How A Cult Nearly Cost Me Everything

How A Cult Nearly Cost Me Everything | A Very British Cult

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Жыл бұрын

#cultsandextremebeliefs #cults #cult
It started with an online webinar discussion of a popular book. 2 and a half years later, Jeff had sold his house and handed out over £100,000. Just how did he end up here? In this eighteen-month investigation for the BBC, journalist Catrin Nye and her team expose control, intimidation and fear at a mysterious life coaching company taking over people’s lives and ripping families apart.
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A Very British Cult: In early 2019 Jeffrey Leigh-Jones from Portsmouth got a life coach. Someone to mentor him in life and help him realise his business ambitions.
Two years later, Jeff had sold his house, his relationship was in pieces, and he had handed over tens of thousands of pounds. And he wasn’t the only one. In this eighteen-month investigation for the BBC, journalist Catrin Nye and her team expose control, intimidation and fear at a mysterious life coaching company taking over people’s lives and ripping families apart.
As the investigation hots up, the group fights back, and there’s a surreal final showdown.
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@AA-cm3pd Жыл бұрын

Glad he's out and has a supportive partner

@jengable4888 Жыл бұрын

I agree !

@user-bv8wu8vt8s Жыл бұрын

Loved the podcast. It would be nice to know if anyone has actually achieved anything from being in Lighthouse. Jeff didn't make it to the south pole presumably because they stole his money, freedom, and confidence but has anyone done anything? Set up a business, achieved their goal under Lighthouses ''support''.

@tomchii 6 ай бұрын

Which podcast? 😊

@littleman787 4 ай бұрын

@@tomchii”a very British cult” - BBC Sounds

@julietkelly7215 Жыл бұрын

This is a cautionary tale people! Remember the Jewish proverb - "A Fool and his money are easily parted". If it looks like an Ass acts like an Ass then it surely is an Ass. Thank you for sharing your story! Cults are dangerous.

@scooterza 10 ай бұрын

These are not stupid people. Vulnerable perhaps but in the right circumstances, you or I could be in Jeff's shoes.

@9avinmaxwell Жыл бұрын

Some performance from Tom Hardy here

@oogabooga2337 Ай бұрын

i thought this lol

@CultOfGaia 13 күн бұрын

Haha I was looking for this comment

@Tehrawrzorz Жыл бұрын

Wish BBC3 uploaded more stuff like this instead of brain rot content

@scooterza 10 ай бұрын

The BBC puts out a lot of content. Some is brain rot content for those that want brain rot content and some is documentary style content like this and everything in between. That's the beauty of the internet - you can watch whatever YOU want to watch.

@NZKiwi87 Жыл бұрын

This Jai seems like a predator by proxy.

@jengable4888 Жыл бұрын

I agree ! His criminal typology (Con Artist/White Collar Criminal) : Highly MANIPULATIVE individual who extracts information (both personal/professional) from their victims by gaining trust over a course of time. Then once the trust is created, the triangulation, extorting money, and isolation tactics will begin. One can assume the end goal of Jai - (The offender) is to have his victim relying on him or other members of the group only. I am assuming there probably was a lot of psychological manipulation (mind benders, head screwing, etc) transpiring ! What do you think ? .....

@thedeeprot Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@mariposaorofusionfoodchann7573 Жыл бұрын

So,after everything,did he get his money back?

@BlueInk912 Жыл бұрын

Pop over to HG Tudor to educate yourself about Gurus

@BlueInk912 Жыл бұрын

Define age you think it appropriate to lean about predatory behaviour?

@thegamingripperhq4996 Жыл бұрын

Cult more like a scam

@atlascove1810 10 ай бұрын

there's rarely a distinction.

@andyblue415 8 ай бұрын

It’s precisely both. It’s a scam that operates via the classic defining practices of cult.

@hastekulvaati9681 7 ай бұрын

same same

@jamesb312 7 ай бұрын

@hastekulvaati9681 You're making assumptions about a person that you have no knowledge of. How can you say brighter and better, when you know nothing of the person you are writing about?

