Escaping NXIVM: Behind the investigation of the alleged sex cult

Escaping NXIVM. Smallville actress Allison Mack was one member of the alleged sex cult linked to NXIVM, the group run by leader Keith Raniere. Josh Bloch talks about the investigation by the CBC Uncover podcast team.
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  • @thekittykarate
    @thekittykarate5 жыл бұрын

    Individuals who are actually well-grounded and have a strong desire to help other people usually do not go around selling self-help workshops. They are out in their communities, donating their time and money without expectation of praise. Anyone looking for someone kind-hearted to take after would be better served starting in shelters, libraries and food banks. Instead of paying for overpriced workshops.

  • @thisutuber

    @thisutuber

    5 жыл бұрын

    ..while remaining aware that many predators lurk in those orbits too . .

  • @geoffgriffiths3381

    @geoffgriffiths3381

    5 жыл бұрын

    Women followed him out of ambition to be 'superior' to everyone else, which is a way of selling your soul. Otherwise they would have walked away when the branding iron came out, instead of regarding it as putting them in a special class of women. The time for gurus in the US was about 1970-80. After than, the cutting edge of higher human unfoldment moved on to higher and more subtle methods. If anyone had tried branding people then, it would not have taken on. The branding was done over the sacral chakra, the emotional centre, and breathing IN the pain was to deepen and intensify the pain/shock/trauma factor. Things become more gentle and subtle when conscious is raised, not more blatant and grotesque.

  • @Ninjajp247

    @Ninjajp247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Uber libs

  • @kristinacarpenter2555

    @kristinacarpenter2555

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @thekittykarate

    @thekittykarate

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jake Dean Do you have trouble with reading comprehension? I didn't say that the people to seek out in volunteer organizations was those being served there. I said that the people who volunteer would be a better model to take after if you are interested in being a kind-hearted person who actually helps society. Probably filled with more people who would be more trustworthy than those you find at over-priced, feel good seminars and you would probably find more useful lessons too.

  • @robbiefrye7207
    @robbiefrye72074 жыл бұрын

    I was currently enrolled in a community college in Long Beach, CA. Allison Mack was one of my classmates in a sociology course and I literally had NEVER knew anything about this story AT ALL. Surprisingly, cults and trafficking was never a topic that was discussed in the class. Me and Allison became good friends and all of our classmates knew of us to sit together everyday and make jokes about the professor and be sort of loud and obnoxious. She was the sweetest most down to earth person I had ever met. But in the back of my mind I always found it a bit odd that any time she’d converse with me...she’d give me compliments and try to engage in conversation with me as if she was trying to get me to be vulnerable. She also never showed up for any of the exams, yet she showed up for every other class. I read about this story 3 months after the course ended and I was completely blown away because I had no idea this lady existed before this class started. I also came to the conclusion that her way of connecting to me was all apart of her recruiting tactics and I have never felt more unsafe than I do now. This is just to say to anyone who finds this story or finds themselves in a similar situation, pay attention to your surroundings and don’t get too close to people, you literally never know who you’re talking to.

  • @user-bw6pt9dy6f

    @user-bw6pt9dy6f

    3 жыл бұрын

    u think she joined the class trying to recruit?

  • @silentkilla14

    @silentkilla14

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-bw6pt9dy6f lol thats what i was thinking.

  • @sockmonkeyjg

    @sockmonkeyjg

    2 жыл бұрын

    id heard she attended class after leaving nxim and was then kicked out of class because they didnt feel comfortable... i dont think she was recruiting you i think she might have just wanted a friend

  • @catspaw3092

    @catspaw3092

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like she was undercover when you said she never showed up for any exams & was trying to get you to open up to her she was looking for recruits but she was selective about who she chose.

  • @davem7173

    @davem7173

    2 жыл бұрын

    you probably weren't hot enough to be recruited

  • @Coachgerri
    @Coachgerri3 жыл бұрын

    Nancy Salzman tried to recruit me way back when they were getting started. She mentioned that Raniere was an amazing genius and that their material was so transformational it was a secret. Those were red flags to me.

  • @angelinaanderson481

    @angelinaanderson481

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow 😳..... reading your comment this morning made me realize how far reaching this dangerous man... and group has been. It also gave me enough motivation to make a change in my own life for the better. Thx for the comment, you will never know how your plain and simple truth/words came to me at the perfect moment. 🙏

  • @MrSprite2005

    @MrSprite2005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank goodness you didn’t fall for it!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

  • @zofar9565

    @zofar9565

    3 жыл бұрын

    You have good critical thinking 👌

  • @quintuplebanned4267

    @quintuplebanned4267

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tell us more about her...what was she like? And those eyebrows...good God. She needed to pluck them in a permanent glazed grin position, to cover her misery, I’m assuming. Oh my. She looked so snowed.

  • @Coachgerri

    @Coachgerri

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@quintuplebanned4267 I met her when they were out networking and asking for people who were coaches or looking into personal improvement. Someone gave her my name since I am a life coach. So I agreed to meet her. She talked about how their material was so much better than anything out there in the field of personal development. But I'd been coached by some pretty amazing people. She "coached" me right there in starbucks. Her technique was good, but nothing I hadn't done myself or been exposed to, but then I had also had exposure to very skilled coaches. I'm sure they would have taken my money but I wasn't interested. The red flags were the emphasis on ONE leader - the elusive Keith who was such a genius AND that their material was so amazing it was patented and couldn't be used outside their organization. I don't think any organization has all the answers and when any organization or religion claims to have the answers vs. one's own inner guidance, that's a huge red flag. Spiritual leaders should be helping people find the answers within themselves. I think the few who achieve success through being the leader of a movement are easily seduced by their own power and are then drawn into feeding their egos. And unchecked egos are bottomless pits which can never be satisfied, and can only lead to massive destruction......... like our current president for example.

  • @renoloverxoxo
    @renoloverxoxo5 жыл бұрын

    "He once worked for Amway" ok everything makes sense now.

  • @randyrysdale852

    @randyrysdale852

    5 жыл бұрын

    yeah, that says a lot from the start

  • @jaymcmullen9394

    @jaymcmullen9394

    5 жыл бұрын

    A coworker asked too make a sales pitch to me and my wife. I was young and sure but only if it isn’t Amway! He said no. I said how long will the presentation be 45-60 minutes. I said perfect I have too leave at a certain time. I gave him a start time. He makes his presentation and 1/4 way through I figure out it is Amway operation just name change. I took him by the collar and opened the door. He never spoke to me again and I was fine with that. Every time I saw him I saw myself shaking his head like marques.

  • @leeannalynx4890

    @leeannalynx4890

    4 жыл бұрын

    renoloverxoxo yesss

  • @Queenie-the-genie

    @Queenie-the-genie

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amway owned by DeVos family.

  • @mrupsingod

    @mrupsingod

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone i ever met that worked for Amway was Always borderline narcissistic!!!

  • @darrenwillett8536
    @darrenwillett85365 жыл бұрын

    One of the creepy parts of this story is that the female doctor who did the actual branding is still practicing and at-large,

  • @mirandabisnou1307

    @mirandabisnou1307

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's in SANE!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS WILL END. I WANT TO SEE ##EMILIANOSALINAS IN JAIL!! HE'S WAS K. RENIERI RIGHT HAND MAN IN MEXICO!!! SALINAS IS THE SON OF FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT CARLOS SALINAS.... A BLOODY PRESIDENT HE WAS!!!! THIS IS HORRIBLE!!!

