Unholy City

True Weird Stuff

Unholy City

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Published on Feb 17, 2024, 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 01:05:17

Episode Description

Today's True Weird Stuff - Unholy City

 

He called himself "The Comforter" and "The Emancipator." William E. Riker was a religious cult leader who preached what he called, "The Perfect Christian Divine Way," the belief in celibacy and racial and gendered segregation. In the 1920s and 30s, he purchased 200 acres of land to establish a town built on white supremacy. He called it...the Holy City.

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