A closed, elite group asks for sacrifice and extreme devotion from its members. It produces elegant dancers, but at what cost?

A closed, elite group asks for sacrifice and extreme devotion from its members. It produces elegant dancers, but at what cost?

The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family’s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to their leader, she endured more than a decade of mental and physical abuse, hidden from outsiders. 

But Lindsay and a friend decided to escape. They became the whistleblowers who prompted an international manhunt in 2014. It would bring the entire cult crumbling to the ground.

A ten-part series from Rococo Punch and iHeartPodcasts.

The Turning: River Road is part of the iHeart True Crime+ Apple Podcasts Channel—and this summer, we’re offering a 30-day free trial! Get early access, 100% ad-free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Available for a limited time. Open Apple Podcasts, search “iHeart True Crime+,” and subscribe today.

The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family&rsquo;s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to their leader, she endured more than a decade of mental and physical abuse, hidden from outsiders.&nbsp;
But Lindsay and a friend decided to escape. They became the whistleblowers who prompted an international manhunt in 2014. It would bring the entire cult crumbling to the ground.
A ten-part series from Rococo Punch and iHeartPodcasts.
The Turning: River Road&nbsp;is part of the iHeart True Crime+ Apple Podcasts Channel&mdash;and this summer, we&rsquo;re offering a 30-day free trial! Get early access, 100% ad-free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Available for a limited time. Open Apple Podcasts, search &ldquo;iHeart True Crime+,&rdquo; and subscribe today.

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Introducing S2: The Turning: Room of Mirrors

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We're sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the Satanic Panic, a journey that will take you everywhere from Victoria, B.C. to rural Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas. This is a show about the people who experienced the Satanic Panic in real-time—the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, the wrongfully-convicted. What was it like to be a psychologist told to look for Satanists in every case; a mother slowly recovering memories of supposed Satanic abuse; a teenager accused of conspiracy to murder? The stories of these eyewitnesses point us toward the real underlying problems—individual and societal—that the Panic was a response to. The fault, as ever, was not with Satanists, but in ourselves.

You can find The Devil You Know at https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF 

We're sharing an episode of a new podcast from CBC, called The Devil You Know. In The Devil You Know, Sarah Marshall explores the tangled web of the Satanic Panic, a journey that will take you everywhere from Victoria, B.C. to rural Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas. This is a show about the people who experienced the Satanic Panic in real-time&mdash;the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, the wrongfully-convicted. What was it like to be a psychologist told to look for Satanists in every case; a mother slowly recovering memories of supposed Satanic abuse; a teenager accused of conspiracy to murder? The stories of these eyewitnesses point us toward the real underlying problems&mdash;individual and societal&mdash;that the Panic was a response to. The fault, as ever, was not with Satanists, but in ourselves.
You can find The Devil You Know at&nbsp;<a href="https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1760443793104000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zlr53sbWev2kCwT7vi4oC">https://link.mgln.ai/SrbDHF</a>&nbsp;

Introducing: The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall

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Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven’t covered yet.

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Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven&rsquo;t covered yet.
For more content, follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rococopunch/?hl=en"> @RococoPunch</a>.

S3:EP 12 - Postscript: Christa

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A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about.

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A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you&rsquo;ve been wondering about.
For more content, follow us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rococopunch/?hl=en"> @RococoPunch</a>.

S3:EP 11 - Postscript: Lindsay

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Introducing S2: The Turning: Room of Mirrors

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