  • @honeybabou6119

    @honeybabou6119

    4 жыл бұрын

    In a tattoo parlour?

  • @jspaingreene6350

    @jspaingreene6350

    4 жыл бұрын

    @M B I hope that's true. She should never practice again. I even question her being able to do volunteer medical work given the extreme sadism of her acts.

  • @fortnumglobal

    @fortnumglobal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Darren Willett Amazing what money does. She probably has paid someone to back off. Vicious cycles everywhere.

  • @sharontarin1310

    @sharontarin1310

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm horrified!! I hope her name was publicised

  • @MsBlueRyan
    @MsBlueRyan5 жыл бұрын

    He's not brilliant...he's a dirty old narcissist with a criminal bent who chose to exploit women. He needs to stay in prison and not get out.

  • @lynnlynn9124

    @lynnlynn9124

    5 жыл бұрын

    He barely passed his regular classes at a technical college, and had a C average. NYT said his claims of Guiness listing him as the smartest person in the world, were also BS. He didn't even make a US top 10 list. The IQ test was probably an online, 10 question, 'Where's Waldo' quiz, if that. There are no actual records of him having anything but basic schooling. Wouldn't an insanely smart person graduate early, or skip grades if speaking and reading at an extremely advanced level? He barely seems to understand any of the polysyllabic words he spewed, in hopes of impressing young, ignorant girls.

  • @lisamcdonald2877

    @lisamcdonald2877

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lynnlynn9124 Love it! The ones who tout their own brilliance are seldom, if ever, brilliant.

  • @4G12

    @4G12

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lisamcdonald2877 Notice how proven Mensa level geniuses like Einstein and Stephen Hawking never called themselves geniuses.

  • @jaakkooksa5374

    @jaakkooksa5374

    5 жыл бұрын

    4G12 According to Albrecht Fölsing's Einstein biography Einstein was an exceedingly modest person who never aggrandized himself. However he knew his worth and made exorbitant wage demands, which the universities usually agreed to pay.

  • @jaakkooksa5374

    @jaakkooksa5374

    5 жыл бұрын

    MsBlueRyan If he was able to charm women, who were consenting adults with full mental faculties, and they offered themselves to him, why should that be a crime on his part? If fooling morons is a crime, then every religious leader should be in jail.

  • @ckom0007
    @ckom00074 жыл бұрын

    He’ll soon be experiencing “personal growth” from a new perspective in prison.

  • @carolesanchez9313

    @carolesanchez9313

    4 жыл бұрын

    LOL!

  • @Mercurychyld1

    @Mercurychyld1

    3 жыл бұрын

    True enough 😂🤣😄

  • @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ew. But 🤣🤣🤣.

  • @mew10521

    @mew10521

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha ha ha ha

  • @stjohnssoup

    @stjohnssoup

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope so

  • @ashleym3791
    @ashleym37913 жыл бұрын

    It's not "alleged" he was just sentenced for over 100 years!!!

  • @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    3 жыл бұрын

    They made this a couple of years ago. They didnt know. Glad that guy got plenty of jail time.

  • @orangewarm1

    @orangewarm1

    3 жыл бұрын

    this was made two years ago

  • @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    @themoonsharksquirrel8937

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Lee 1227 yup.

  • @ashleym3791

    @ashleym3791

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Edipus T Rexx thank you

  • @DEADisBEAUTIFUL

    @DEADisBEAUTIFUL

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I am glad he’s gotten as much time behind bars as he did. Let’s just hope he doesn’t end up with a new DOS program. Well, if he’s in jail, it’d need to be named something like DUDES instead of DOS!!!

  • @michaeljulian4997
    @michaeljulian49972 жыл бұрын

    I just watched the 8 hour documentary on this subject. You explained more in 20 minutes than they did in 8 boring hours. Thank you!

  • @quleughy

    @quleughy

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Seduced documentary is better. It’s also better than this 20 minute rundown, although it’s shorter.

  • @marie_84

    @marie_84

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@quleughy Which one? Link maybe? Plz...😚🙏🤝

  • @ayzay7212

    @ayzay7212

    Жыл бұрын

    Link?

  • @Bailemos888

    @Bailemos888

    10 ай бұрын

    good to know

  • @SuzeeBeeCA
    @SuzeeBeeCA5 жыл бұрын

    Sociopaths and Psychopaths can score high on IQ tests. That doesn't mean they are fit to be leaders or score high in other areas of human intelligence and consciousness. I watched several of Keith's interviews where he was supposedly sharing his "genius." He said absolutely NOTHING. He seems to use a lot of circular logic and is clever at playing to people's insecurities and low self esteem. So when something he says actually doesn't make sense (and I saw the quizzical looks in every interviewee's eyes) they assume it's because he's a "genius" and the information is just over their heads. Honestly I was rolling my eyes at everything he said. Total garbage. But then my narcissist meter is especially sensitive. lol

  • @ericbogar9665

    @ericbogar9665

    5 жыл бұрын

    we can be leaders too. I coached my sons team and all the kids loved me except the one kid who thought he was going to do what he wanted and not run plays. We won the championship too. I was always the leader on my teams growing up too since I was the best player the majority of the time.

  • @SuzeeBeeCA

    @SuzeeBeeCA

    5 жыл бұрын

    So you're saying you're a sociopath or a psychopath with a high IQ who can also coach his son's team? lol I'm thinking you didn't exactly understand what I wrote. But nice to know your sons team did very well. Congrats!

  • @ericbogar9665

    @ericbogar9665

    5 жыл бұрын

    From what I got it just seems like you don't think sociopaths are capable of doing the same things as "normal" people. Like we're missing something. I'm sure some are. They are more than just sociopaths in my opinion. They have other issues too. Or some are just psychopaths who feel no empathy ever, so it's easier for them to commit crimes and not care about hurting anyone.

  • @TheMusachioedBrony

    @TheMusachioedBrony

    5 жыл бұрын

    Eric Bogar So you ARE self identifying asa sociopath! That is really something-never seen that before. If you are so self enlightened, do think it is possible to work on yourself and change-for the good? Because as someone who was very miserably married to a narcissistic sociopath, it was a living hell.

  • @Kabullo76

    @Kabullo76

    5 жыл бұрын

    So you ARE self identifying asa sociopath! That is really something-never seen that before. Wrong, im exactly like him, dont worry i dont need to change , im no married :D

  • @socorropolina5274
    @socorropolina52745 жыл бұрын

    Pure manipulation! Just like Scientology!

  • @LenRenBen

    @LenRenBen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just because he used a MLM platform doesn't mean all MLM businesses are schemes or evil.

  • @nomdeplume2213

    @nomdeplume2213

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just like Christianity and all religion

  • @morokeiboethia6749

    @morokeiboethia6749

    4 жыл бұрын

    Scientology was literally based off of occultism/Satanism. He gave it the name "scientology" to conceal that fact. L Ron Hubbard's son said that in an interview and that interview is on KZread.

  • @mrwhite1073

    @mrwhite1073

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nomdeplume2213 well said

  • @ceemac5656

    @ceemac5656

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just like Pimpology!

  • @domvdelgado
    @domvdelgado5 жыл бұрын

    Shortly after leaving the Berkshires last year I received a message from a poet I met out there telling me that a couple of the women I had hung out with during my time there were associated with this organization. It totally tripped me out because I was feeling very isolated despite having a great job and was getting a lot of spirited invites from these women. Something told me not to involve my self too deeply, tho. I'm grateful for divine guidance and a healthy intuition.

