When journalist Anke Richter moved to New Zealand, she wanted to explore more of life. So she joined an organisation that promised to help her explore sexuality. But it was a chance encounter with a cult survivor that she was writing a journalistic piece on that she realised that she was also in a cult.

Anke is now one of the worlds most respected 'cult journalists' and advocates and she's here today to tell her story.

This is REAL LIVES.

If you'd like to join me over on Patreon, you can here, thank you so much:

https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast

Anke's website with links to her book 'Cult Trip' is here, where you can find the best place to buy it in your country:

https://ankerichter.net/

To connect with Anke, please see here:

https://www.facebook.com/ankerichterwriter

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anke-richter-748a3243/

https://www.instagram.com/ankerichterwriter/

For information on Decult - see here:

https://decult.net

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please see the organisations below who can help and support you:

https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health support

https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK

https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans

https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)

https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA

https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA

https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia

https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia

https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland

https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland

https://www.thefamilysurvivaltrust.org/ - Support for cult survivors (UK)

https://www.peopleleavecults.com/services/support-groups - Support for cult survivors & Intervention (global)

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In this episode of REAL LIVES, Jay Flynn MBE tells the extraordinary story of the two years he spent homeless, sleeping rough and living without certainty. It was a deliberate decision that would go on to shape his life, his career, and his sense of purpose.

But then something changed... Jay was offered help from The Connection at St Martin's charity and now he's the Nation's Favourite Quizmaster, homeless advocate and.... he has an MBE.

This is REAL LIVES.

If you'd like to support the show, you can do so here:

https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast

To have a go at Jay's Quizzes, please see here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcSqjJWHJeDWD_SbdorBRw

For his books and social media, please see here:

https://linktr.ee/jayflynn?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

For support with homelessness please see here:

https://www.crisis.org.uk/

https://www.mungos.org/

https://thestreetlink.org.uk/

For the charity that helped Jay, see Connections St Martins:

https://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/

For mental health support, please see here:

https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health & Identity support

https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK

https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans

https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA

https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia

https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland

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Tad Nelson is one of Texas' most successful criminal defence attorneys. With Texas being a death penalty state, Tad has saved lives but also defended some of America's most dangerous criminals. He's worked on over 500 jury trials and has a plethora of qualifications under his belt, including certificates in forensic science.

In this episode, Tad tells us what being a criminal defence attorney is really like, how he defends people who have committed the most depraved acts imaginable and why he has spent over 30 years working in the criminal justice system.

This is REAL LIVES.

If you'd like to support the show, you can do so here:

https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast

To find out more about the work Tad does, please see here:

https://tadlaw.com/

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