WEBVTT - Introducing The Turning: River Road (Season 3)

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I wanted to obey and submit because I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to get in trouble, But I didn't fully

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<v Speaker 1>grasp for the rest of my life what that meant.

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<v Speaker 2>For my heart. Podcasts and Rococo Punch. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>Turning River Road.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he put the rings on our hands to

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<v Speaker 1>be worn on our ring fingers. Doesn't fit anymore. This

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<v Speaker 1>is all goes on now.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't even pass your second knuckle now.

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<v Speaker 1>Nope, so tiny. Yeah, I was just a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>In the early two thousands in rural Minnesota, Lindsay became

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<v Speaker 2>one of the maidens of River Road Fellowship. She was

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen years old. A ritualistic ceremony married her and nine

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<v Speaker 2>other girls to their adult leader, and for years they

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<v Speaker 2>all endured a secret life of physical and mental abuse.

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<v Speaker 2>It all happened in their community of a hunh hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty people, believers on a commune who saw their

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<v Speaker 2>leader as an apostle, like God in the flesh. They

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<v Speaker 2>followed his command for decades.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did I think that way? Why did I allow

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<v Speaker 1>myself to get so sucked in by this man and

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<v Speaker 1>thinking to the point that if I died for him,

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<v Speaker 1>that would be the greatest honor.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care what happens when Jesus Christ comes back,

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<v Speaker 3>whatever happens to me, it cannot possibly be worse than this.

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<v Speaker 2>But in twenty fourteen, Lindsay and a friend, the youngest Maidens,

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<v Speaker 2>made the daring decision to escape. They sparked an international

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<v Speaker 2>man hunt for the cult leader who had controlled their

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<v Speaker 2>world for.

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<v Speaker 1>All those years. You know, he was the predator and

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<v Speaker 1>I was the prey, and then he became the prey.

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<v Speaker 1>Listened to The Turning River Road starting on July eighth

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<v Speaker 1>on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

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<v Speaker 1>get your podcasts