  • @91clarie

    @91clarie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!! I'm so happy you didn't get involved in this! Bless your heart & intuition 🙏🏻💕

  • @MrOvertSandStorm

    @MrOvertSandStorm

    10 ай бұрын

    What is divine guidance?

  • @witchesbane9807
    @witchesbane98075 жыл бұрын

    Did CBC forget to mention the child trafficking charges against NXIVM again?

  • @xtina286

    @xtina286

    5 жыл бұрын

    Evil!

  • @supermax8289

    @supermax8289

    5 жыл бұрын

    He specifically says Allison Mack was

  • @deaniemack

    @deaniemack

    5 жыл бұрын

    Witches Bane Covering their pedo trafficking by exposing just this aspect of the cult. divert attention away from child trafficking by shocking us with harem admissions. Slick

  • @truthfullyfreedomofspeech9016

    @truthfullyfreedomofspeech9016

    5 жыл бұрын

    564markis almost all donated to Democrats specifically Killery Clinton

  • @mamamarianovits9029

    @mamamarianovits9029

    5 жыл бұрын

    Witches Bane ...hmm, apparently so.

  • @Pipers_hooman
    @Pipers_hooman5 жыл бұрын

    Did he take a Facebook quiz IQ test? I was a genius on there as well and I'm noooott even close. 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @maxali7307

    @maxali7307

    5 жыл бұрын

    Denise Hopper lol I got a score of 150 I’m a genius I’m gonna start a cult too

  • @slaws2279

    @slaws2279

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Damn it, I thought I was special. 😂

  • @thaiselizabethh

    @thaiselizabethh

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂🤣😅

  • @soninChina

    @soninChina

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s too funny 😂

  • @lynxminx4

    @lynxminx4

    3 жыл бұрын

    He took the Mega Society entrance exam, which is a highly controversial gauge. Mega Society insists their 48-question exam, taken by a few hundred people a year, can determine whether your intelligence is in the top .0001% of humanity. Anyone who understands probability or statistics or both understands this claim has not been established, and almost certainly can't be true. The smartest humans on earth recognize these tests are garbage and don't waste their time on them.

  • @samwindmill8264
    @samwindmill82645 жыл бұрын

    DOS stands for "Dominus Obsequious Sororium", which is apparently Latin for "Master over Slave Women". "Self empowerment group", eh?

  • @candacecasey5634

    @candacecasey5634

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not exactly

  • @handpanhenry2139

    @handpanhenry2139

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whoa

  • @kristiblack4789

    @kristiblack4789

    3 жыл бұрын

    I be-lie-ve it was the Roman Catholic Empire that started that "'Master over Slave" Caste Beast System! They sure were sick and sadistic and Democide was their favorite Sport and Control Mechanism! Obviously nothing has changed in the 21st Century!

  • @replynotificationsdisabled

    @replynotificationsdisabled

    3 жыл бұрын

    And lol reps lingerie over leggings

  • @mntlhlthaddtnstilltrying

    @mntlhlthaddtnstilltrying

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's not quite the translation. I think they made a mistake

  • @jus1085
    @jus10855 жыл бұрын

    How can you be enlightened when your ego is bigger than the titanic?

  • @69LOLIN

    @69LOLIN

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good question! ✔

  • @missj7262

    @missj7262

    4 жыл бұрын

    1337S0lja it's a Personality Disorder the DSM calls Narcissistic Personality Disorder...HIGH on the spectrum lol. Not funny, disturbing...

  • @limeseacheck2740

    @limeseacheck2740

    4 жыл бұрын

    'I am no longer I but a hollow tube to bring fire down from heaven''. The question is good cuz you either have to remove the conscious I, the ego, to become one with the whole set- setting- natural relation to life but on the other side, it is all about the conscious I that wants this. Which one is it? - To lose your ego like some guru or in a monastery or try to make your Ego = to the spirit of nature?

  • @ericagross6078

    @ericagross6078

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @dirkdiggler2218

    @dirkdiggler2218

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he just reached a point where his ego became so big he was too close to actually see its size

  • @avamasquerade
    @avamasquerade5 жыл бұрын

    How is anyone "captivated" by such an obviously dull man?? 😪

  • @iv7796

    @iv7796

    5 жыл бұрын

    acid?

  • @pornstarlivesmatter3319

    @pornstarlivesmatter3319

    3 жыл бұрын

    low self esteem

  • @Tommykey07

    @Tommykey07

    3 жыл бұрын

    He seems to come across like some vaguely hippyish college philosophy professor

  • @danaprovenzano3961

    @danaprovenzano3961

    3 жыл бұрын

    He has such a crazy , weird look in his eyes when he speaks with people. Not to mention 90 percent of his ideologies made NO sense intuitively . He wasn’t even wise . As I watched the docu, I was like what? How are people falling for his “wisdom and genius”. The only thing genius about him was his manipulation skill and ability to lure people into his trap

  • @Tommykey07

    @Tommykey07

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@danaprovenzano3961 don't forget, it wasn't just him. There was also Nancy Salzman doing a lot of the public work. It is sad that these people didn't do their research into Consumers Buyline before committing to Nxivm.

  • @lollou86
    @lollou865 жыл бұрын

    Hes a mix between David Mcsavage and R. Kelly with the potential to go full blown Jim Jones...... that's scary!

  • @anneblubaugh58

    @anneblubaugh58

    5 жыл бұрын

    No doubt

  • @ritagardner8120

    @ritagardner8120

    5 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of Charles Manson

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    Jin Jones was an intelligent man..but not real smart.

  • @moemawri1407

    @moemawri1407

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well said

  • @MicahGilmorethekoopaking

    @MicahGilmorethekoopaking

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very good analogy!

  • @Michilar
    @Michilar2 жыл бұрын

    I am continually amazed the great efforts that guys will make on behalf of getting off. If all that energy went into doing something more constructive, this world might be a better place.

  • @holyfox94

    @holyfox94

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s probably more about power. Power about women, in this case.

  • @MsMichigan

    @MsMichigan

    2 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏

  • @jaana944

    @jaana944

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said!!

  • @catseye1009

    @catseye1009

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree with another response, that is, this case is about power. We see it everyday, however society has a great ability to compartmentalize and justify the actions of one group while recognizing the horrors of groups using the same manipulations. Look at our current political atmosphere and groups gaining traction like Q’anon. Are we capable of intellectual honesty when we are motivated by fears or things we do not understand?

  • @bigmaky8253
    @bigmaky82533 жыл бұрын

    Mark Twain said, "It's easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled." Even more when you have "skin" in the game. That's why pro football players go broke chasing bad investments with worse ones. And that's how people join a self help group and, after paying lots of money and the giving of their time, chase a return on that investment. Trying to get that return creates a "blind spot" for evil. Instead of cutting your losses, you double down.

  • @NatureFantasy8

    @NatureFantasy8

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sunk cost fallacy, exactly

  • @texasray5237

    @texasray5237

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. The more you've already poured into the black hole, the more totally unacceptable the idea that it is a black hole becomes. You have to either keep believing the delusion or accept the crash of your entire worldview.

  • @grewntd
    @grewntd5 жыл бұрын

    People that constantly smile without an apparent reason seem disingenuous to me

  • @jxsilicon9

    @jxsilicon9

    5 жыл бұрын

    They're insane or on drugs.

