murdered. He was shot by an unknown assailant(s) that was waiting for him to come home from work. Who wanted John dead and why? This episode looks at multipl...
It is only after John is murdered that a secret second wife is discovered who ends up getting the life insurance payout. Who is this Rosario and more importantly, where is she now and what does she know? J
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States o...
Every murder investigation looks at motive - why does someone want someone else dead? Common motives are jealousy and money. One of the core secrets about MOVE is the source of their money and that would be a something that John Gilbride would have been privy to and so maybe MOVE vs. John Gilbride is about more than child custody. .
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are p...
CONTENT WARNING: child sex abuse and graphic description of child birth.
While MOVE continues to claim their belief is LIFE and protecting all life, they are not in mourning of their former MOVE brother John Gilbride who was murdered in cold blood, but rather they are hanging decorations in preparation for not one wedding, but two and only the most trusted, loyal members and supporters are invited.
This whole podcast got started when Bob shared the story of MOVE and May 13th 1985 with Beth and got her hooked on learning as much as she could but then one interview spins her around and sends the whole focus and podcast down an unsolved murder rabbit hole that leads deep into the MOVE organization that even ties back to Hollywood film royalty - Steven Spielberg.
If you have any information that could help solve the un...
MOVE likes to say that John Gilbride is still alive and living under an assumed name working for the US Government who is, of course, hell bent on destroying MOVE. John Gilbride is dead and we have obtained the Medical Examiner's Report stating exactly how he died on September 26, 2002. And we knock on the front door of MOVE leader's house and have a brief and bizarre interaction with her second husband.
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Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast. In this episode you will get some updates and behind-the-scenes information on Season 1 and then you will hear from cult expert and author Rick Alan Ross about MOVE and the overall nature of destructive cults and MOVE. .
Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:
Tony Allen's blog: AntiMOVE
Kevin Price's blog: Leaving MOVE 2021
RICK ALAN ROSS
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