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CRAZY CULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD EXPOSED!

THE FAMILY, AUSTRALIA

Anne Hamilton-Byrne was one of only a few female cult leaders and, in the country outside Melbourne, she operated in secrecy for two decades. As leader of The Family, she believed she was Jesus reborn as a woman and lured people in with her good looks and charm. Children made up the bulk of her ‘family’, and when her property was eventually raided in 1987, it emerged she had gathered 28 children from various adoption scams and ‘gifts’ from followers. She dyed their hair blonde, dressed them identically and kept them under her control by drugging them with LSD and beating them. They were brought up to believe they would take over

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