  • @DaDunge

    @DaDunge

    5 жыл бұрын

    Then I guess I would seem disingenuous to you. I like smiling it makes me feel happier.

  • @abelmcguire6252

    @abelmcguire6252

    5 жыл бұрын

    Personally, I feel there are two ways to smile that say what this guy is referring to and then what others feel like is there personal pure joy! The former being, showing a big teeth smile that never changes and the later oscillates with simply being human as emotions change.

  • @DaDunge

    @DaDunge

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@abelmcguire6252 I would say there are hundreds of different ways to smile. I usually have a slight smile with no teeth on my face simply because if I don't it looks like I'm angry.

  • @cmrpeach3470

    @cmrpeach3470

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree.. It's the same ick factor that occurs when someone intentionally uses your name in conversation. In particular when someone isn't that close to you and intentionally engages in a manner that is too familiar. It's sleaze detection #101

  • @nicodabastard
    @nicodabastard5 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like he was exactly like the Scientology and the Mormon guy I guess the only difference is that this dude got caught.

  • @azadalamiq

    @azadalamiq

    5 жыл бұрын

    the mormon dude got caught, just some how (sorta) runs it from jail.

  • @lorielizabethwade7505

    @lorielizabethwade7505

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is no REAL "Mormon" dude running things from jail. That guy you're referring to is a cult leader. He has absolutely nothing to do with the over 17 million people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's frustrating for me, a regular good person who knows better, to see people confuse my faith with a relatively small group of cultists living in a secret society in the middle of the desert. I feel sorry for any of the sincere people stuck out there and especially the poor children in that cult led by that guy in jail. (I hope they still don't follow him.) Peace.

  • @nicodabastard

    @nicodabastard

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lorielizabethwade7505 you sincerely believe that a convicted con man found golden tablets that only he could see and read then he needed help to write down what was on the tablets because he could not write and read......... Seems legit

  • @DCM88

    @DCM88

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lori Elizabeth Wade Mormonism is nothing but a generic Americanised christian cult.

  • @DCM88

    @DCM88

    5 жыл бұрын

    Still an american "christian" cult and i agree. Abrahamic religions was the worse thing that could have happened to the Western Civilization. The greek Gods teach about our lives and destinies , how someone reaching for the warrior path was going to end up following a set of archetypes (like mars) how a charismatic politician was going to end or follow the steps of Jupiter,etc . The christian god is ambiguos and alien to true western culture.

  • @JustMeELC
    @JustMeELC3 жыл бұрын

    He deserved every one of the 120 years he got when you hear the real/whole story!

  • @sofiagonzalez3193
    @sofiagonzalez31935 жыл бұрын

    Hi, great content! I'm Mexican and I wanted to make a correction the big three Mexican muralist are Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros. Not Frida Kahlo.

  • @carolesanchez9313

    @carolesanchez9313

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @theEumenides
    @theEumenides5 жыл бұрын

    That lawyer is so slimy...

  • @joeray7899

    @joeray7899

    5 жыл бұрын

    he’s just doing his job. A lawyer has an ethical obligation to set aside their feelings and put forward the best possible defense they can for their client. And that’s a good thing. Everyone, no matter what they’re accused of, has the right to a legal defense by competent attorney. That said, Keith Raniere is a monster and I’m sure Marc Agnifilo’s best efforts won’t keep him from getting what he rightly deserves: decades on federal prison. But Agnifilo isn’t being slimy, he’s doing what he’s supposed to do.

  • @RoyalReyna

    @RoyalReyna

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joeray7899 But he is being slimy, telling lies in the name of defending your client is wrong and slimy, not just giving him his best defense. And lawyers at his level choose their clients, and their price. He's in it for the money, not the justice of providing legal aide to an accused citizen. Doing wrong or illegal things for money is the definition of slimy.

  • @livingintheforest3963

    @livingintheforest3963

    4 жыл бұрын

    Patrick Raymond too bad he is poor at defending his client... funny

  • @esthermercer648
    @esthermercer6485 жыл бұрын

    His indictment included child abuse charges, why no mention of this?

  • @PICARDY610

    @PICARDY610

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because this article is being reported by the MEDIA

  • @DouglasIII368

    @DouglasIII368

    5 жыл бұрын

    Where does it say about child abuse?

  • @DouglasIII368

    @DouglasIII368

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Aggrobiscuit I look at the warrant it doesn't mention that. Go check it and hyperlink me the source.

  • @Sarah-eh7bw

    @Sarah-eh7bw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably because it’s a sensitive topic, especially since this doc was made when the charges were still in court.

  • @mikalin9286

    @mikalin9286

    3 жыл бұрын

    They made videos on this topic after this one

  • @Light-jc3fj
    @Light-jc3fj3 жыл бұрын

    It's basically the same as breaking away from a narcissistic family. Narcissistic personality disorder is way underestimated for it's cancerous effect on all of society.

  • @stj971

    @stj971

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, family being a microcosm, I have a family member who is narcissistic and it created complete dysfunction and destruction.

  • @Light-jc3fj

    @Light-jc3fj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stj971 I understand completely. Healing prayers to you... it's no easy path to break away.. 🙏🌻

  • @Badm00nrRising

    @Badm00nrRising

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep.......

  • @missmoxie9188
    @missmoxie91884 жыл бұрын

    My husband LOVES Superman and LOVED the show Smallville. So it was a real punch in the gut to find out about Allison Mack and her role in it

  • @Bmthbabe23
    @Bmthbabe235 жыл бұрын

    quit saying he is brilliant....and glorifying this crap

  • @emqueen418

    @emqueen418

    5 жыл бұрын

    People that don't believe in this stuff that you are trying to wake up aren't going to listen unless you come off soft like this. It's sad.

  • @notchmusic4758

    @notchmusic4758

    5 жыл бұрын

    He knows how to manipulate would be enough

  • @inigomontoya68

    @inigomontoya68

    5 жыл бұрын

    many serial killers / psycopaths / sociapaths have high IQs &/or are charismatic - IMO they arent saying he was 'brilliant' (thats your word/impression) - they are just acknowledging certain facts about him that caused this eg he had a very high IQ, was very charismatic & was a successful business man - doesnt make him any less of a 'monster' - it actually makes him worse than your average sociopath as he was probably very aware of what he was doing

  • @Nik-ko9eq

    @Nik-ko9eq

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly as John Foy pointed out, he is indeed brilliant. But he didn't use his brilliance for good. Many people who have done horrible things are extremely intelligent.

  • @Tanek711

    @Tanek711

    5 жыл бұрын

    He did get three degrees from RPI. My theory is that he is collecting women for post-apocalyptic repopulation efforts.

  • @travelholicbutterfly
    @travelholicbutterfly5 жыл бұрын

    And yeh Scientology still out there recruiting people.

  • @GrahamCStrouse

    @GrahamCStrouse

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not as effectively as in the past, though. The thing about Scientology's target audience is that they're generally wealthy, well-connected people who CAN find a way out.

  • @hciapetus1251

    @hciapetus1251

    5 жыл бұрын

    Graham Strouse - and targeting hard working and/or desperate people who’d be willing to join their Sea Org (and prolly other groups within the cult) to carry out the jobs the wealthier members won’t do.

  • @vercoda9997

    @vercoda9997

    5 жыл бұрын

    Graham Strouse You should check where they’ve opened a major new center in Dublin, in one of the city’s poorest, most socioeconomically deprived areas.

