Episode 155 - 'Repent or Die': Panama's Jungle Death Cult - a podcast by True Crime with Suruthi & Hannah

Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie...






Sources:
The Missionary podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/ 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/04/worlds-panama-indigenous-panama-papers-160408102014340.html
https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-21/panama-survivor-recounts-chaotic-cult-rite-that-killed-7/11885124
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3047128/screams-jungle-mystery-panama-cult-sacrifices-children
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-religious-death-cult-that-massacred-seven-in-panama?ref=scroll
https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629
https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/secta-religiosa-torturo-y-sacrifico-6-ninos-y-una-mujer-embarazada-en-panama?amp
https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/200116/200117-mis-20-anos-servicio-jamas-vi-escena-baloyes
Paper by James Howe:
https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/anthro/documents/media/jaso23_2_1992_139_156.pdf  

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