E52: Sister Credonia Mwerinde (The Kanungu Massacre) Part 2

This week Beth and Wendy dive into Part 2 of our telling and discussion of Sister Credonia Mwerinde, the high priestess and co-founder of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a cult that murdered at least 900 people.

We get into our listener letters and thank all of our supports (5:15) finish out the timeline (9:41).  Then, we get into the investigation (22:22) followed by “Where are they now?”(25:55). We get into our Take Aways and what we think made Mwerinde snap (31:07).

As usual we close out the show with some shout outs (45:44), crime news (42:24) and of course, some tips on how not to get murdered).

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Footnotes

Wikipedia contributors. (2019, July 11). Credonia Mwerinde. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:06, August 17, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credonia_Mwerinde

Borzello, Anna.  (2000, March 29) The Zealot Who ran Uganda’s Killer Cult. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/mar/30/2

 Newsweek Staff (2000, August 13).  Priestess of Death. Retrieved from https://www.newsweek.com/priestess-death-159015

The Telegraph (UK) (2000, April 2).  The Power Behind the Cult. Retrieved from https://culteducation.com/group/1187-ten-commandments-of-god/20341-the-power-behind-the-cult-.html

Santoro, Lara (2000, August 6).  Credonia Mwerinde and her Ugandan Cult. Retrieved from https://culteducation.com/group/1187-ten-commandments-of-god/20291-credonia-mwerinde-and-her-ugandan-cult.html

Wikipedia contributors. (2019, May 21). Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:00, August 17, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God&oldid=898065447 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God

Fisher, Ian (2000, April 3).  Uganda Survivor Tells of Questions When World Didn’t End.  The New York Times.  Retrieved from  https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/03/world/uganda-survivor-tells-of-questions-when-world-didn-t-end.html

Cauvin, Henri E. (2000, March 27).  Fateful Meeting Led to Founding of Cult in Uganda.  The New York Times.  Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/27/world/fateful-meeting-led-to-founding-of-cult-in-uganda.html

Unknown author (2000, March 29) Quiet Cult’s Doomsday Deaths.  BBC News.  Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/683813.stm

St. Estephe.  2011, September 22. Sister Credonia Mwerinde, Serial Killing Ugandan Cult Leader – 2000. Unknown Gender History. Retrieved from http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2013/03/sister-credonia-mwerinde-serial-killing.html

Businge, Gerald. (2007, March 17) Seven years Since the Kanungu Massacre. UG Pulse.  Retrieved from http://www.ugpulse.com/people/seven-years-since-the-kanungu-massacre/586/ug.aspx

Auten, Elizabeth. (2001, July 20). Movement For the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.  Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20071105144411/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/mrtcg.html

Robinson, B.A. (2000, April 7)A Christian doomsday cult in Uganda. MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD”.  Religious Tolerance.org. Retrieved from http://www.religioustolerance.org/dc_rest.htm

Blomfield, Adrian . ( April 2, 2000) Ex-prostitute may have ordered Uganda cult deaths. Reuters. Retrieved from https://culteducation.com/group/1187-ten-commandments-of-god/20352-ex-prostitute-may-have-ordered-uganda-cult-deaths-.html

Unknown Writer, By The Associated Press (September 29, 2011) Winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel Awards: The 2011 Ig Nobel winners, awarded Thursday at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine. Retrieved from http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/29/winners_of_the_2011_ig_nobel_awards/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Massachusetts+news

THE KANUNGU MASSACRE. The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God Indicted. The Uganda Human Rights Commission Periodical Report. © Uganda Human Rights Commission 2002. First published 2002.  Retrieved from http://www.icla.up.ac.za/images/un/commissionsofinquiries/files/Uganda%20Kanungu%20commission%20report.pdf

Encyclopedia Britannica. Uganda. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/place/Uganda/Religion

African Studies Center ( University of Pennsylfania) East Africa Living Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/uhistory.htm

Unknown author. “Racism in Uganda”. Visited 8/19/19.  Retrieved from https://imperialismhistoryuganda.weebly.com/about-racism.html

Books

Ghosts of Kanungu: Fertility, Secrecy & Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Kanungu-Fertility-Exchange-Anthropology/dp/1847010725

Female Terror: Scary Women, Modern Crimes
By Ann Magma https://www.amazon.com/Female-Terror-Scary-Modern-Crimes/dp/B008IR6CW2

Podcast

Let’s Talk About Sects, Season1 Ep. 2 . published Oct 17, 2017 , https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/sarah-steel/lets-talk-about-sects-a-podcast-about-cults/the-movement-for-the-restoration-of-the-ten-commandments-of-god/7a0a24ae-1f08-4c51-8eea-61b5edf569b3

Yours in Murder. Episode: Manipulation (Credonia Mwerinde & Gypsy Rose Blancharde).  Radiopublic. Published Mar 8, 2018. https://radiopublic.com/yours-in-murder-G1VJEl/ep/s1!21cb6

Cults
Toohill, Kathleen. Why Do People Join Cults? And why do they leave? HOW TO CULT. Medium.com. Jun 26, 2017 https://medium.com/s/how-to-cult/why-do-people-join-cults-ecdf5c6af848

News

Smith, Tracy (correspondent). “Peter Chadwick Caught”. CBS News. Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Gayane Keshishyan Mendez. 08/10/19. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-chadwick-caught-fugitive-charged-with-wife-quee-choo-chadwicks-murder-goes-from-millionaire-to-bussing-tables/

Shout Outs

Tiffany Haddish Presents:  They Ready on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002933

MindHunter Season 2 on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/80114855

PHOTO credit

Lawlor, David. “Killer cult – The St Patrick’s Day Massacre”. History With a Twist. Posted on March 17, 2018. Retrieved from https://historywithatwist.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/the-st-patricks-day-massacre/

Music

Abyss by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy●
Make Thirst a Joy by Marlene Miller. Used by permission. Find her on Facebook and Instagram under SEMNCHY or marlenemiller138@gmail.com
Blue Scorpion & Furious Freak by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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