I was raised in a Pentecostal family and church. There were stories of dead people being raised from the dead, although only in Africa- never in the US. In the US we heard the stories though. It isn’t far off for a pastor to believe he has the gift of prophecy. Even my cousin became a pastor and held healing meetings. He says someone got their teeth filled by prayer! Later he came out as gay and left the church. He is happily married to Fred now. The beliefs Tony held were pretty typical of the religion until he veered off into extraterrestrial beings and such like. Children were beaten on a regular basis. I remember the hell and brimstone sermons and especially the pounding on the pulpit yelling that Jesus could return any time now. Maybe in a year, a month, a week, a day,… maybe NOW!!! As a child I was very angry that I would not get to grow up because the world was going to end. It is a destructive religion. If you are raised in it, it takes years or even a lifetime to get over the fears of hell. My cousin still has nightmares.
So sorry for your bad experiences in the Pentecostal church. I too was brought up in the Pentecostal church but my experience was and has been a positive one for the most part. I can understand why you can reject the whole thing if what you shared is all you experienced. But I've seen both sides. And was tought how to differentiate between the real and the fake. The flesh or the real Holy Ghost. One wise minister taught us three things will ruin any minister: Pride (which is fed by a sence of power or authority), Lust and money. This man Alamo had a problem with all three. What bothers me about the story was the lack of discernment and the fear of the people and the lack of a real Holy Ghost filled servant of God to expose the man for what he really was. Thank God I've seen the Lord expose a man living a double life. Sadly he didn't repent. Till the Lord sent a real prophet of God who prophesied the ministry would be burnt to the ground. Sounded far fetched. But a few years later I went home from bible school and looked for the place and found it had burnt to the ground.
I"m a Pentecostal minister, and am fully aware of the extremes in our movement. Tony Alamo was out of the mainstream, and I've known others who knew him. Alamo was a mixed bag, as his followers were mostly street people who had no possessions and fewer critical thinking skills. They grew to be dependent on him.
@@williamrodriguez169 Yes, my experience was in a particular church with a particular pastor and i don’t mean to represent the entire Pentecostal branch of Christianity. I think most of the people in churches that are Pentecostal are very kind and loving. But I also think it is common for parents to use corporal punishment in a lot of Christian churches- at least it was when I was a child. It was common back then in society. And all the hellfire preaching and predictions of the end of the world were likely common in a lot of working class churches back then. I think these things are damaging to children. I am a retired therapist and I used to do therapy with abused children. One of the things that happens to children who are abused is “futurelessness.” Since a lot if their childhood is just about getting through day to day on a survival level, they often lose a sense of the future and hope for the future. I saw children who told me their parents or foster parents were taking them to church and they were being taught that Jesus is going to return, this is the last days, etc. I told them they do have a future! And I told them that my grandmother was worried about Jesus coming any day, and that was back in the 1920’s! My grandmother told me that when she went out to barn one day, she heard the actual audible voice if the Lord saying “When I am going to return, I will tell you. Don’t worry about it!” Haha! Now it us 100 years later. No sign of the 2nd coming. And I read a book about about apocryphal prophecy. It turns out that people have held the belief that He is coming for thousands of years! Even in other cultures there is a form if this type of belief. Every time there is change and upheaval in society people interpret it as the end days. The English thought the end of time was coming when Cromwell took over the government in the 1700’s! And that is only one example of this belief surfacing during times of change. Children should not have to be raised to expect the end to come!!
I remember about 20 years ago someone put a booklet on my car peddling this guy and his beliefs. I read it from front to back and it was actually an entertaining read, but I'd never encountered such craziness before. What a nut job.
I ran into some guys preaching on the street in downtown Los Angeles about 6 months ago. They were from this guy's church. They tried to get me to speak in tongues. I left and looked them up. Then I found a documentary on them. It's horrifying.
@@Stefanie3 ministry of evil. It's in 4 parts. Instilled watching after the third. It got way too intense. I don't like horror movies. Let me know what you think.
As someone from Arkansas it's so wild to hear you mention Alma, Sebastian county, etc. I didn't realize he had businesses here. A couple months ago I found one of his pamphlets on my car windshield. Sad people are still buying into this.
I feel really sad for the children who grew up in this cult. It must be such a traumatic experience, the distorted beliefs and fear may take years to undo.😔 This is an interesting case Dr. Grande, I hope you include this case on your upcoming book “The Psychology of Notorious Church Killers.” Excellent review as usual.❤️
Middle aged goth chick here who has been on the precipice of madness/depression for 2+ years- these videos have helped me so friggin’ much, just wanted to thank you.
To both of you calling yourselves “middle-aged goth chicks,” grow up. That will fix a large number of your problems. If you’re middle-aged, the whole goth thing should be far behind you by now.
Any religious groups that meet any of the BITE model criteria for determining whether or not it is a cult, should never be allowed to have custody of children. These children are not consenting parties, and the potential damages done would affect them for a lifetime.
Love your show. Would you please analyze Sandra M Anderson. The lady who was found to be planting human bones on cases where her cadaver dog seemed to be the only dog to find anything. She was so popular and she testified in many court cases until she was arrested
Could also do the case of Fred Zain, a lab tech who falsified results, with plenty of reason to be skeptical of him, but it made life easy for prosecutors.
And Dr. Richard Schmidt. There's a Wikimedia entry. Dr. Schmidt was a gastroenterologist who injected his sexual affair partner with HIV. He's doing life in a Louisiana penitentiary.