  • @PoppyL99

    @PoppyL99

    5 жыл бұрын

    They've bought out essential parts of the cities in which they reside including the police departments so it doesnt shock me that they havent yet been prosecuted.

  • @esmeraldagreengate4354

    @esmeraldagreengate4354

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vercoda9997 apparently they buy a lot of property but don't do anything with it to give the illusion that Scientology is still expanding.

  • @jackthompson391
    @jackthompson3915 жыл бұрын

    I guarantee he DOES NOT have a 240 IQ. Why am I right and he's wrong? He is sitting in jail and I am not.

  • @MrBrownstone8881

    @MrBrownstone8881

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm not saying that he has a high IQ... but just because he's in jail and you're not doesn't mean he isn't a genius. Ego can take over intellect in a heart beat. Maybe he got over-confident and didn't think he was going to be caught for anything.... then "voila".... now he's sitting in jail.

  • @faith-hope-love1corinthian486

    @faith-hope-love1corinthian486

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jack Thompson: IQ has nothing to do with wisdom / wise life choices. One can have a low IQ and still possess the wisdom and integrity to stay out of jail (barring being framed). One can be brilliant and have minimal moral character.

  • @gold88fish88

    @gold88fish88

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup. An intelligent person knows their limits. Stupidity breeds greed to the point of self sabotage.

  • @missmoxie9188

    @missmoxie9188

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @mrmills0914

    @mrmills0914

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technically even if he did have an IQ of 240 he doesnt now because the older you get, generally the lower your iq is being that age is the denominator in the equation

  • @djryanashton
    @djryanashton2 жыл бұрын

    I was in Scientology for many years. So many similarities between NXIVM and Scientology!

  • @holyfox94

    @holyfox94

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s so interesting. North America seems to be a hot spot for cults. I wonder why? Too many empty & unhappy souls under the star spangled banner?

  • @brynstarkiller7419
    @brynstarkiller74195 жыл бұрын

    Its a lot like Scientology

  • @fiberinspiretahoe9177

    @fiberinspiretahoe9177

    5 жыл бұрын

    He took Ron L Hubbard’s theory of ... create a religion and you will be rich.

  • @efolinsky

    @efolinsky

    5 жыл бұрын

    He actually used part of scientology theory in creating nxvim theory

  • @estermalzahn7817

    @estermalzahn7817

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was my first thought. He's a less successful L. Ron Hubbard.

  • @jrmerkle

    @jrmerkle

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sharon MarieB q

  • @dorianhernandez1744

    @dorianhernandez1744

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bryn Stuart Jones , the difference is that Scientology pays its bills to the right people, corrupted government. These people got caught for not paying bills thinking they were all covered.

  • @Lunamine
    @Lunamine5 жыл бұрын

    I am just starting to discover Smallville for the first time and Chloe Sullivan is one of my fav character. I was shocked to know what Allison Mack has done in real life. She seemed innocent and pure. You really cannot judge a book by its cover.

  • @stj971

    @stj971

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called acting. Her and the rest of hollyweird

  • @bookingelke
    @bookingelke3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t see where folks think that guy is charisma ..... he opens his mouth and talks about NOTHING!!!!

  • @Thevadeultra

    @Thevadeultra

    3 жыл бұрын

    The true answer to your question is politically incorrect but there is a answer

  • @uzo9887

    @uzo9887

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also to a large degree these people should take responsibility and accountability for themselves for allowing them to become sheeple and being manipulated.

  • @uzo9887

    @uzo9887

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Thevadeultra but at the same time these people are not helpless victims.

  • @laamiroly
    @laamiroly3 жыл бұрын

    WHY didn't anyone track his immediate family members down and talk to them?

  • @lambrosk3790

    @lambrosk3790

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right? Maybe they did.

  • @sbg1911

    @sbg1911

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh good point.

  • @alias201

    @alias201

    3 жыл бұрын

    They probably tried.

  • @lambrosk3790

    @lambrosk3790

    3 жыл бұрын

    Although, it was kind of odd listening to his parents distance themselves from him and explain his behavior simply by saying “we sat him down when he was little and told him he was very special.” And ever since he acted like he was better than everyone. ? They didn’t have any obligation to explain their son’s actions but then again they didn’t have to give an interview either. I looked all over but that was the only comment they ever made trying to rationalize his early behavior.

  • @packisbetter90

    @packisbetter90

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably embarrassed

  • @ryanjohnson5706
    @ryanjohnson57065 жыл бұрын

    Dreadful. How does the lawyer sleep at night?

  • @garymunz1325

    @garymunz1325

    5 жыл бұрын

    @James Black pills!

  • @caib714

    @caib714

    4 жыл бұрын

    With tons of cash on his bed for defending his clients.

  • @milld9345

    @milld9345

    3 жыл бұрын

    He’s the same type of person basically 😥

  • @fionappleisthebest
    @fionappleisthebest5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Josh, loved the work on this piece. Just wondering why the child molestation accusations weren’t discussed in the podcast with Keith’s lawyer? Can you speak to this?

  • @PureAmericanPatriot

    @PureAmericanPatriot

    5 жыл бұрын

    And why Kirsten Gilibrand and Hillary Clinton's connections to the group were not explored. Or why they didn't talk about NXIVM's hacking of MANY high profile executives and politicians. Yeah, really light on the real issues behind this story.

  • @realslimtone

    @realslimtone

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alex jones would say CBC is part of the trade and want u to forget by erasing it and highlighting other sick crimes

  • @jamesjay1979

    @jamesjay1979

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@realslimtone because you read a photoshopped indictment

  • @jamesjay1979

    @jamesjay1979

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@PureAmericanPatriot because you read a photoshopped indictment

  • @TahtahmesDiary

    @TahtahmesDiary

    3 жыл бұрын

    They updated with this info in a later video

  • @crysalis0.067
    @crysalis0.0675 жыл бұрын

    I'll never be able to watch Smallville again after this.

  • @scarletthoxie5589

    @scarletthoxie5589

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hell no

  • @anitabrewer7834
    @anitabrewer78344 жыл бұрын

    This attorneys strategy is brilliant-syncing with Raniere’s contempt of victims while assuring the attorney gets paid. Paying lip service to a client has rarely been so costly. To the client.

  • @mickberry9991
    @mickberry99915 жыл бұрын

    It saddens me right to my heart to think and know that Allison did this.

  • @mickberry9991

    @mickberry9991

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Sharon MarieB geeze calm down

  • @timgels7273

    @timgels7273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Sharon MarieB aaaaarrrrrrlright captain capslock!

  • @mickberry9991

    @mickberry9991

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can't. She is my Lover.

  • @rcalphonse2701

    @rcalphonse2701

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mick Berry she’s only your lover if you go out and get those recruits

  • @mickberry9991

    @mickberry9991

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rcalphonse2701 you sound jealous. 😍

  • @MegaTriumph1
    @MegaTriumph15 жыл бұрын

    Why is nobody in jail.

  • @bdmc6583

    @bdmc6583

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, Raniere IS in jail

  • @erikkajuvonen8030

    @erikkajuvonen8030

    5 жыл бұрын

    MegaTriumph1 Allison Mack has been arrested and I think her bail is a million..I'm not sure if she out yet..but I herd she totally throwing him under the bus.

  • @Grumpeljism

    @Grumpeljism

    5 жыл бұрын

    There's bigger fish to fry, and its not Raniere.

