• 2019
  • 59m
The Cult of the Family

Summary Former yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne led the Melbourne cult "The Family", claiming to be Jesus reincarnated. She adopted children, dressed them identically, and fed them LSD, raising them as her own in the 60s and 70s. View more details

  • 2019
  • 59m

The Cult of the Family

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Anne Hamilton-Byrne Lex de Man Bill Hamilton-Byrne Ben Shenton

All cast & crew

6.5

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 11, 2019

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : ABC ABC iView

Language : English

Filming locations : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Production companies : Film Victoria Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Big Stories, Small Towns

Summary Former yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne led the Melbourne cult "The Family", claiming to be Jesus reincarnated. She adopted children, dressed them identically, and fed them LSD, raising them as her own in the 60s and 70s. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 11, 2019

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : ABC ABC iView

Language : English

Filming locations : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Production companies : Film Victoria Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Big Stories, Small Towns

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Ben Shenton in The Cult of the Family (2019) Bill Hamilton-Byrne and Anne Hamilton-Byrne in The Cult of the Family (2019) Anne Hamilton-Byrne in The Cult of the Family (2019) The Cult of the Family (2019) The Cult of the Family (2019)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 11, 2019
Unseen, Unheard, Unknown
In 1987 a teenage girl escapes from a lakeside compound. She triggers the police to raid the property and rescue her siblings - a group of bleached-blond children. Who are these children? What is this cult called The Family?
Episode 2 • Mar 18, 2019
A Question of Identity
While the children rescued from the cult struggle to integrate into the outside world, detectives dig into the cult leader's past. Her followers won't talk, but detectives track her on the run between the UK and the USA.
Episode 3 • Mar 25, 2019
In Search of Justice
The Family cult's solicitor testifies and reveals enough evidence for a warrant to be issued for the arrest of cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne and her husband Bill. Will justice be done for the children?
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