I believe you are referring to Matthew 7:15-false prophets being wolves in sheep's clothing. A person can recognize them by their fruits i.e. the actual results of what they are doing. I agree with your calling them grifters-people like this make anyone who calls themselves a Christian look bad and just reinforces what many already believe.
@@Uncaged_cricket it’s interesting you say that… Any group, religion, political party, MEDIA etc. telling you that “this is the only way” and “if you don’t believe this way, you’re going to hell” or “if you don’t vote this way, you ain’t black” or “you’re an alt right” “you’re a nazi” etc. They are using brainwashing and mind control tactics in order to instill fear of believing anything else. The thing about coming from a cult is it becomes more obvious when you see others using the same tactics. You see these tactics being used in media, movies, tv shows, constant brainwashing and a lot of people don’t even realize they have been sucked in. Be careful. Question everything. You may have fallen into cult belief without realizing it. Spread love not hate. Be free from someone else telling you what to believe. If the media is telling you “this person said blah blah blah…” go look it up and see if it is true. Find out what was really said, the FULL video or statement (whatever it may be). Remember, they mix truth with lies to make themselves more believable. Don’t just blindly believe what people tell you. Let your mind be truly free.
"Susan told everyone she knew that Jesus had said she want going to die- definitely absolutely NOT going to die" without missing a beat "In May 1982 Susan died".. love the deadpan delivery of those lines, !!
I use to find pamphlets around in our town from Tony Alamo. It was at the time that The Children of God were also active in the states. I recall when his wife died and he tried to raise her from the dead. No luck with that.
In the 90's while on a visit to LA with friends, my wife and I were asked to attend what we thought was a church funeral for a past acquaintance. What we encountered however was an attempt by this congregation for what we could only assume was a Pentecostal resurrection. We thought at first they were just praying really really hard and making a show of being moved with passion, as Pentecostals are known to be, I gather. But soon it was apparent to the both of us that what they really were expecting was a for-real miracle to happen that night. It was then we realized from the discussion that the local authorities, police, medical examiner etc. had not yet been notified of the death as we were asked not to mention he had died as we were leaving. Of course my wife, being a nurse who could lose her licence in just such a case, called the medical examiner's office immediately as soon as we got down the road and reported the death. What happened back at the church is anybody's guess.
This is a true minority of people who profess belief in Christ as their savior. Sadly, in many areas, a lot of people are easily deluded by false religious leaders, politicians, celebrities... In any area, it behooves one to examine as deeply as they can the claims anyone makes before aligning themselves with that person or denouncing them. Critical thinking involves more than just a feeling. It involves research and study.
@@MooseGuy1 It's a difficult proposition with religion, as one is asked to assume magic is real, so where do we draw the line? Of course, these people won't be resurrected, but jesus was, so it _could_ happen, and ghosts of pious people exist, so that could happen too, etc etc
@@Naptosis According to the reports, Christ was raised because he wasn't just a human, though fully human. He was at the same time, fully God and therefore sinless. The Bible does not teach that all (or any) humans were raised to an everlasting existence on this earth. Even with the miracles of raising the dead attributed to Jesus and his early disciples , none of the resurrected lived on forever on earth. They eventually all died as we all will. The "sign gifts" were only given to the Apostles of the early church, not to everyone. Paul himself stated “whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away” (1 Cor. 13:8). The only reason for these "new at the time" signs, knowledge, and prophecies was because the Scriptures were yet to be completed and they testified of Christ's divinity. But now we have the scriptures testifying to the story and reason for Christ's resurrection. A thorough study of the testimonies reveal many diverse folks who witnessed Christ in the flesh and believed so strongly in what they saw and heard that they could not deny its truth. They were willing to suffer horrendous deaths and persecution to get the word out. That's fairly convincing evidence. Sadly, charlatans as Tony Alamo take advantage of gullible people by instructing them to not examine the scriptures or the evidence. Study any belief for yourself and never take someone's word for it, especially if the self-described "prophet" engages in habitually ungodly behavior.
I live in Alma. When I first moved here, a family member took me on a walk through the former compound. It was a weird place, and weird knowing a cult had their headquarters in this small Southern town. Hard to believe he could have so many businesses in a town of just a couple thousand people! PS- I was driving this morning and passed the road that turns up the hill to the former compound and was thinking about the Alamo case, and then this video popped up about an hour later! Nice timing 😉
This was very interesting to me. I’ve heard of Tony Alamo jackets before but had no idea about who he was , thank you for always educating. Love your content.
I just found your channel and have been binge watching your videos!! I'm in love with your subtle humor, your in depth yet not overly long content, and your soothing voice and practical explanations, just the way you present everything is spectacular!!
Why is the human species so gullible, supersititious, and prone to such whacky ideologies put forth by a person? This is yet another in a long string of true, yet hard to believe, sagas of ideological/spiritual con jobs. Thanks for another informative video, Dr. G.!
I think because our brains and bodies are sophisticated enough to realise the greater questions of our reality, but not sophisticated enough to actually answer those questions. So people cling to any 'answers' they find out of fear of death; fear of an unknowable journey that we will all travel whether we want to or not.
Just got off work and immediately clicked on your video, Dr. Grande, as im waiting for my uber. Thank you, as always, for always covering such interesting topics.
@@rhuephus hehehe. Come on man! I mean Safari , touring wild animals in their natural habitat in great places like Maasai Mara, Tsavo and enjoying the sunshine, sand and the sea at the exotic coastal town of Mombasa.
The concept of the con game was invented when the first self-anointed "pastor" met the first gullible sucker. What's truly annoying is the knowledge that hundreds of religious scams like this are operating tax free at this very moment. What's truly frightening is the knowledge that there are literally millions of human beings around us who are stupid enough, superstitious enough, and credulous enough to support these scoundrels and give them their money, time, and devotion.
