Amy Ohalloran, knee deep in her cult days.
Bring Your Own is a nomadic storytelling series that takes place in living rooms, backyards and other intimate spaces within the community. Each month, seven storytellers have 7 minutes to respond to a theme. BYO airs on All Things New Orleans and is a biweekly podcast on wwno.org.
Amy Ohalloran talks through her experience as a member of a cult.
This story was told on June 6, 2012 at “The Pauger House” in the Marigny. The theme of the evening was “Undercover”, and here Amy Allison Shipley gives a window into her being recruited and indoctrinated into a cult… and how she got out.
*Bring Your Own is brought to you by Liam Daniel Pierce, Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. The next BYO is Thursday, December 5 in the Bywater neighborhood. For details go to bringyourownstories.com.
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