The Doomsday Prophet Behind Ugand...
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The Doomsday Prophet Behind Uganda's Kanungu Massacre
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Notas del episodio

Credonia Mwerinde, a former barmaid in southwestern Uganda, claimed visions of the Virgin Mary and helped found the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.

This episode examines how she built a doomsday movement, extracted followers' land and wealth, and orchestrated the deadly aftermath of her failed end-of-the-world prophecy.

  • The trauma and instability of her early life and marriages
  • Recruiting figurehead Joseph Kibweteere for patriarchal legitimacy
  • Isolation tactics including fasting, vows of silence, and selling land
  • The failed January 1, 2000 apocalypse prediction
  • The March 2000 Kanungu church fire and hidden mass graves