@@bungalobill7941 Yeah, all that science and all those proven, documented facts and all that hundred years of data are so phony, not like the REAL TRUTH of stone age myths and iron age magical fairy tales. Thanks for demonstrating how religion is the opposite of knowledge.
Another interesting case. Tony definitely had a lot of narcissistic traits. I would even say he was a dark triad. One common trait/behavior I've noticed with leaders similar to Tony, they keep followers so busy with nonsensical activities for the purpose of deflecting attention away from themselves when doing something deceptive.
Great one! I first heard of him around ‘86 on The Trinity Broadcasting Network when my mom was an indoctrinated fundamentalist, having this channel on 24/7
Haha the Alamos lived near my hometown in Western Arkansas. You could see the cult compound just off the highway. For a time they had a restaurant and that Western apparel store in Alma, AR. I went to the restaurant once (was taken there by a friend’s family!), it was OK. I lost track of all that when I went off to college.
Another great analysis 🧐 spiked with comedic moments 💖I found it to be so sad that so many people allowed themselves to be abused. And, the fact that children were being scared 😱 and abused with no one to love them is heartbreakingly horrific.
There are some people that you can't help but sympathize for because they just experience one hardship after another. Then there are people like THIS guy, whom you wish would get even more.
My in-laws took me to eat at the Alamos restaurant in Alma, Ark in the late 70’s. The place seemed to look decent enough ( decor wise ) but it had photos of autographed stars all over the walls . The young staff were creepy. They appeared to me to be run aways and very protective of their “ faith “ and adamant they were right re: religion. When our food came these kids would come and ask personal spiritual questions and I remember a really bad feeling . * I was the only Catholic ( I married into a Protestant family ) and it seemed to really bother these kids ..they went from really warm to super cold in an instant as if I disgusted them . No more than 48-72 hours later in ft smith , ark , I was going to get in my car and under my wiper was a paper with the typing “ we must rid ourselves of Catholicism by any means necessary “ and their foundation letterhead was on it and signed and I totally freaked . Idk how they got my info. My husband checked my car every day for weeks . No one else in the neighborhood had this happen . I also remember when they thawed her out for her “ resurrection “.. I can’t express the feeling I had when at their restaurant. I do know when I asked one or two of the youth questions they became indignant ( BEFORE they found out I was Catholic) Makes me sick to think of it . Their Sunday tv shows were definitely CREEPY. He and Jim Jones are the same type of personality. Arkansas was after Tony for a long time . The stories that came out are dreadful. I wasn’t from Arkansas so all of this was completely astonishing and scary to me .
Hey, Dr Grande, what a coincidence! I plead the 5th whenever somebody asks about my marriage too, especially my husband. 😃 Interesting case and great analysis of how these phoney religious leaders operate.👍
I REMEMBER ALAMO HAD HIS FOLLOWERS SHOP AT GOODWILL TO BUY ANY BLUE JEANS, CUT THEM UP THEN SEW THEM INTO JACKETS COVERED WITH RHINESTONES. HE HAD QUITE THE SCAM
Living in Ft. Smith AR at the time I was very aware of the Alamos and their followers. The flyers on windshields were annoying, but were effective. A good friend gave up everything to live at the compound. Also, when the government held the auction of merchandise, a friend bought several of the jackets. Mine had New York on it.
Im having nightmares about burning in hell forever, and i can already feel the heat on my back, but it's still totally worth it to have a resurrection-free workplace! I love your work, Dr Grande!
Hi, Dr. Grande! Hope you're enjoying your day!🙋🌵🪴🌵🪴 Thank You, and have a great night! I did comment you were just who I hoped to see! Hello, everyone!💮🌺🕊️🍀
There is a 4 episode docuseries called Ministry of Evil that is about the Alamo Cult available on Amazon Prime. I had to buy it, but it wasn't expensive and really worth it. I highly recommend it. They talk to Susan's daughter, a bunch of survivors, his former child brides, their "adopted" son, law enforcement. The story about how Tony stole Susan's body and dragged it around with him while he was on the run, forcing Chris, Susan's daugther, to sue him for the return of her mother's body is just one of the insane stories. Oh, and the child labor. There's also a series on different cults by People (idk, but it's also amazing) and they profile the Alamos. At the time of that filming, the Alamo church still existed. One of the former child brides, Amy Eddy, said her mother still believes that Tony Alamo is going to come back to life.
I grew up near this area and had many instances of finding their pamphlets stuck under my windshield wipers on my car. They’d swarm into parking lots and do this all the time. I think they finally got popped for littering. They were still doing it 20 years ago. There were always rumors of slave type labor making their denim sparkly jackets.
Alamo used to have a clothing store in downtown Nashville. I went in once and there were regular denim jackets bedazzled with rhinestones with $500 price tags- and this was back in the late 80s. The store gave me the creeps, so I hurried back to my car only to find a flyer on the windshield about the Alamo Foundation. There was a skinny teenage girl walking through the lot adding the flyers.
What an intriguing case! I couldn't help but laugh so much throughout your video.... When you were saying that if people questioned him, his response was "Well, you've going to hell." Then, "And somebody else says 'I left the thermostat too high.' Well, I hope ypu enjoy the heat, because you're going to hell." 😅😅 Another incredible video, Dr. Grande!!
Great show! I look forward to it every day! Can you analyze Jamie Petrone-Codrington. I'm disturbed and fascinated by her behavior (stealing $40.5 million from Yale).