  • @deestands4dorky

    @deestands4dorky

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@erikkajuvonen8030 Allison Mack is out on bail but is on house arrest. She is currently living with her parents.

  • @sehvendusk6612

    @sehvendusk6612

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Parasceve You sound like you fit right into this cult. Worthless worm.

  • @rangeorge85051
    @rangeorge850513 жыл бұрын

    I watched "the Vow", every time he came on to preach his stuff, my reaction was always, what the eff is this guy talking about, and how could anyone fall for this

  • @Karim-ik5ij

    @Karim-ik5ij

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just pure garbage out of his mouth. It comes to tell you ppl have a tough time differentiating between confidence and brilliance

  • @elh7149
    @elh71493 жыл бұрын

    This story is awful and horrifyingly familiar. But I have to say that this journalist is fantastic. His voice is so nice and his tone is so calm while not detracting from the terrible things that he is describing. I was able to understand so well.

  • @Kerosene.Dreams
    @Kerosene.Dreams5 жыл бұрын

    I'm in the Nexium cult, I have horrific acid reflux.

  • @sdidora5

    @sdidora5

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry honey. R you ok?

  • @Kerosene.Dreams

    @Kerosene.Dreams

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@reflections4me Oh hun, you are such a beautiful human being for saying all of this. But, Nexium is a drug that I am prescribed for my acid reflux and I thought everyone knew about Nexium, as it has had so many commercials and is available over the counter, so I expected everyone to understand the joke. I'm sorry. You do lend more hope for humanity though, Blessed Be.

  • @Kerosene.Dreams

    @Kerosene.Dreams

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sdidora5 Thank you, sweetheart. I do actually have horrific acid reflux, among the 20 or more chronic illness that I have and your concern is lovely. But yes, it is a joke because Nexium is what I take for it. I just thought everyone knew what Nexium was and that it was silly that a cult was named that. Blessed Be.

  • @mpemberton7760

    @mpemberton7760

    5 жыл бұрын

    Isis Blackfeather Funny! It's weird that NXIVM doesn't really have any meaning, like an acronym or an abbreviation for something, but it is pronounced "Nexium."

  • @Kerosene.Dreams

    @Kerosene.Dreams

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mpemberton7760 Exactly.

  • @genevievegaspe576
    @genevievegaspe5765 жыл бұрын

    super genius selling Amway? really? give it a rest.this man is rotten I agree.

  • @suzifloren6090
    @suzifloren60903 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the truth in reporting. This warns people and saves lives. bless you.

  • @jeffcooper4779
    @jeffcooper47795 жыл бұрын

    Pimp Mack was a brutal sadist

  • @MonirKhan-vt3ru

    @MonirKhan-vt3ru

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nancy salzman is also guilty and should be investigated.

  • @soninChina

    @soninChina

    3 жыл бұрын

    She angers me more than anything. Except for the Salzmans!! Ugh 🤦‍♀️

  • @scottjones9216

    @scottjones9216

    2 жыл бұрын

    Allison is a talented , beautiful but troubled young lady . Don't kick her when she is down , don't dog her out .

  • @blaneyblogs172
    @blaneyblogs1725 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video. Well done.

  • @zachtrapper2398
    @zachtrapper23985 жыл бұрын

    6:32 "they can whisper questions in his ear" psst, what kinda sandwich u want for lunch?

  • @rachelray4040

    @rachelray4040

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @joeturton8019
    @joeturton80193 жыл бұрын

    Raniere’s GPA upon graduation from RPI was 2.26, hardly “genius” level. His genius was in manipulation of mostly flawed people.

  • @chrisrosenkreuz23
    @chrisrosenkreuz232 жыл бұрын

    lmao that guy thinks he's enlightened when he is actually a sociopath

  • @jaclyncarney3244
    @jaclyncarney32443 жыл бұрын

    amazing that, once she coped a plea, poor Allison Mack suddenly becomes the innocent victim who's strength we should applaud. Prior to her plea agreement the US Government Identified Mack and CBS and all the other major media outlets were happy to do same, as the second in command at DOS. Apparently all it takes for some privledged individuals to have their entire image turned around in the media is some tears in court, the "I'm just a victim" plea and a "It was all his fault" statement. I mean her tears and her court preformence had be to 100% genuine right? I mean its not like she's a trained and experience actress, right?

  • @sabrinatscha2554

    @sabrinatscha2554

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah she needs to go to prison

  • @Nehasupnfan

    @Nehasupnfan

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm disappointed with her sentence. I understand she squealed like a pig and gave some vital information to prosecutors (and I also happen to love her as an actress) but she should have gotten 10-15 years at least for what she did. She traumatized so many people. The plea deal angle is just misused by people.

  • @ChataineDeirdre
    @ChataineDeirdre5 жыл бұрын

    What he practiced was polygamy. Not polyamory.

  • @debrathornquist2465

    @debrathornquist2465

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't think love was involved in the polywhatever you call it.

  • @mwmingram
    @mwmingram3 жыл бұрын

    Great summary. Thank you.

  • @kathrynoneill5862
    @kathrynoneill58624 жыл бұрын

    Wow i can't believe his lawyer is trying to play the sexiest card. He must be desperate.

  • @milld9345

    @milld9345

    3 жыл бұрын

    His lawyer sounds just as misogynistic so it suits.

  • @shizumaakiyama3129
    @shizumaakiyama31295 жыл бұрын

    I Live In Albany, Let me Tell You That place always gave me the creeps. I always felt that place was a cult but most people from Albany Didnt really knew it was that bad.

  • @jamessutter6700
    @jamessutter67003 жыл бұрын

    Allison Mack is a Mini Maxwell, a Mini Ghislaine...

  • @soninChina

    @soninChina

    3 жыл бұрын

    Full on abuser...nothing mini about it. But I got your thinking!!

  • @kerry-annetraynor7282

    @kerry-annetraynor7282

    3 жыл бұрын

    While I don’t condone her behaviour and agree she should do jail time she must have been dreadfully brutalised too... this cannot be what she wanted for her life

  • @joshpritt526

    @joshpritt526

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not watching Smallville.

  • @elsanto8505
    @elsanto85055 жыл бұрын

    Great report

  • @JessicahBMilien
    @JessicahBMilien2 жыл бұрын

    It's not hard to imagine with his lack of looks he got so many followers. It's not about A LOOK, it's about how you make someone feel.

  • @sarahk8129
    @sarahk81295 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like the story of Charlie Manson and the Manson Family! 😂😂😂 cult like! Maybe better optics and marketing!

  • @thaiselizabethh

    @thaiselizabethh

    4 жыл бұрын

    I Was Gonna say the same thing😀 So Obvious..I can see rgt through him..Hes so transparent💯👈💯👈

  • @rebeccagable9629
    @rebeccagable96295 жыл бұрын

    I think he was just convicted. What a sick & evil person.

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon8804 жыл бұрын

    CBC, nice job as usual

  • @ArtMusicLife15
    @ArtMusicLife153 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation and info.

  • @suntemple3121
    @suntemple31214 жыл бұрын

    NXIVM I have never heard of this organization or the founder of it, thank you for this history lesson all the best. 8/14/2019

  • @Bootmahoy88
    @Bootmahoy883 жыл бұрын

    A prime characteristic of a narcissist is the need for constant validation and attention from everyone around.

  • @ruthking5994
    @ruthking59943 жыл бұрын

    He's charmless and says nothing whilst saying alot ..no genius

  • @househeadericmdhousehead9118

    @househeadericmdhousehead9118

    3 жыл бұрын

    Could not have said it better.

