ABOUT THIS EPISODE
“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark wood.”
After hearing about the Fellowship of Friends from one of its former members, investigative journalist Jennings Brown visits Apollo, the spiritual organization’s compound, to uncover more about the group and its mysterious leader, Robert Burton.
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“Long was he puzzled to assume a shape most fit, and expeditious for the rape.”
After observing how Robert Burton engenders devotion from his followers, Jennings travels across the country interviewing former members of the Fellowship—several of whom accuse Burton of sexual abuse.
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“I must create a system, or be enslav’d by another man’s.”
Jennings returns to Apollo one last time in the throes of a global catastrophe that looks much like the tragedies that Robert predicted. He finds that while the rest of the world is suffering the effects of the pandemic, the Fellowship is …
“Vice thrives and lives by concealment.”
The Fellowship has been sued by former members and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, but the organization has never been charged with wrongdoing. How has it been able to operate for half a century despite several credible accusations of s…
“Come, let us take a muster speedily: Doomsday is near; die all, die merrily.”
Jennings returns to Apollo on the week of the predicted apocalypse to see how the Fellowship community prepares for the end of the world.
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“Oh threats of hell and hopes of paradise.”
Jennings goes back to Apollo to find out if the Fellowship has done anything to protect members from Robert’s coercive behavior, or if the organization just got better at hiding it.
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