"They would strike each other,in order to get the devil out...when the devil was right there in the room,telling them to strike each other" that's profound af!!
In a 2016 NYC subway I got handed a pamphlet from a Tony Alamo believer. The writing was super super disorganized. Barely meant anything. Wouldn’t be surprised if he had psychosis.
Perhaps look into the case of Mackenzie Fierceton. I just learned of it today and I think it has interesting mental health aspects as well as legal and criminal aspects that as yet remain ambiguous.
A lot of Christian Messengers have a problem proclaiming hell & punishment over love & compassion. This affirms the need for a deeper walk to proclaim love.
😲 OMG! I have been to thier resturant in Alma AR several times as kid. My family frequently traveled through the area on the way to my gramother's house. Often we would stop and eat at th Alamo resturant. I remember the couple who owned it were very religious and flamboyant.
My mother believed in this man years ago. He was against the catholic religion. She also was against the catholic church but supported him. He would send her newsletter. I always thought he was a strange person.
Eckhart Tolle said it's okay for me to comment on your video about him, even though it's not on topic! I just want you to know that a mouthful of diet Pepsi shot out through my nose after I listened to your analysis of him...I think I ruptured something laughing at your humor! I knew he was in trouble when Oprah praised him (I'm rolling my eyes out loud)...hilarious!
I’ve started saying, “I’m only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this,” in my daily happenings.
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YESSS!! That’s great!
You are funny!
Have a nice night!
Drives my coworkers nuts lol
Well ... it does have a positive, happy connotation .. start the day with an "open mind". Here's to happy happenings and happy trails to you ...
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I was raised in a Pentecostal family and church. There were stories of dead people being raised from the dead, although only in Africa- never in the US. In the US we heard the stories though. It isn’t far off for a pastor to believe he has the gift of prophecy. Even my cousin became a pastor and held healing meetings. He says someone got their teeth filled by prayer! Later he came out as gay and left the church. He is happily married to Fred now.
The beliefs Tony held were pretty typical of the religion until he veered off into extraterrestrial beings and such like. Children were beaten on a regular basis. I remember the hell and brimstone sermons and especially the pounding on the pulpit yelling that Jesus could return any time now. Maybe in a year, a month, a week, a day,… maybe NOW!!! As a child I was very angry that I would not get to grow up because the world was going to end. It is a destructive religion. If you are raised in it, it takes years or even a lifetime to get over the fears of hell. My cousin still has nightmares.
So sorry for your bad experiences in the Pentecostal church. I too was brought up in the Pentecostal church but my experience was and has been a positive one for the most part. I can understand why you can reject the whole thing if what you shared is all you experienced. But I've seen both sides. And was tought how to differentiate between the real and the fake. The flesh or the real Holy Ghost. One wise minister taught us three things will ruin any minister: Pride (which is fed by a sence of power or authority), Lust and money. This man Alamo had a problem with all three. What bothers me about the story was the lack of discernment and the fear of the people and the lack of a real Holy Ghost filled servant of God to expose the man for what he really was. Thank God I've seen the Lord expose a man living a double life. Sadly he didn't repent. Till the Lord sent a real prophet of God who prophesied the ministry would be burnt to the ground. Sounded far fetched. But a few years later I went home from bible school and looked for the place and found it had burnt to the ground.
I’m so so sorry.
I am always grateful to not have been raised in any crazy Christian nonsense or any cult like craziness
I"m a Pentecostal minister, and am fully aware of the extremes in our movement. Tony Alamo was out of the mainstream, and I've known others who knew him. Alamo was a mixed bag, as his followers were mostly street people who had no possessions and fewer critical thinking skills. They grew to be dependent on him.
@@williamrodriguez169 Yes, my experience was in a particular church with a particular pastor and i don’t mean to represent the entire Pentecostal branch of Christianity. I think most of the people in churches that are Pentecostal are very kind and loving. But I also think it is common for parents to use corporal punishment in a lot of Christian churches- at least it was when I was a child. It was common back then in society. And all the hellfire preaching and predictions of the end of the world were likely common in a lot of working class churches back then. I think these things are damaging to children.
I am a retired therapist and I used to do therapy with abused children. One of the things that happens to children who are abused is “futurelessness.” Since a lot if their childhood is just about getting through day to day on a survival level, they often lose a sense of the future and hope for the future. I saw children who told me their parents or foster parents were taking them to church and they were being taught that Jesus is going to return, this is the last days, etc. I told them they do have a future! And I told them that my grandmother was worried about Jesus coming any day, and that was back in the 1920’s! My grandmother told me that when she went out to barn one day, she heard the actual audible voice if the Lord saying “When I am going to return, I will tell you. Don’t worry about it!” Haha! Now it us 100 years later. No sign of the 2nd coming. And I read a book about about apocryphal prophecy. It turns out that people have held the belief that He is coming for thousands of years! Even in other cultures there is a form if this type of belief. Every time there is change and upheaval in society people interpret it as the end days. The English thought the end of time was coming when Cromwell took over the government in the 1700’s! And that is only one example of this belief surfacing during times of change. Children should not have to be raised to expect the end to come!!
I sure love it when I'm working my way through watching all of Dr. Grande's old videos and a new one comes out! Go Dr. Grande! He makes my day.
Me too! I plug into him everyday at work,I love his dead pan wits lol
I remember about 20 years ago someone put a booklet on my car peddling this guy and his beliefs. I read it from front to back and it was actually an entertaining read, but I'd never encountered such craziness before. What a nut job.
I'm surprised they would try to deceive such a noble rodent as yourself.
