The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult
5/5/20261 hr 8 min
TICK TOCK IT'S CULT O'CLOCK!! Are you looking for to join a secretive group that makes you give up all your worldly possessions, works you like a freaking dog for absolutely no money, doesn't let you go to the hospital when you're sick AND DYING, and encourages you to physically abuse your children in truly evil ways? WELL HAVE WE GOT THE CULT FOR YOU!! Welcome to the Twelve Tribes, a "religious group for those who hate religion!" Apparently, if you love The Grateful Dead, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS CULT. Come get crazy with us as we LITERALLY...
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First 90 secondsPatrick Hinds· Host0:00
This one's a tough one.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:01
Yeah, it sure is. It sure is.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:03
Remember like last week or whenever we did the last People Magazine Investigates, I'm like, "I love this series. Can we do more?"
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:07
I know.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:08
And then I like sobbed into my Cheerios all morning watching this one.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:11
I do remember that.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:12
Yeah, this was, this was n- not the easiest episode we've done.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:14
It was not. It was not.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:15
[upbeat music] Hi, Jillian Bellovey.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:23
Hello, Patrick Heinz.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:25
Fam, join the Facebook group, please. I- we've been asking you for nine years.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:28
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:28
[laughs] If it's, like taken you this long to sort of be like, "Should I or shouldn't I?" I'm gonna go ahead and say please do it.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:32
Yeah. And if you've already said no, sorry for asking again.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:35
You know what? We're gonna keep asking, though.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:36
You know?
Patrick Hinds· Host0:36
That's just the price of doing business.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:37
Mm, a little bit.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:38
But there's like almost 60,000 people in the group. Like, make friends, talk about the episodes, talk about your dogs. Go find, like safe community on the internet. We've got a moderator named Sasha, who makes sure the rules are followed and everybody is really nice. It's a really safe place, so like, go and check in once a day or whatever.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:52
Yeah. You can also do that on our Discord server.
Patrick Hinds· Host0:54
Yeah. The Discord... Tell them how that works again.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host0:57
It's a server, and it has a bunch of channels, and everyone's really nice, and we just, like talk and hang out, and you can talk about the episodes, or you can talk about other things, like everything has a specific channel. It's a little more organized, I guess.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:06
I was gonna say, it's like the more organized version of the Facebook group, which is why it doesn't work for- I need chaos.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:11
Yeah, no.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:11
You know what I mean?
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:12
No, Discord is not like that.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:13
No, it's very, very organized.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:15
Yeah.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:16
Girl, tell them what we're talking about today.
Gillian Pensavalle· Host1:18
So this is called The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult. It's on HBO Max and Discovery Plus, and at the very top we get the on-screen text saying that this episode involves disturbing allegations of abuse against children, viewer discretion is advised. Could not agree more.
Patrick Hinds· Host1:29
I'm