Ep. 23 : The Sex Cult of the Upper West Side
It's the 60s, and free love is all around. Everything is groovy, and when you hear about some fun young people living communally on the upper west side, you think 'how bad could it be?' The answer, my friends, is very very bad. This week we learn all about a creepy New York sex cult that existed from the 60s all the way through to the early 90s! And neither of us had ever heard about it until this week?! The Sullivanians founded an 'institute' and provided 'therapy' to hundreds of people during their tenure as the reigning psychotherapeutic sex cult of the city. It's wild, it's scary, and we're just hoping it doesn't exist anymore so they won't put a hit out on us. Once we're thoroughly creeped out, Elise comes to the rescue with something lemony and sweet. Join us for this strange and paranoid adventure through the Sullivanian institute.
The Upper West Side apartment buildings that the cult resided in
The cult in the news
Former cult leader Helen Fogarty
Former members Paul Sprecher and Michael Bray
The 3 mile island incident… we had also somehow never heard of it before?!
In it’s hottest season, the cult has famous members including artist Jackson Pollock and singer Judy Collins!
Madison Scott disappeared on May 28, 2011, after attending a birthday party at Hogsback Lake in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Read her full story here.