I ran into some guys preaching on the street in downtown Los Angeles about 6 months ago. They were from this guy's church. They tried to get me to speak in tongues. I left and looked them up. Then I found a documentary on them. It's horrifying.
@@julesfalcone Do you remember which Docu it was? Sounds interesting.
@@Stefanie3 ministry of evil. It's in 4 parts. Instilled watching after the third. It got way too intense. I don't like horror movies. Let me know what you think.
@@julesfalcone I don't like horror movies either. Thanks so much, as well for the warning. Let's see if I can find it, it sounds familiar somehow.
As someone from Arkansas it's so wild to hear you mention Alma, Sebastian county, etc. I didn't realize he had businesses here. A couple months ago I found one of his pamphlets on my car windshield. Sad people are still buying into this.
I grew up in AR in the 70’s. My sister used to used watch him, he made me roll my eyes and shudder at the same time
Omg same! I live in Hot Springs and occasionally I still see the pamphlets! Usually when I’m leaving a grocery store.
I feel really sad for the children who grew up in this cult. It must be such a traumatic experience, the distorted beliefs and fear may take years to undo.😔
This is an interesting case Dr. Grande, I hope you include this case on your upcoming book “The Psychology of Notorious Church Killers.”
Excellent review as usual.❤️
The art of con: Transforming the truth into something entirely new! 🎨 I hope cult considerers are seeing your videos, Dr. G!
there is no "truth" there. It's all caca
Middle aged goth chick here who has been on the precipice of madness/depression for 2+ years- these videos have helped me so friggin’ much, just wanted to thank you.
Hi, I am a middle-aged goth chick with recurrent depression and anxiety. Dr. Grande is a comfort. 🥰 Hugs
@@josefina5421 Dr. Grande is really tops. Hugs to you as well! :)
To both of you calling yourselves “middle-aged goth chicks,” grow up. That will fix a large number of your problems. If you’re middle-aged, the whole goth thing should be far behind you by now.
You're one of the content creators I watch daily. I love your dry wit and insightful analysis
Ahem, it would be amazing to see smile or hear a chuckle 🤣
I'm even more shocked that things like this can go on so long, without the police or anybody else stopping it.
I’m even more shocked that people still fall for this BS.
It’s because they pay off the ‘right’ corrupt people that will always let them off.
@@sydnidowney3598 Yes.😔😡
Any religious groups that meet any of the BITE model criteria for determining whether or not it is a cult, should never be allowed to have custody of children. These children are not consenting parties, and the potential damages done would affect them for a lifetime.
Absolutely!
BITE model? Interesting!🤔 Can you tell me a little bit more about it?🙂
I'm hearing so many parallels between Tony's church and the LDS church
Love your show. Would you please analyze Sandra M Anderson. The lady who was found to be planting human bones on cases where her cadaver dog seemed to be the only dog to find anything. She was so popular and she testified in many court cases until she was arrested
Could also do the case of Fred Zain, a lab tech who falsified results, with plenty of reason to be skeptical of him, but it made life easy for prosecutors.
Thanks DR Grande, always interesting to watch
Tia Williams Great suggestion!👍 I remember that story. She had a weird personality.
And Dr. Richard Schmidt. There's a Wikimedia entry.
Dr. Schmidt was a gastroenterologist who injected his sexual affair partner with HIV. He's doing life in a Louisiana penitentiary.
What?! I've never heard of her, yes please cover this!!
I think even the Bible says something about "wolves in sheeps clothing". It's a shame people keep falling for these religious grifters.
I believe you are referring to Matthew 7:15-false prophets being wolves in sheep's clothing. A person can recognize them by their fruits i.e. the actual results of what they are doing. I agree with your calling them grifters-people like this make anyone who calls themselves a Christian look bad and just reinforces what many already believe.
One of my favorite verses: Many will say they come in my name, but I know them not.
Religious people are very gullible
Look at all of the Qanon and Trumpsters!!!!
@@Uncaged_cricket it’s interesting you say that… Any group, religion, political party, MEDIA etc. telling you that “this is the only way” and “if you don’t believe this way, you’re going to hell” or “if you don’t vote this way, you ain’t black” or “you’re an alt right” “you’re a nazi” etc. They are using brainwashing and mind control tactics in order to instill fear of believing anything else. The thing about coming from a cult is it becomes more obvious when you see others using the same tactics. You see these tactics being used in media, movies, tv shows, constant brainwashing and a lot of people don’t even realize they have been sucked in. Be careful. Question everything. You may have fallen into cult belief without realizing it. Spread love not hate. Be free from someone else telling you what to believe. If the media is telling you “this person said blah blah blah…” go look it up and see if it is true. Find out what was really said, the FULL video or statement (whatever it may be). Remember, they mix truth with lies to make themselves more believable. Don’t just blindly believe what people tell you. Let your mind be truly free.
"Susan told everyone she knew that Jesus had said she want going to die- definitely absolutely NOT going to die" without missing a beat "In May 1982 Susan died".. love the deadpan delivery of those lines, !!
i know right lmao, amazing delivery
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I use to find pamphlets around in our town from Tony Alamo. It was at the time that The Children of God were also active in the states. I recall when his wife died and he tried to raise her from the dead. No luck with that.
WOW!!
Total bizarro land!
So happy we have minds of our own… Right??
Have a lovely evening!
After a long day of work settling in to find this. These cults really get to me, so corrupt, ran by wackos. Thanks Dr G for another great video😊💜💜
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I've never heard this story before, but with a name like Tony Alamo you have my attention!
