We take a look at some situations involving self-proclaimed messiahs, including David Shayler, Branch Davidian, and Heaven’s Gate.
Plus some diversions into Boards of Canada, and Bob has another counselling session.
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Videos
We played clips from the following videos on the episodes, available to watch in full on YouTube through the following links:
David Shayler Mystic on C4 News 10 Aug 2007
Heaven’s Gate Cult Initiation Tape Part 1
A Look Inside The Heaven’s Gate Cult 20 Years After Mass Suicide
Articles
We referred to the following articles for some of the information on this episode:
‘Messiah Complex‘, from hopechannel.com
‘The Waco Raid at 25: Enough With the Fairy Tale Lies‘, from thedailybeast.com
Boards of Canada
Songs featured on the episode (listen on YouTube via the following links)
A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Media Mentions
Video Games:
Grand Theft Auto (series, ‘Ammu-Nation’
Superhot
Music (other than BoC):
Goldie Lookin Chain – Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do
Outro music this week was ‘Summit’, by Blackfeather
