The Society of the Woman in the Wilderness: America's First Doomsday Cult

Hey Spooksters! We are headed back to the late 1600s today. The Society of the Woman in the Wilderness was a 17th-century German Pietist, apocalyptic community led by Johannes Kelpius that settled in Pennsylvania in 1694. Believing the world would end that year based on Revelation 12, about 40 celibate monks lived as hermits and mystics in the Wissahickon Valley. Timestamps: 00:00 - 05:06 Intro 05:07 - 34:38 The Society of the Woman in the Wilderness Do you want AD FREE episodes published a day EARLY? Join the Spookster Fam at Check out our latest episode on our second show, Social Seance Society! We are available on all podcast platforms and on YouTube. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠C lick here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more. Join our book club, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spookster Literary Society⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! Check out the following link for our socials, Patreon, YouTube channel, & more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Do you have a true crime story or paranormal encounter you'd like to share? Please send us an email over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠3spookedgirls@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Hester Ross⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro music! Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our content warning! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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