I grew up near Alma in the 70’s, he was very infamous lol
In the 90's while on a visit to LA with friends, my wife and I were asked to attend what we thought was a church funeral for a past acquaintance. What we encountered however was an attempt by this congregation for what we could only assume was a Pentecostal resurrection. We thought at first they were just praying really really hard and making a show of being moved with passion, as Pentecostals are known to be, I gather. But soon it was apparent to the both of us that what they really were expecting was a for-real miracle to happen that night. It was then we realized from the discussion that the local authorities, police, medical examiner etc. had not yet been notified of the death as we were asked not to mention he had died as we were leaving. Of course my wife, being a nurse who could lose her licence in just such a case, called the medical examiner's office immediately as soon as we got down the road and reported the death. What happened back at the church is anybody's guess.
This is a true minority of people who profess belief in Christ as their savior. Sadly, in many areas, a lot of people are easily deluded by false religious leaders, politicians, celebrities... In any area, it behooves one to examine as deeply as they can the claims anyone makes before aligning themselves with that person or denouncing them. Critical thinking involves more than just a feeling. It involves research and study.
@@MooseGuy1 It's a difficult proposition with religion, as one is asked to assume magic is real, so where do we draw the line? Of course, these people won't be resurrected, but jesus was, so it _could_ happen, and ghosts of pious people exist, so that could happen too, etc etc
WOW 😮
@@Naptosis According to the reports, Christ was raised because he wasn't just a human, though fully human. He was at the same time, fully God and therefore sinless. The Bible does not teach that all (or any) humans were raised to an everlasting existence on this earth. Even with the miracles of raising the dead attributed to Jesus and his early disciples , none of the resurrected lived on forever on earth. They eventually all died as we all will. The "sign gifts" were only given to the Apostles of the early church, not to everyone. Paul himself stated “whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away” (1 Cor. 13:8). The only reason for these "new at the time" signs, knowledge, and prophecies was because the Scriptures were yet to be completed and they testified of Christ's divinity. But now we have the scriptures testifying to the story and reason for Christ's resurrection. A thorough study of the testimonies reveal many diverse folks who witnessed Christ in the flesh and believed so strongly in what they saw and heard that they could not deny its truth. They were willing to suffer horrendous deaths and persecution to get the word out. That's fairly convincing evidence. Sadly, charlatans as Tony Alamo take advantage of gullible people by instructing them to not examine the scriptures or the evidence. Study any belief for yourself and never take someone's word for it, especially if the self-described "prophet" engages in habitually ungodly behavior.
@@chikacherrycola9189 Wow, indeed.
I live in Alma. When I first moved here, a family member took me on a walk through the former compound. It was a weird place, and weird knowing a cult had their headquarters in this small Southern town. Hard to believe he could have so many businesses in a town of just a couple thousand people!
PS- I was driving this morning and passed the road that turns up the hill to the former compound and was thinking about the Alamo case, and then this video popped up about an hour later! Nice timing 😉
This was very interesting to me. I’ve heard of Tony Alamo jackets before but had no idea about who he was , thank you for always educating. Love your content.
As a kid in Arkansas remember the local news investigating him for running a sort of sweatshop where cult members were forced to make them.
I just found your channel and have been binge watching your videos!! I'm in love with your subtle humor, your in depth yet not overly long content, and your soothing voice and practical explanations, just the way you present everything is spectacular!!
I was in that group for 14 years. Very traumatic.
73-76 in Saugus
Why is the human species so gullible, supersititious, and prone to such whacky ideologies put forth by a person? This is yet another in a long string of true, yet hard to believe, sagas of ideological/spiritual con jobs. Thanks for another informative video, Dr. G.!
I think because our brains and bodies are sophisticated enough to realise the greater questions of our reality, but not sophisticated enough to actually answer those questions. So people cling to any 'answers' they find out of fear of death; fear of an unknowable journey that we will all travel whether we want to or not.
People want to serve God, but they don't know their Bibles very well. Makes them ripe for deception.
People project/identify with their fears/anxieties through religion.
Some people are just very good at exploiting that.
It’s happening right now, in fact.
@@Fluffimuff Many people are indeed Atheists because we have in fact read the bible. Reading the bible is a great cure for Christianity.
Just got off work and immediately clicked on your video, Dr. Grande, as im waiting for my uber. Thank you, as always, for always covering such interesting topics.
Always interesting. Well narrated. Knowledge
some part
Thank you Dr G for your apt presentation. Love from Kenya, the home of Safari.
hmmm ... I didn't know Apple's browser was made in Kenya
@@rhuephus hehehe. Come on man!
I mean Safari , touring wild animals in their natural habitat in great places like Maasai Mara, Tsavo and enjoying the sunshine, sand and the sea at the exotic coastal town of Mombasa.
I appreciate you, Dr. Grande!🌵🪴🌵🪴🍀🌞🌞🤗🤗
Brilliant analysis as always Dr Grande. Thank you.
The concept of the con game was invented when the first self-anointed "pastor" met the first gullible sucker. What's truly annoying is the knowledge that hundreds of religious scams like this are operating tax free at this very moment. What's truly frightening is the knowledge that there are literally millions of human beings around us who are stupid enough, superstitious enough, and credulous enough to support these scoundrels and give them their money, time, and devotion.
I wonder how quickly these pastors would drop religion if it lost it’s tax free status
Supercilious bloviating.
@@eadweard. If only you knew what those words meant!
The current largest cult/scam is the climate change cult.
@@bungalobill7941 Yeah, all that science and all those proven, documented facts and all that hundred years of data are so phony, not like the REAL TRUTH of stone age myths and iron age magical fairy tales. Thanks for demonstrating how religion is the opposite of knowledge.
