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Mar 2025
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Season 08 Episode 23: My God, My God

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When caught up in a cult, the line between what’s acceptable and what constitutes abnormal behaviour starts to blur.  For one South Korean man in 2011, this lack of clarity appeared to lead to one of the most baffling acts of self-mutilation in recent history...

This episode was written by James Connor Pattinson and Richard MacLean Smith

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