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Welcome to Paranormal Night Shift, your home for All Things That Go Bump in the Dark! We’re here to share spine-tingling stories, uncover the mysteries that lurk in the shadows, and give voice to your own chilling experiences.
In this episode, we have a truly harrowing tale from Teddy, who shares their disturbing journey growing up in what they thought was a church but turned out to be something far more sinister. It’s a story of manipulation, control, and a shocking revelation that changed Teddy’s life forever.
As Teddy recounts, they were raised in what appeared to be a religious community, but it quickly became evident that something was terribly wrong. Children were subjected to harsh teachings, including bizarre lessons on responsibility that involved cruelty to animals and inflicting pain on themselves. Teddy’s parents, seemingly caught up in this twisted world, ignored their cries for help.
Teddy’s struggle for freedom took a dark turn as they attempted to uncover the truth behind the facade. They faced isolation, surveillance, and punishment for trying to break free from the oppressive environment. But through it all, a kindred spirit, a girl who had escaped the clutches of the church, secretly left gifts and information that gave Teddy hope and a glimpse of the outside world.
Eventually, Teddy’s quest for knowledge led to a shocking discovery: their own mother was being punished for trying to protect her child from the horrors of the church. With the help of their mother’s message, Teddy managed to escape, leaving behind the nightmare they had endured for years.
Now in their twenties, Teddy lives with their aunt, who also escaped the clutches of this so-called religious establishment. They share a chilling revelation – the organization behind these atrocities continues to operate with some form of legal protection, making it difficult to expose their crimes.
We appreciate Teddy’s bravery in sharing their story with us, reminding us that sometimes the most terrifying tales are not found in the realm of fiction but in the harrowing experiences of real people.
Thank you for joining us on Paranormal Night Shift, where we delve into the darkest corners of reality. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on our spine-chilling stories and investigations. And remember, in the world of the paranormal, the line between fact and fiction can blur in the most unsettling ways. Stay curious, stay cautious, and stay tuned for more eerie encounters on Paranormal Night Shift.
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I grew up in a polygamous cult,
and this is.
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Welcome to Paranormal night.
Shift your home for all things
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that go bump in the dark and
your fans stories told here.
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Kids were taught to listen to
our parents, listen to our
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elders, respect your elders and
do what you’re told.
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But what if what you’re being
told is wrong and you know it’s
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wrong?
If your parents are involved in
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something wrong and you know
it’s wrong and goes against
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everything, you know Teddy’s
story today.
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Definitely covers that, and I
hope you enjoy, Teddy writes in
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I grew up in a cult.
I know it sounds weird when I
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tell people that, but that’s
what it was.
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They called it a church, but
there was no worship being done
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there.
We spent all of our time at the
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church.
All of our money went to the
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church, and that was what we
did.
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That was my normal.
I was about 8 years old when I
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first started realizing that the
grownups, they weren’t doing
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what they were supposed to be
doing.
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They weren’t keeping us safe.
They were doing something wrong.
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We’d have these Sunday school
sermons where they would preach
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to us respect and discipline.
Lots of things that most kids do
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need to be taught, but they
would teach it to us rather
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violently.
I can’t stand telling this
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story, but I vividly remember we
had a class Bunny.
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A Bunny that they had bought
from a store.
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They used this Bunny to teach us
about responsibility.
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How?
If you don’t feed your
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responsibilities, that
responsibility will go away.
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So that’s what they did.
We had a Bunny and we weren’t
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allowed to feed it.
We weren’t allowed to play with
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it.
The Bunny just lived in a cage.
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It lived in a cage for about two
weeks with us not giving it any
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food or any water.
We watched the Bunny be joyful
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and happy when we first got it.
But every day the Bunny would
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lose.
More and more will.
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More and more strength until,
well, you guess what happened.
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At 8 years old, they made us
bury the Bunny so that we could
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know what it was like to suffer.
One time they made us walk
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through the gravel driveway with
no shoes on so that we could
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know what pain felt like.
I remember the blisters and
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cuts.
We walked around outside in the
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hot heat all day long.
No shoes on up and down this
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gravel driveway.
And I do remember telling my
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parents, but they just they just
didn’t care.
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They told me that the church was
teaching me things, teaching me
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things that I needed to learn.
They kept us separated from our
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parents most of the day.
When we were out there, the
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parents would go one way and the
kids would go another for six
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hours a day.