Another interesting case. Tony definitely had a lot of narcissistic traits. I would even say he was a dark triad. One common trait/behavior I've noticed with leaders similar to Tony, they keep followers so busy with nonsensical activities for the purpose of deflecting attention away from themselves when doing something deceptive.
Isn’t the dark triad bedwetting, playing with fire, and torturing animals in childhood? I don’t think it’s something a person can be.
Don't forget psychopathic traits.
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Great one! I first heard of him around ‘86 on The Trinity Broadcasting Network when my mom was an indoctrinated fundamentalist, having this channel on 24/7
Dr. Grande, I love your videos! You always make my day! Thanks
Haha the Alamos lived near my hometown in Western Arkansas. You could see the cult compound just off the highway. For a time they had a restaurant and that Western apparel store in Alma, AR. I went to the restaurant once (was taken there by a friend’s family!), it was OK. I lost track of all that when I went off to college.
Dr. Grande..... I start and end my day with your videos.......thank you so much for all of your hard work! It’s greatly appreciated!!🥰💕💕
Hope I don’t go to hell for laughing so hard 😳I love your dry humor so much😂
You say the funniest things with such a straight face 😂🤣😂. I love it 🥰.
Another great analysis 🧐 spiked with comedic moments 💖I found it to be so sad that so many people allowed themselves to be abused. And, the fact that children were being scared 😱 and abused with no one to love them is heartbreakingly horrific.
I’ve never heard of this guy! What a piece of work.
Love your content every day dr grande!
Good Evening, Dr. Grande. Thanks for Another Fabulous Analysis. 👌
There are some people that you can't help but sympathize for because they just experience one hardship after another. Then there are people like THIS guy, whom you wish would get even more.
I work at a hospital in Fayetteville, AR and they were constantly putting flyers on our cars.
That is a really interesting story.
Wow.
Tony's story is like a long string of unusual ideas and thoughts.
Thank you for the video.
My in-laws took me to eat at the Alamos restaurant in Alma, Ark in the late 70’s.
The place seemed to look decent enough ( decor wise ) but it had photos of autographed stars all over the walls . The young staff were creepy. They appeared to me to be run aways and very protective of their “ faith “ and adamant they were right re: religion. When our food came these kids would come and ask personal spiritual questions and I remember a really bad feeling . * I was the only Catholic ( I married into a Protestant family ) and it seemed to really bother these kids ..they went from really warm to super cold in an instant as if I disgusted them .
No more than 48-72 hours later in ft smith , ark , I was going to get in my car and under my wiper was a paper with the typing “ we must rid ourselves of Catholicism
by any means necessary “ and their foundation letterhead was on it and signed and I totally freaked . Idk how they got my info.
My husband checked my car every day for weeks . No one else in the neighborhood had this happen .
I also remember when they thawed her out for her “ resurrection “..
I can’t express the feeling I had when at their restaurant. I do know when I asked one or two of the youth questions they became indignant ( BEFORE they found out I was Catholic)
Makes me sick to think of it .
Their Sunday tv shows were definitely CREEPY.
He and Jim Jones are the same type of personality.
Arkansas was after Tony for a long time . The stories that came out are dreadful.
I wasn’t from Arkansas so all of this was completely astonishing and scary to me .
"...one hundred and eighty days without a resurrection..." You crack me up, Dr. Grande! Excellent analysis! ❤️
She must have been pretty ripe by then.
Yes!😂😂😂
Hey, Dr Grande, what a coincidence! I plead the 5th whenever somebody asks about my marriage too, especially my husband. 😃 Interesting case and great analysis of how these phoney religious leaders operate.👍
Ha! I'm going to start pleading the 5th with my husband...and the boyfriend! 😄
@@empressoftheknownuniverse I think that's the wisest course. 😅🤣👍
@@toniemorrison4263 Sound advice. But it won't actually work, it will just be self-incriminating. We're Canadian. 🇨🇦
a 5th .. of Jim Beam, Jack Daniels or Yukon Jack ????
"A vow of wealth", I took one of those but failed to keep it.
yeah, I tried it once .. but got the words and letters mixed up ... came out as "wow of vealth"
Both Tony and Susan were sociopathic sadistic narcissists. No conscience, no empathy, pathological lying,and utter contempt for everyone.
Got it Dr. Grande! ⭐ Avoiding any type of cult leader!
Love your sense of humor!
That was an excellent analysis. Thank you Dr Grande, for the the great content you upload daily.
I remember this guy from pamphlets about 20 years ago!
I REMEMBER ALAMO HAD HIS FOLLOWERS SHOP AT GOODWILL TO BUY ANY BLUE JEANS, CUT THEM UP THEN SEW THEM INTO JACKETS COVERED WITH RHINESTONES. HE HAD QUITE THE SCAM
Living in Ft. Smith AR at the time I was very aware of the Alamos and their followers. The flyers on windshields were annoying, but were effective. A good friend gave up everything to live at the compound. Also, when the government held the auction of merchandise, a friend bought several of the jackets. Mine had New York on it.
Ha, I must admit Doctor Grande, you do have an excellent sense of humor in telling these stories.
Im having nightmares about burning in hell forever, and i can already feel the heat on my back, but it's still totally worth it to have a resurrection-free workplace! I love your work, Dr Grande!
Thank you to society for creating all these... ahhh... these....? for Dr. Grande to make some sort of sense of, while giving me giggles.
I recently watched a documentary on this case!
Omg we love you Dr grande! Always look for your videos.
