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Jul 2020
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Cults: “Dami Mission”

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Lee Jang Rim frightened his followers around the world into believing that the Rapture was coming—an apocalypse that would end humanity on October 28, 1992. But after that date came and went, many members of the Dami Mission were left in a different kind of devastating state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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