Episode
Part One: The Moonies Are So Much Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine
1:16:13
Published: Tue Mar 08 2022
Description
Mia Wong is joined by Robert Evans to discuss the many crimes of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his family. FOOTNOTES: https://u1lib.org/book/5533978/0e7f3c https://u1lib.org/book/683849/cb6752 https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Finvestigations%2Fchi-0604sushi-1-story-story.html http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/Smm-Org/works_communism.html http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Messiah2/Messiah-2.pdf https://newrepublic.com/article/115512/unification-church-profile-fall-house-moon#footnote-115512-3 https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/09/remembering-former-rep-don-frasers-battle-moonies/ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/moonies-accused-of-involvement-in-drugs-1.1161827 https://u1lib.org/book/2483311/694fff https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-speaks-at-moonies-911-event-praises-unification-church-2021-9 https://freedomofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fraserport.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/02/business/worldbusiness/IHT-reverend-moons-group-wants-to-talk-investment.html https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/28/world/suspicion-following-sun-myung-moon-to-brazil.html https://www.deseret.com/1999/11/28/19477721/moon-sees-a-new-garden-of-eden-in-brazil-br-but-unification-founder-s-proposal-spurs-opposition https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/heartbreak-and-rage-ten-years-under-sun-myung-moon_k-gordon-neufeld/1821376/#edition=3308299&idiq=35159710 https://culteducation.com/group/1277-unification-church/23755-rev-moon-son-made-gun-.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/01/589808670/ar-15s-are-biblical-rod-of-iron-at-pennsylvania-church https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/19/style/chronicle-983090.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/09/04/the-strange-life-of-reverend-sun-myung-moon/ https://www.npr.org/2012/09/02/159032325/rev-moon-a-savior-to-some-lived-a-big-dream%20%20 https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2005/washington-times-editor-and-wife-promote-radical-right-agenda https://www.npr.org/2010/02/17/123805954/unification-church-woos-a-second-generation https://books.google.com/books?id=AabywLOknbsC&pg=PA59&dq=fraser+kcia#v=onepage&q=fraser%20kcia&f=false https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/29/archives/sun-myung-moon-is-criticized-by-religious-leaders-jewish-patrons.html https://u1lib.org/book/656675/0cceef http://content.time.com/time/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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