I remember doing this all the
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time.
I was about 11 when I really
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started realizing that there
were bad things happening.
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Everything was supervised.
Restroom breaks, meals, all of
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it.
We all went in a group.
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You never got to be by yourself.
I had a idea one day that I was
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going to explore.
I was going to find out what was
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really happening here.
So after we had had a meal, I
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told them I needed to use the
restroom.
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Of course they were agitated and
you never got to go by yourself,
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but I told him it was an
emergency.
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I played it up as much as I
could.
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I told them that if I didn’t go
now, I was going to end up going
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in my pants and that would be a
problem.
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I thought that day would be my
way out.
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But it wasn’t.
They didn’t care.
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In fact, I did end up going in
my pants.
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They made me wear it all day
long to teach me a lesson about
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humility and control.
I gave up.
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After that.
I did whatever that they asked
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me to do.
The grownups knew best, right?
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I knew it was wrong.
But literature, music, books,
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things that the church didn’t
approve, we weren’t allowed to
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have.
We didn’t have any of it.
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I couldn’t have a find a way to
to find information.
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Everything that I was given to
read, everything I was given to
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watch, came from the church.
The families that left the
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church, they were shunned.
You weren’t allowed to have any
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contact with them anymore.
You weren’t allowed to talk to
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them.
In fact, there was a girl who
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had left the church about my
age.
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I saw her one day and I tried to
talk to her.
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But her parents and my parents
looked at us and and we weren’t
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allowed to say anything to each
other.
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My parents shunned me.
They disciplined me that night
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for trying to talk to her.
But I guess she understood.
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The girl understood that I
needed a way out.
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She must have understood that I
needed out because I started
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finding gifts.
I started finding gifts on my
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walk to school.
Things that she would leave, I
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guess in in bushes or in
mailboxes or out and about.
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I knew I wasn’t supposed to have
this material, but she would
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leave it out there for me.
And it went this way for about a
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year.
Every day I’d walk to school,
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I’d find something new.
Materials that I had to hide
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from my mom.
Things that I couldn’t let my
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family know.
I knew that I would be
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disciplined if my family found
it, so I’d hide them the best
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that I could.
Under my bed.
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My dad started doing random
searches when he found one of
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them, but I had hiding spots
everywhere.
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I’d hide them to where nobody
would ever find them, and I’d
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read them information about the
church, information about what
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was happening outside of the
world, All while playing the
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game.
I took on new responsibilities.
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I wanted them to think that I I
bought in full, that I believed
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everything that they were
telling me.
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I know that I didn’t, and they
knew.
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Maybe they knew that I didn’t,
but I definitely put on a good
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act.
I made sure that they saw it and
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I started getting more freedoms
because of it.
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At 13, maybe 14, I could go
throughout the the church by
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myself.
We were never allowed to go
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upstairs.
But I made-up this lie, this lie
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about stomach issues so that I
could have maybe 5-10 minutes of
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freedom.
I ran up those stairs as quickly
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as I could.
I had to find out what was going
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on.
I didn’t even know what I was
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looking for.
I didn’t know what I was going
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to find.
I didn’t know what I was
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expecting to find.
But I opened every door that I
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could and that’s when I saw
them.
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I heard my mother’s voice, so I
opened the door to where she was
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and I saw her there naked, being
disciplined by my father.
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My father had found some of my
magazines, some of my reading
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material.
I thought it was the girl, but
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it was my mother.
The whole time I was shunned
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from the church.
They they got me out that day.
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I wasn’t allowed to even say
goodbye to my mom.
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But in the final magazine I
found, my mother had written me
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of the letter.
You have to run.
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You have to get out.
They will catch you.
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You have to leave.
Never come back to this place.
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Never do anything that you were
told.
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I’m sorry, but this is the only
way I could get you out.
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I love you, darling.
I’m in my 20s now.
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I was sent to go live with my
aunt, who explained to me that
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she was shunned, kicked out of
the church as well.
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But we can’t do anything about
it.
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The church is actually
considered a religious
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establishment.
They have some sort of lawyer,
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some sort of something that
protects them.
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If people really knew what was
happening, they would be shut
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down.
They’re abusing and they’re
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hurting people.
But that’s what I have.
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That’s all the information I
have.
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I love Paranormal Night Shift
because you do lots of stories
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about things that go bump in the
night, but please understand
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