A Cult Life

T.O. Paine describes his life in the cult that inspired his thriller, The Teaching.

On From Fact To Fiction, we review fantastic specialty thrillers, and unravel fact from fiction.

In this episode of From Fact to Fiction, I talk with author T.O. Paine about his real-life experience living inside a cult—and how those experiences shaped his thriller The Teaching.

Discover:

• What actually defines a cult (and why it’s hard to pin down)

• The difference between peaceful and destructive" cults

• How intelligent people get drawn in

• The role of grief, hope, and belonging

• Why some cult experiences don’t feel harmful—until later

• The real-life experiences depicted in The Teaching

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CONTACT T.O. Paine: topaine.com

Want More? LISTEN to Brooke Walker’s, podcast (T.O. Paine’s sister-in-law), How to Leave a Cult.