Hi, Dr. Grande! Hope you're enjoying your day!🙋🌵🪴🌵🪴 Thank You, and have a great night! I did comment you were just who I hoped to see! Hello, everyone!💮🌺🕊️🍀
Really enjoy your videos and sense of humor!
I grew up in a Pentecostal church and surprisingly never heard of this guy. What a strange case 🙁. Thank you for the great content as usual!
There is a 4 episode docuseries called Ministry of Evil that is about the Alamo Cult available on Amazon Prime. I had to buy it, but it wasn't expensive and really worth it. I highly recommend it. They talk to Susan's daughter, a bunch of survivors, his former child brides, their "adopted" son, law enforcement. The story about how Tony stole Susan's body and dragged it around with him while he was on the run, forcing Chris, Susan's daugther, to sue him for the return of her mother's body is just one of the insane stories. Oh, and the child labor.
There's also a series on different cults by People (idk, but it's also amazing) and they profile the Alamos. At the time of that filming, the Alamo church still existed. One of the former child brides, Amy Eddy, said her mother still believes that Tony Alamo is going to come back to life.
Can you analyze what causes people to fall for and join cults, especially such abusive ones?
Yes, that would be very useful and interesting!
I grew up near this area and had many instances of finding their pamphlets stuck under my windshield wipers on my car. They’d swarm into parking lots and do this all the time. I think they finally got popped for littering. They were still doing it 20 years ago. There were always rumors of slave type labor making their denim sparkly jackets.
😂😂😂😂 Thankyou for your hard work Dr. Grande and thankyou for making us laugh....😘😇.
How have I never heard of this before??
I was today years old when I learned about this aswell. It's tragic that there are still followers today.
Another great video .. thank you
“I hope you enjoy the heat, because you’re going to hell.” Hahahahaha Dr. Grande, you’re the best!
“On April 8 1982 Susan Alamo Died” Dr Grande, your delivery is fantastic 👌🏻
Alamo used to have a clothing store in downtown Nashville. I went in once and there were regular denim jackets bedazzled with rhinestones with $500 price tags- and this was back in the late 80s. The store gave me the creeps, so I hurried back to my car only to find a flyer on the windshield about the Alamo Foundation. There was a skinny teenage girl walking through the lot adding the flyers.
I find it interesting how some truth is intertwined with lies and corruption. Be careful who and what you follow.
So interesting.
This was one of the best analyses, Dr Grande. 💀💀💀 “resurrection free workplace.”😂😂😂😂
What an intriguing case!
I couldn't help but laugh so much throughout your video.... When you were saying that if people questioned him, his response was "Well, you've going to hell."
Then, "And somebody else says 'I left the thermostat too high.' Well, I hope ypu enjoy the heat, because you're going to hell." 😅😅
Another incredible video, Dr. Grande!!
Great show! I look forward to it every day! Can you analyze Jamie Petrone-Codrington. I'm disturbed and fascinated by her behavior (stealing $40.5 million from Yale).
Dr Grande's channel is an absolutely accurate description of Western insanity and hedonism.
my dad is a chaplain and was a big fn of tony, he had several of his books. makes a lot of his crazy thoughts make more sense lol
"They would strike each other,in order to get the devil out...when the devil was right there in the room,telling them to strike each other" that's profound af!!
Absolutely!
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the John MacArthur/Eileen Gray situation.
Well, FANTASTIC as usual. Let's not dismiss not overlook your silky voice! Tx!
In a 2016 NYC subway I got handed a pamphlet from a Tony Alamo believer. The writing was super super disorganized. Barely meant anything. Wouldn’t be surprised if he had psychosis.
Perhaps look into the case of Mackenzie Fierceton. I just learned of it today and I think it has interesting mental health aspects as well as legal and criminal aspects that as yet remain ambiguous.
My mom was Susan's 1st cousin. She had a low opinion of her, calling her a con artist. I'm fortunate to have never met her.
A lot of Christian Messengers have a problem proclaiming hell & punishment over love & compassion. This affirms the need for a deeper walk to proclaim love.
😲 OMG! I have been to thier resturant in Alma AR several times as kid. My family frequently traveled through the area on the way to my gramother's house. Often we would stop and eat at th Alamo resturant. I remember the couple who owned it were very religious and flamboyant.
When I saw the title in the thumbnail all I could think of was Pee Wee’s Big Adventure! 🎵The stars at night are big and bright🎶!
well .. all I gotta say .. is you won 5 gold stars for this one 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 (couldn't find any stars, so I had to use butterflies)
Dr Todd Grande////You are comedy gold😂
He sold really hideous decorated jackets for a lot of money, too. They're ghastly.
how many did you buy ??
Hard to understand how many people are so naive and fallow this crazy people 😢😞
My mother believed in this man years ago. He was against the catholic religion. She also was against the catholic church but supported him. He would send her newsletter. I always thought he was a strange person.
Eckhart Tolle said it's okay for me to comment on your video about him, even though it's not on topic! I just want you to know that a mouthful of diet Pepsi shot out through my nose after I listened to your analysis of him...I think I ruptured something laughing at your humor! I knew he was in trouble when Oprah praised him (I'm rolling my eyes out loud)...hilarious!
They still hand out their flyers in LA. Never seen anyone handing them out but they’ll just appear in stacks around Hollywood
This guy you speak of, was on a show called evil lives here. I felt so bad for the man who told this story. Tony was a real monster
Can you look into the case of Jane Bashara. Justice for Jane.
Oh boy, I am so embarrassed to be from the same home town as him lol.
Judging by the picture at 8:03, he didn't take God's commandment in Leviticus 19:28 too seriously.