  • @lynxminx4

    @lynxminx4

    3 жыл бұрын

    His penchant for 'word salad' may have been a gaslighting tactic- he wants people to think they're not smart enough to understand him. He tried it on the NXIVM 9, and it's a lot less effective when your targets are coordinated with each other and agree you're speaking gibberish. After three days, sweating bullets, he gave up and told them he'd killed people in order to scare them silent.

  • @derekruairc334
    @derekruairc33411 ай бұрын

    I met Keith at a "wheelbarrow-party" back in the day. He was a brilliant conversationalist. I was hanging on every word. he knew stuff. Knew the Lama. You were basically bowled over by his phenomenal personality and he, even then, could make you feel like you wanted him, like he was The Man. The 5 minutes i spent with him was like a complex universe of mind-expansion into his imagination. We parted and I never saw him again. I forgot about him. Till now. How lucky I was not to be in his cult. Greta Bollth told me he could make his smile jump into your face. I don't know what that means. I don't want to find out.

  • @deestands4dorky
    @deestands4dorky5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for reporting on this story. I haven't heard much about it since they were both arrested. So thank you for keeping the public educated. What's truly scary is the lawyer's spin on everything. Do you know when the trial will start?

  • @andyd6338

    @andyd6338

    5 жыл бұрын

    A lawyers job is to take an angle, it's not "scary".

  • @deestands4dorky

    @deestands4dorky

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@andyd6338 That is my emotional response to his angle.

  • @linerud9111
    @linerud91115 жыл бұрын

    I don't care how brilliant a sociopath is. I'd much rather have emotional intelligence, and feel emotional highs and lows. Sociopaths tend to thrill seek to the point of danger and destruction of themselves and everyone around them just to feel anything at all. They can't relate to people emotionally, so they've learned to observe and mimic others to try to "fit in". They can be very charming, and will try to impress and relate to you on a superficial level. They believe that they are better than everyone else, because that is easier than just being different, and in their minds it justifies their perception that everyone around them are mere pawns that they can control. One of the first signs that a person is a sociopath is to watch their eyes. Their face may be expressive, but their eyes will be emotionless. Then ask them something that should elicit an emotional response while rendering yourself emotionless. They will not know how to react, but will tell you what they think you want to hear. I have met and worked with some sociopaths in my time, it is best to keep them at a distance and don't give them any personal information, or they may use it to their advantage.

  • @kwixotic

    @kwixotic

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s Trump in a nutshell.

  • @karenishness1
    @karenishness14 жыл бұрын

    Great information.

  • @madelynshinn9910
    @madelynshinn99103 жыл бұрын

    This was very well explained. Thank hou

  • @enricopallazzo3244
    @enricopallazzo32445 жыл бұрын

    Stop calling her a slave. She had free reign to leave or, you know, not brand her initials on women at any time.

  • @JWS1968
    @JWS19685 жыл бұрын

    "What kind of person needs a constant validation for themselves" Aren't they just called Celebrities?

  • @esaMCMXCIII
    @esaMCMXCIII2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful journalistic work!

  • @bigospig
    @bigospig5 жыл бұрын

    Raniere is the David Koresh to rich people.

  • @gabriellsbaby
    @gabriellsbaby5 жыл бұрын

    Love the way Lawyers are trained to spin. Give me a break, these women were weak minded and allowed themselves to be controlled by this creep and this cult he designed. People are broken and needy that doesn't mean this man had a right to exploit that in the name of helping them. How many times have we seen this scenario? We all have the potential to be vulnerable to these kinds of people. Humans, we must evolve past this.

  • @dwarvengamesmith9726

    @dwarvengamesmith9726

    5 жыл бұрын

    To be fair that's the description of every religion. Most Christian churches for instance state you should make a donation of 10% of your income. You're not forced to but it is heavily suggested that you make offerings

  • @DavidSaintloth

    @DavidSaintloth

    5 жыл бұрын

    ^^^ Exactly. It's exactly using the methods and tools of religious inculcation. Telling you that you are lost because you exist. Providing justification that what you've done makes you dirty and needing of cleansing. Showing you the "one true" answer to your dirtiness. Claiming that you must give (tithes...etc) to get the answer to wash you of your dirtiness. Claiming that if you don't give you will be cast out into the dirt. I'm all about separation of church and state but state needs to do a much better job of explaining why anything "church" is absolute nonsense.

  • @DavidSaintloth

    @DavidSaintloth

    5 жыл бұрын

    That said, the differences are in this case the sermon is one where this white male makes himself a God and claims to these women that he would take care of them should they give themselves exclusively to his divine touch. He's affluent, he has the ability to support them .... check. For a host of women this is enough .....just this! Entire cultures are built around Men literally buying women from their families ....hell others are built around literally selling their daughters to affluent males....why is it surprising that there are many woman out there who would accept this situation? This does NOT absolve him of responsibility for being a predator IF he lied to these woman about what he was doing but if he didn't lie to them? Well that's on those women....they don't need to share themselves with one Man when they could find a Man of their own to take care of them....they chose to be a part of his Harem knowing it was so....it's illogical to fault him for their choice in this regard IF it is true that they chose this willingly and given that so few of these women are coming out to claim abuse it tells us a lot about the sway that the ability to protect and support enables Man to wield over women. Misogyny will truly end only when Men can get pregnant unawares from their interactions with women.

  • @sierrasouthwell9237

    @sierrasouthwell9237

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DavidSaintloth From what I've read, they're recruited with the promise of women supporting other high powered women. Once recruited, they're put through what probably comes off as just a bit of hazing and being used as an go-fer. Then, to advance, they're asked to hand over some "collateral," or potentially ruinous material that can later be used as blackmail. Only once these women have staked their identity and future in this organization are they (forcibly) branded and told what the whole thing is actually about. It's similar to Scientology where you have to spend thousands of dollars and show an incredible commitment for the truth to be "revealed" to you. By the time you find out that your cult is based on a poorly contrived sci-fi plot featuring Xenu the evil alien overlord, you've already invested year upon years and the monetary equivalent of a large house. At that point, it feels like you're too far in it to leave.

  • @SolaGratia.
    @SolaGratia.5 жыл бұрын

    Wait.. "Want to be branded"?? No, babe. These women were not joining knowing they were going to go through a branding ceremony and become slaves to some egomaniac. But hey, if you're implying that the male frats that are getting branded are doing it to be slaves to a woman, I'd be more than happy to hear that story. 🤨

  • @crand20033
    @crand200333 жыл бұрын

    Keith Raniere did what Charlie Manson did all over again.

  • @midnightdew

    @midnightdew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Osho is their inspiration.even the place...oregon.ewh.

  • @jayblack7495
    @jayblack74953 жыл бұрын

    He makes people feel like they're the only person in the room... 🤔 Especially when he locks the door after everyone leaves and they realize they're the only other person in the room...

  • @marleneg7794
    @marleneg77945 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't smart enough not to get caught..now was he?

  • @kathleen7849
    @kathleen78495 жыл бұрын

    It blows my mind that these women just went along with this like they had no control over themselves.

  • @jadeitehaywood2383

    @jadeitehaywood2383

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too, they give a new meaning to Educated Fools and they have no morals whatsoever. They sold their souls, for a chance to make worthless money

  • @scarletthoxie5589

    @scarletthoxie5589

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah and he is not even attractive at all! I couldn't even kiss him...GAG

  • @FT3S
    @FT3S2 жыл бұрын

    These double standards are shocking! She is just as guilty as the leader. 3 years is ridiculous.

