From Sh*t to Sunshine: In Conversation with Raylynn Van Oort

Podcast: The Cult Vault · Vault Productions

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

LISTEN TO MY NEW 11-PART INVESTIGATIVE PODCAST SERIES HERE! In this episode, Kacey interviews author and speaker Raylynn Van Oort about her memoir, From Shit to Sunshine, which recounts how childhood experiences with a controlling stepfather primed her for manipulation by a charismatic preacher-politician who claimed to speak for God and eventually claimed to be God. After meeting him at McDonald’s, she became his unpaid campaign manager/executive director, was isolated from family, coerced into surrendering money and using credit cards in members’ names, and endured coercive control, public humiliation, beatings, and forced “med runs” to obtain...