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Jan 2024
1h 27m

LSD Children Cult

Theories of the Third Kind
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In the 1960’s, Elites from Australia’s Political, Medical, Psychiatric, and Academic circles, joined a Cult. They stole children and subjected them to unimaginable horrors, drugging them with LSD to create a supposed master race. The children endured a life of isolation and abuse, all while being taught that their leader was Jesus Christ Reincarnated and was ... Show More
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