168. The Blackburn Cult

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood · Nov 11, 2025 · 1h 7m · transcript

In 1920s Los Angelos Mother May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth Wiland Rizzio headed a cult that promised understandid, salvaion and so much hidden treasure, but the devout wouldn't be showered with riches and gold, instead they would live a life of secrecy, forced marriages, rituals and baking people in an oven.

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