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. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a story you'd like to share with us? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister culthttps://www.theguardian.com/fi....lm/2016/nov/20/growi Joel , March 2023 Inside The Family Cult, The Australian Doomsday Group Started By A Yoga Teacherhttps://allthatsinteresting.co....m/the-family-cult-an Glassman, Thea , December 2018 , 6 of the most infamous cults in historyhttps://www.insider.com/most-i....nfamous-cults-in-his The Cult Of Familyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxQU7acAVk&t=91sDr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, Yoga: Its Origin, History and Developmenthttps://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Yoga-History/Johnston, Chris, The Morning Herald , Family Ties https://www.smh.com.au/interac....tive/2017/family-tie