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Jun 2024
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Dancing For the Devil: Manipulation Tech...

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Chronicling the history of a cult that has broken up families and continues to evade the law: the 7M TikTok cult run by Robert Shinn. We break down the ways he follows the manipulation techniques of a cult leader, fit it to modern times through TikTok. We detail how it continues to be mishandled and ignored by law enforcement and what happened to the sisters Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick.

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