The film’s details aren’t altogether accurate. I’ve five children, not two, and Rachel (or Jacque) who declined participating, suffered the excommunication nightmare alongside me, her name at the time changed by Lila to Barren.

To condense the story, the director cropped a lot, plus used a few conflations, i.e. he edited, deleted, copied and pasted to condense 6 years of craziness into 43 minutes. Going for the essence, and I think he nailed it. 

Hats off to director Russell Eatough, story producer Claire Allitt, and all the people at RAW TV in the UK and Cream Productions in Canada who made this happen. When I said “no” the first time, thank you for not giving up on me, on my story. Thank you for calling me back 6 months, and again 9 months later. For me it’s been cathartic. Thank you for your patience and for your intentions of spreading awareness.

All episodes were well done, and for anyone with an interest in mind control or the subject of cults, why and how people get sucked in and why they don’t just leave, then these are worth the few bucks. Hats off to the warm and wonderful people at Screaming Flea Productions in Seattle, WA. Well done, and thank you for the wonderful time, and more than anything, thank you for promoting awareness.

Available from Amazon for $1.99-$2.99. Biography Channel. Episode 3 is two stories, one regarding Yahweh Ben Yahweh, the other regarding ACMTC. It was a more comfortable, a better interviewing experience for me than the natgeo interview. I know the above says episode 2, but it’s #3 on amazon. When the series aired, the pilot (number 1) was number zero. Also available for purchase from iTunes, and free to watch on YouTube—Escaping Evil: my Life in a Cult

Natgeo’s documentary “I Escaped a Cult” is available on Netflix.

This was a horrible interviewing experience for me. The whole thing was rushed, I hadn’t slept in days, and I couldn’t muster up the words to describe this broken-off piece of my past—my mind kept drawing blanks. But Rebekah interviewed well, and so did Brent.

I’m quite pleased with the whole series. All episodes shine light into the elitist, the extremist, the shut in mindset. If you wish to understand why people don’t just up and leave cults, these stories will help.

Monday I meet with producer and director for an upcoming documentary, both flying in from the UK. I’ve spoken with the producer so many times over the phone that I feel as though I know her. She’s great. Shoot all day on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kind of excited. And nervous.

I’ll get to see Abe, whom I haven’t seen in over a decade. Abe was in ACMTC at the time I was and after. He has a strong voice, because like me, he’s learned a lot about life the hard way. Love the guy and feel a connection with him after all these years. He’s an artist, a writer, and he loves taking care of his grandson. He tells me he has dreads now. Finally letting his hair down.

Angelina will be in  the documentary also. She left ACMTC about 10 years ago, give or take a few. She spent 20 years of her life in there. Her story’s amazing, she’s overcome so much, and she stands tall today with a bachelor’s degree—like me, mid-life she started all over again, learning to make better, happier choices.

The documentary will be aired towards the end of the year. I’ll let you know when.