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True Crime Caviar: The 21 Wives of Goel Ratzon

True Crime Caviar: The 21 Wives of Goel Ratzon

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Note: Please start listening from episode 1. Goel Ratzon was a true crime phenomenon: a cult leader, super-polygamist and occultist, active between 1990 and 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Not only was Goel Ratzon a mysterious Kabbalah healer, he was a real-life Pied Piper who lured 21 young women to leave behind their families and identity to join his cult and bear his children, believing serving him was an uplifting service according to Kabbalah. In 2010 Ratzon was finally arrested and his 21 wives were set free. This is the story of his cult, from its inception to the end, exploring the initiation and life in a polygamous cult from the perspective of Goel's plural partners, asking not only the "what?", but "why?". Why did so many young, intelligent women agree to become servants to a 59-year-old Kabbalah teacher and dedicate themselves to bearing his children and serving his whims? This case is completely unknown around the world but deserves a place next to the biggest cult stories. 

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Episodes
  • EP01 The Pied Piper of Tel-Aviv

    EP01 The Pied Piper of Tel-Aviv
    Oct 19 2022

    In 2009, Tel-Aviv Police interviews a mysterious witness. She has information that can bring down Israel's most famous cult leader, Goel Ratzon, who has been luring dozens of young women to become his plural wives and bare his children like Pied Piper for 20 years.
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    33 mins
  • EP02 Summer

    EP02 Summer
    Oct 31 2022

    Summer is a beautiful girl from a wealthy family. The world is her oyster. She meets a mysterious underground Kabbalah teacher who can finally satisfy her curiosity for the spiritual.
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    25 mins
  • EP03 The Spiritual Ladder

    EP03 The Spiritual Ladder
    Oct 31 2022

    Ratzon helps his teenage followers climb the spiritual ladder of Kabbalah while swiftly taking over their lives. Summer grows fascinated with the wise older man who seems to represent everything she is looking for and gets on the path of no return.
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    32 mins
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