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Worldwide

Worldwide


Worldwide

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22 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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Season One, Worldwide: The Unchosen Church, shares first-hand accounts of growing up inside of a doomsday apocalyptic cult called The Worldwide Church of God. It's a series about the costs and rewards of high-demand religious group, dispels many of the myths about what types of people join cults, and showcases the beauty, comedy, and tragedy of life inside Herbert W. Armstrong's WCG. Season Two of Worldwide travels to Southeast Asia to explore one of the most captivating, unsolved mysteries of the 20th century: the disappearance of Jim Thompson, the Thai silk king.  Join us as we delve deep into the extraordinary life of Thompson and the fateful weekend when he vanished without a trace, leaving behind a perplexing mystery that has confounded investigators, armchair detectives, and conspiracy theorists alike. Through research, expert interviews, and compelling storytelling, we piece together the fragments of evidence to explore the most popular theories about what happened to Jim and shed light on the newest developments in the case.
Language:
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Episodes1 - 10 of 22 episodes

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Ep. 2.0. Getting Out and Moving On (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

In this brief introduction to season  two of Worldwide, host Tricia Jenkins and guest G...

7 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.1. Vanished in the Highlands: The Mystery of Jim Thompson (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

In 1967, well-known fashion tycoon Jim Thompson went on vacation in the Cameron Highlan...

21 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.2. Peter Hurkos and The Dangers of Psychic Detectives: An Interview with D.J. Grothe (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

When the police fail to turn up leads in missing persons cases, families sometimes get ...

30 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.3. Retracing Fading Steps: An interview with Dr. Lew Toulmin (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

In the mid-2010s, Dr. Lew Toulmin, a search and rescue operations specialist, went to M...

27 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.4. “We Had to Eliminate Him:” An interview with the CIA's Barry Broman (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

In 2013, former CIA officer Barry Broman received a phone call from someone claiming to...

25 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.5. Another Murder and the Jim Thompson Legacy (Worldwide: The Disappearance of the Thai Silk King)

In this last episode, we examine the story of Jim’s associate, who swears he spotted Th...

12 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Ep. 2.6. Host It or Toast It

Want to support Worldwide?Visit buymeacoffee.com/worldwidepod and tell us whether you'd...

1 minute
Aug 02, 2023

Ep 1.10: From the Fringe to the Fold: An Interview with Joseph Tkach Jr (Worldwide: The Unchosen Church)

Cults almost never admit error or de-radicalize themselves, but that is exactly what ha...

41 minutes
Aug 03, 2022

Ep 1.11: The End Times and Final Revelations (Worldwide: The Unchosen Church)

In this series finale, we hear from listeners about their own WCG experiences, what lis...

26 minutes
Aug 03, 2022

BONUS: Host It or Toast It

Want to support Worldwide: The Unchosen Church? Visit buymeacoffee.com/worldwidepod and...

1 minute
Aug 02, 2022