Episode 155 - 'Repent or Die': Panama's Jungle Death Cult

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<p>Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie...</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p>The Missionary podcast: <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/">https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355</a></p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/">https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/04/worlds-panama-indigenous-panama-papers-160408102014340.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/04/worlds-panama-indigenous-panama-papers-160408102014340.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide">https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide</a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-21/panama-survivor-recounts-chaotic-cult-rite-that-killed-7/11885124">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-21/panama-survivor-recounts-chaotic-cult-rite-that-killed-7/11885124</a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878"><strong><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878</a></strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect</a></p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3047128/screams-jungle-mystery-panama-cult-sacrifices-children">https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3047128/screams-jungle-mystery-panama-cult-sacrifices-children</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-religious-death-cult-that-massacred-seven-in-panama?ref=scroll">https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-religious-death-cult-that-massacred-seven-in-panama?ref=scroll</a></p><p><a href="https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html">https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629</a></p><p><a href="https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/secta-religiosa-torturo-y-sacrifico-6-ninos-y-una-mujer-embarazada-en-panama?amp">https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/secta-religiosa-torturo-y-sacrifico-6-ninos-y-una-mujer-embarazada-en-panama?amp</a></p><p></p><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>