32 episodes
Murder at Ryan's Run Beth McNamara
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4.5 • 112 Ratings
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Murder At Ryan's exposes the darkest, deepest secrets that lay just beneath the surface of The Move Organization's public perception. Within the groups ranks, members endured unspeakable abuse, victims of a cultic system created by leader Vincent Leaphart in 1972. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date story of MOVE told by the people who lived and survived it - ex-members known as AFRICAS and others with first hand accounts of bizarre beliefs, abuse, terror campaigns, violence, destruction, millions of dollars and the loss of more than a dozen lives including 7 children. FBI documents, internal cult communications, obtained audio tapes and photos on social media. *This is a serialized podcast and Season 1 is produced with real time reporting coordinated with the cult escape of a young mother and her 5 children. Warning: graphic discussion of violence, death, domestic abuse, child neglect and abuse. Please take care while listening. If you have any information relevant to investigation please email: murderatryansrun@gmail.com or message us on social media. Hosted, reported, written, edited and Executive Produced by Beth McNamara. *All individuals referenced in this series are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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MOVE: Small but Deadly with Cult Expert Rick Alan Ross
Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast. In this episode you will get some updates and behind-the-scenes information on Season 1 and then you will hear from cult expert and author Rick Alan Ross about MOVE and the overall nature of destructive cults and MOVE. .
Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:
Tony Allen's blog: AntiMOVE
Kevin Price's blog: Leaving MOVE 2021
RICK ALAN ROSS
Twitter https://twitter.com/RickAlanRoss
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/culteducation
Cult Education Institute
International Cultic Studies Association
Janja Lalich
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
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Guidelines, Guns and Going Against John Africa
MOVE claims that their "organization" was created by one man, a black man named Vincent Leaphart. Vincent did not create the MOVE cult by himself, he had a lot of help from a white graduate student named Donald Glassey who then escaped and became a government informant in order to stop Vincent's bomb plot.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
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Vince Leaphart & The Black Panther
*Sensitive content about police brutality, abuse against children and women. Mention of racial slurs.
MOVE began in the West Philadelphia neighborhood of Powelton Village at a time when counterculture and revolution were the norm and a former Black Panther once crossed paths with a handyman named Vince who then became John Africa.
The Black Panther Party Ten-Point Program
Timothy Hayes Blog
Big shout out to 50 years of local reporting on MOVE from The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News and underground papers like THE DRUMMER. Support your local newspapers before they are gone.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence or intimate partner violence R.A.I.N.N 1-800-656-HOPE.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
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All individuals referenced in this podcast are presumed to be innocent unless or until they are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a United States court of law. -
Kwashiorkor: the deliberate malnourishment of MOVE children
*CW: child neglect and abuse.
MOVE has always bragged about the health/strength of the children raised in MOVE were even more exceptional because they were raised as the "pure generation" under MOVE Law - the teachings of John Africa but the reality was the children were sick with diseases like Kwashiorkor which is only seen in developing countries experiencing famine.
What are the signs and symptoms of kwashiorkor?
Edema (swelling with fluid, especially in the ankles and feet).Bloated stomach with ascites (a build-up of fluid in the abdominal cavity).Dry, brittle hair, hair loss and loss of pigment in hair.Dermatitis — dry, peeling skin, scaly patches or red patches.Enlarged liver, a symptom of fatty liver disease.Depleted muscle mass but retained subcutaneous fat (under the skin).Dehydration.Loss of appetite (anorexia).Irritability and fatigue.Stunted growth in children.(More information Cleveland Clinic - Kwashiorkor)
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
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The Meaning of Life Africa: how MOVE exploited the deaths of their own children
*CW: discussion of infant deaths, child neglect, child abuse, and police brutality.
MOVE says their religion is Life. "JOHN AFRICA taught us that Life is the priority. Nothing is more important or as important as Life, the force that keeps us alive. All life comes from one source, from God, Mom Nature, Mama. Each individual life is dependent on every other life, and all life has a purpose, so all living beings, things that move, are equally important whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain." - 25 Year On The Move
This episode examines Life Africa, a baby boy born into the organization in March 1976 that MOVE says was murdered by police. This tragic event has been shared by MOVE as a justification for taking up arms against the system in 1977. In examining this infant death the podcast team uncovers other alleged infant deaths.
If you have any information related to this episode or the podcast series overall please reach out via email: murderatryansrun@gmail.com or message us on our socials.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
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All individuals referenced in this podcast are presumed to be innocent unless or until they are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a United States court of law. -
The Coordinator
This episode examines the real man behind THE COORDINATOR of MOVE, Vincent Leaphart, the leader and creator of the group who gave himself the name of JOHN AFRICA and the title of THE COORDINATOR. Vincent Leaphart, like most cult leaders, put his followers on the front line of his "revolution" and they certainly paid the price with their freedom and in some cases their lives.
If you have comments, questions or information related to the podcast or our ongoing research into MOVE please reach out via email: murderatryansrun@gmail.com or message us on our social media platforms.
The producers of this podcast wish to stress that all individuals reference in this series are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law in the United States of America.
Support the showExecutive Produced, reported, hosted and edited by Beth McNamara
Archival producing by Robert Helms
Additional Season 1 producing by Ann Rogers.
Murder At Ryan's Run
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All individuals referenced in this podcast are presumed to be innocent unless or until they are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a United States court of law.
Customer Reviews
A “Must Hear” Podcast
This podcast should be receiving a lot more attention and wider listenership. If you believe in BLM, social justice, and simply justice in general, you should be following this story. After decades of gaslighting and intimidation from this cult, and the complicity of police and government officials, the truth is finally coming out. And it’s more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Listen, and tell your friends.
Unfortunately…
I’ve learned a lot about MOVE since I found the blog and first listened to the podcast, but this podcast has such little sense of nuance. They tend to very passively describe the atrocities that happened against MOVE in favor of a sympathetic portrayal of the racist and violent Philadelphia police department and (in)justice system. We can at once recognize that MOVE was in fact a cult—an abusive and sociopolitically backwards one at that—without undermining the systemic racism and anti-blackness that motivated the coordinated attack against MOVE and Osage Ave. Additionally, as an Anthropologist/Ethnogropher I take issue with the hosts inability to discern violence and abuse from peculiar cultural differences, she often takes a sensationalist tone and it’s uncomfortable. While I appreciate how crucial these stories are, the platform this podcast has given ex-MOVE members, the host was NOT the right person to tell this story.
In short: this podcast is socially narrow minded and it’s giving liberal cop apologist. Informative and Disappointing.
This right here
I am a Philly resident. I remember both confrontations with MOVE. This podcast has drawn me all the way in. I hope justice will prevail for the Gilbride family. This is so shocking and sad. Well researched and has made me look closer. Great work