  • @msxmurda2385
    @msxmurda23852 жыл бұрын

    If NXIVM was as structured as Scientology, Keith would have been just fine and thriving right now.

  • @kdub0325
    @kdub03253 жыл бұрын

    STOP SAYING "ALLEGEDLY" WHEN THE PROOF IS THERE!

  • @Christinar626
    @Christinar6265 жыл бұрын

    I honestly recommend watching Philip Defrancos video on NXIVM because this guy is really sugarcoating it. Phil actually gets into all the horrifying details that went on

  • @renadamTWELVE

    @renadamTWELVE

    5 жыл бұрын

    Link?

  • @deniseflorence381

    @deniseflorence381

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I'm watching them now.

  • @ashchase8340
    @ashchase83404 жыл бұрын

    I always wanted to know why she wasnt with the Cast at the Comic cons and others, now I know why. Sad that she choose to live her life this way

  • @redwoods7370
    @redwoods73703 жыл бұрын

    The stress placed on being "ethical" in NXIVM is completely laughable. Also, women's self-empowerment and the slave/master model are obviously mutually exclusive. How could any woman on this planet who wants to be self-empowered agree to that? Really sad.

  • @jayjaychadoy9226

    @jayjaychadoy9226

    9 ай бұрын

    They were brainwashed!

  • @ijvo1951
    @ijvo19515 жыл бұрын

    As a woman who has been scarred from accidents and surgeries, I would never in my right mind voluntarily be scarred like that.

  • @savannahjunemann9273

    @savannahjunemann9273

    4 жыл бұрын

    I read Sarah's book and she was told by Lauren, her best friend in NXIVM, that it would be a tattoo the size of a dime. She apparently didn't know until the ceremony.

  • @SaintVodou
    @SaintVodou3 жыл бұрын

    Last month I posted some firsthand comments and wanted to be sure I was accurately quoting them. So, with her encouragement, part of the writer’s 2018 letter: “(Raniere) was always a pyramid scheme with himself on top. He set the standard for men. Men set the standard for women, who were inherently substandard because they weren’t men. Our job was to ‘grow’ by finding and submitting to superior men while ignoring the inferiors. Since Keith was the world’s most highly evolved male, he was everyone’s superior, making our jobs easier...There’s nothing in the big handbook by female independent thinkers because they’re anathema to Keith Raniere. But all I heard was the opposite: ‘He’s a feminist. He’s celibate. He knows it’s a man’s world because he’s a man, he’s sharing his insider hacks to toughen you up and help you survive it. You should be grateful. And anyway, if anyone asks-he’s not involved with the women’s groups, they’re strictly grassroots.’ When you were too tired, hungry and unsure to ask why women’s emancipation consisted of being the right man’s property, you were ready for the next phase...What finally did it? Being asked to recruit others into what I was going through...I kept seeing myself in POWs, Holocaust survivors, sexually abused kids. At what point did they all say they felt broken? When they were made to betray their friends. After that, they could never again claim to be innocent, ethical, or used; now they were conspirators. When I knew I couldn’t explain to a friend why this wasn’t what it looked like, I was done. I can’t claim I had some epiphany, but this is what I tell my kids: with the exception of prying you from a burning car, there’s no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. This includes punishment, which becomes unjust when it outstrips the crime. Challenge is good, hurt is not. Anyone who really wants to help you grow will show you the way to the sun.”

  • @jeanneeber
    @jeanneeber4 жыл бұрын

    1st sign of a Predatory type. Love bombing.

  • @crowsister1

    @crowsister1

    3 жыл бұрын

    JW's

  • @nmd3132
    @nmd31323 жыл бұрын

    Allison Mack was a recruiter who named names. Big names.

  • @avamasquerade
    @avamasquerade5 жыл бұрын

    Also, can we please start discussing how cult leaders often drug their potential recruits without the recruit's knowledge to induce "spiritual experiences" during recruitment? And also likely as a group activity to reinforce the supposed "mysticism" of the ideology and leader. I just don't understand why this isn't discussed, it seems so mind blowingly obvious to me.

  • @fendajamma

    @fendajamma

    3 жыл бұрын

    You look great! How’d you like to join my club?

  • @kevinpratt8476
    @kevinpratt84763 жыл бұрын

    I still would love to hear Allison’s side of the story because I think that’s what she felt for is his charisma and the fact that he listened and I think she felt vulnerable at that point because I think all she had was acting going on in her life at that particular point but I would still love to hear Allison Mack And hear her side of the story and hear if he treated her like he did all the others like what kind of dirt did he have on Allison?

  • @dravenhawktoland1127

    @dravenhawktoland1127

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe that she was brain washed into. His cult just like the rest of the women. I think she was also a victim of Keith's. I do believe that he had dirt on her. He used it against her to get. Her to do what he said.

  • @Nehasupnfan

    @Nehasupnfan

    Жыл бұрын

    Punctuations?

  • @jaymason480
    @jaymason4804 жыл бұрын

    He's not smart enough to stay out of jail

  • @davidbedard6824
    @davidbedard68243 жыл бұрын

    I went to high school with Lauren Salzman. We lived in the same neighborhood. Was quite a shock when I heard she was part of all this.

  • @jayjaychadoy9226

    @jayjaychadoy9226

    9 ай бұрын

    Lauren or Nancy?

  • @etboyd04
    @etboyd043 жыл бұрын

    Everyone talks about Allison Mack like she’s supposed to be famous, but honestly I had never heard of her before this scandal broke. Some actress 🙄

  • @itkojecockot

    @itkojecockot

    3 жыл бұрын

    she's not that famous, but Smallville was quite famous...... loved that show

  • @rukiaiceprincess6369

    @rukiaiceprincess6369

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just because you don’t know who she was doesn’t mean others didn’t. Get over yourself. You’re a douche bag. 🙄

  • @etboyd04

    @etboyd04

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wendy Thomas you sound like you’re from NXIVM. Good luck making up for all of the damage that you’ve done to this world you psycho.

  • @etboyd04

    @etboyd04

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wendy Thomas also I put an irreversible curse on you and your kids ahahhahahahaah

  • @br5073

    @br5073

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nona Congratulations. You’ve accomplished nothing.

  • @marcchapleau8343
    @marcchapleau83435 жыл бұрын

    The beautiful Allison mack always made my heart melt. her smile is irresistible. She's bubbly and adorable. When i heard about that mess i was in shock. I am very sad for what's going on now with her. I am sad for all the victims and i cannot imagine Allison in prison for years. :(

  • @carolesanchez9313

    @carolesanchez9313

    4 жыл бұрын

    And I cannot imagine what she put so many through either. :-( Being bubbly and adorable was her best role ever.

  • @soninChina

    @soninChina

    3 жыл бұрын

    She is very personable. I can see the attraction. Beautiful smile. But man she had an empty soul. I pity her. But still want her locked up. At some point we all know when we’re doing wrong. She’s so broken.

  • @emilytadlock1609
    @emilytadlock16095 жыл бұрын

    Please take the word "alleged" out of the title. This has been proven and is not alleged

  • @fallspring1033
    @fallspring10335 жыл бұрын

    His trial to begin April 29, 2019.

  • @cathymccarthy8258

    @cathymccarthy8258

    4 жыл бұрын

    Convicted 6/19

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