{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcult-liter-with-spencer-henry.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-rulo-cult-mx6FZaCH","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Rulo Cult","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3c9c3c2a-a53f-40bd-9d24-bdb387b03fb1/ad7b5751-bdd0-4a82-80c4-f75bf93bef53/sxm-cover-morbid-cult-liter-3000x3000-final.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0b4e7ae1-92fc-429f-af95-2ab603ced71d\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Rulo Cult\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week we’re looking into the story of a trucker-turned-prophet who used the villainous teachings of an evil reverend to build up a cult following of doomsday-preppers...how’s that for a sentence? In the 1980’s the small community of Rulo, Nebraska was disrupted by Mike Ryan and his cult followers who had built out a compound on a nearby hog farm. It wasn’t long before a string of thievery and moidah brought them down!\n\n\n\n\nWrite me: spencer@cultliter.com\n\n\n\n\nSpencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 \n\n\n\n\nFollow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast\n\n\n\n\nJoin our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter\n\n\n\n\nCheck out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! \n\n\n\n\nSources: \n\n\n\n\nhttps://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-dennis-ryan-and-timothy-haverkamp-now/\n\nhttps://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/crime-time/yahweh-nebraska-farmers-cults-slavery-torture-sodomy-murder\n\nhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/889062089/?terms=Mike%20Ryan&match=1\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_W._Ryan\n\n‘ID Evil Lives Here’ \n\nhttps://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2422/farm-crisis-1980s\n\nhttps://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2422/farm-crisis-1980s"}