TRIGGER WARNING: This case covers some dark topics including child abuse and mention of suicide. If these subjects are triggering to you, please skip from Have you heard of the Australian Family Cult? We hadn't either...In this episode, Alana brings us the Cult run by the notorious Anne Hamilton-Byrne, in all of her evil. This Case goes from shocking to downright despicable as we discuss the many lives and many many crimes of Anne, many of which went undocumented, and unprosecuted. This is a real rollercoaster guys so buckle up, Alana has a story to tell.Sources Cited: Big Stories Co. “About.” About – The Cult of The Family, https://cultofthefamily.com/about/ Cappello, Nile. “On Cults, and the Weight of Family.” CrimeReads, 18 Feb. 2020, https://crimereads.com/on-cults-and-the-weight-of-family/ Cusack, Carole. “The Family (Australia).” English, https://wrldrels.org/2018/01/03/the-family/ Elias, David. “Missing Girl.” Newspapers.com, 8 Sept. 1983, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104855488/missing-girl/ Haworth, Abigail. “Growing up with the Family: Inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne's Sinister Cult.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 20 Nov. 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/20/growing-up-with-the-family-inside-anne-hamilton-byrnes-sinister-cult Johnston, Chris, and Rosie Jones. The Family: The Shocking True Story of a Notorious Cult. Scribe Publications, 2017. ISBN10: 1925228681  Johnston, Chris. “Family Ties.” Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/family-ties/#:~:text=Before%20she%20was%20the,town%20with%20one%20main%20street Moore, Sarah. “Why I See Anne - by Dr Sarah Moore/Hamilton-Byrne.” Why i See Anne - by Dr Sarah Moore/Hamilton-Byrne, 15 Aug. 2009, http://drsarahmoore.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-i-see-anne-by-dr-sarah.html Various. “New Age.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 Jan. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age Various. “Sarah Moore (the Family).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 May 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Moore_(The_Family) Various. “The Family (Australian New Age Group).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Australian_New_Age_group)Connect with us!Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!Instagram is @SpookeryPodcastTwitter is @SpookeryPodcastSend us a Gmail at [email protected] for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content!Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.Until next time, Stay Spooky!