@hastekulvaati9681 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely I am making an assumption! I am making an assumption about some rando making a comment on a KZfaq comment thread i.e. I am assuming they aren’t brighter and better than everyone in the history of humanity who got scammed or was taken in by a dubious idea. That seems a pretty safe assumption to me. I can think of a lot of amazing people who for one reason or another fell for scams or dubious ideas. Arthur Conan Doyle believed in seances. General Jim Mattis was taken in by Elizabeth Holmes. The Beatles were robbed blind by their Manager Allen Klein. Winston Churchill was at one point effusive in his praise for both Hitler and Mussolini. But perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps the guy I encountered on a You Tube comments thread is the most masterful specimen of humanity I will ever know of. Perhaps he is also, as he claims, immune to being misled. He might be the only person in history to fall into that category. As for the rest of my comments I would say they are objectively true. One, it’s complacent to assume you could never be scammed. Two, if you never take any risks at all you are probably less likely to fall victim to a scam.

@R0DSTER Жыл бұрын

it's being called a cult in the vid but tbh not much was described about it whatsoever, kind of a waste of time to watch

@donny4855 Жыл бұрын

You wanted kool aid & dead bodies?

@PrivateSi Жыл бұрын

Wokeism is a neo-cult, this is just a common-or-garden pyramid scheme.. Greedy, insecure wannabe gets ripped off by a 'mentoring' ponzi scheme.. No worse than your average Micky Mouse degree, the BBC loves to push. Sure, it's more one-to-one, but come on, it's LESS HARD SELL than the TV LICENSE FEE! No joke...

@sarahduhay5150 Жыл бұрын

Have you actually watched the full documentary you need to watch the full documentary

@andyblue415 8 ай бұрын

You understand that this is just a tiny preview of a very thoroughly researched documentary? It’s an outstanding documentary/podcast. Exemplary and award winning. Absolutely worth watching/listening to and not at all a waste of time.

@hastekulvaati9681 7 ай бұрын

Watch the full documentary and/or the excellent Podcast. It’s a cult.

@xloi0 Жыл бұрын

It needs no made for kids this channel

@onengkusumah2905 Жыл бұрын

lol, silly boy

@1969Kismet Жыл бұрын

Is he though?

@monacophotographyevents2384 Жыл бұрын

@@1969Kismet Yes, I believe he is. Silly is an understatement, I would describe it in stronger terms. I have never, and never will, understand how people fall for this absolute nonsense.

@sarahduhay5150 Жыл бұрын

@@monacophotographyevents2384 You think that you are not susceptible? Cults come in all flavours and in all sizes. You may actually be in one without realising it!.

@sarahduhay5150 Жыл бұрын

Cults come in all shapes and sizes. Educate yourself. You will be surprised - trust me!

@atlascove1810 10 ай бұрын

It could happen to you too.

@monacophotographyevents2384 7 ай бұрын

@hastekulvaati9681 I really don't agree, things should be treated with suspicion, especially when it comes to nonsense like religion, or money. I have travelled and lived around the World, and have never been scammed. People that fall for this nonsense tend to be more gullible than most. I personally find scams extremely obvious.

@jamesb312 7 ай бұрын

Completely agree, some scams may be more subtle (if subtle is the word) than others, but they are still obvious, and with a little bit of thinking, can be easily avoided.

@hastekulvaati9681 7 ай бұрын

Sorry at what point did I argue that things shouldn’t be treated with suspicion? I think perhaps you are arguing with yourself. My point is that it is rather complacent to assume you are immune from being scammed. Brighter and frankly better people than you have succumbed to nonsense. But of course there is a balance in life. If you never take any risks and never stick your neck out you will probably never be scammed. You might ironically even become a less attractive target for certain scammer have less worth taking.

@jamesb312 7 ай бұрын

@@hastekulvaati9681 You're making assumptions about a person that you have no knowledge of. How can you say brighter and better, when you know nothing of the person you are writing about?