Star to his teachings . Makes me want to cry. Its beautiful. And the daughter of this former dynasty star. She was in great danger. Former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. Its right here. I think Brain Washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. Im david muir. Im Elizabeth Vargas and this is 20 20. Reporter we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. Sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. Led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheeki like, could you could that be any weirder . Reporter no, it could not be any weirder. We were all you know, my goodness. Whats going on here . This is so weird. Reporter weird doesnt begin to cover it. Sarah told authorities she thought
She was in great danger. Former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. Its right here. I think Brain Washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. Im david muir. Im Elizabeth Vargas and this is 20 20. Reporter we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. Sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. Led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheepskin rug. Like, could you could that be any weirder . Reporter no, it could not be any weirder. We were all you know, my goodness. Whats going on here . This is so weird. Reporter weird doesnt begin to cover it. Sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. Instead she says they found out they were all going to be branded.
She was in great danger. Former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. Its right here. I think Brain Washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. Im david muir. Im Elizabeth Vargas and this is 20 20. Reporter we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. Sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. Led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheepskin rug. Like, could you could that be any weirder . Reporter no, it could not be any weirder. We were all you know, my goodness. Whats going on here . This is so weird. Reporter weird doesnt begin to cover it. Sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. Instead she says they found out they were all going to be branded.
Reporter no, it could not be any weirder. We were all you know, my goodness. Whats going on here . This is so weird. Reporter weird doesnt begin to cover it. Sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. Instead she says they found out they were all going to be branded. Reporter it sounds like a horror movie, what youre describing. It was a horror movie. It was the most inhumane, horrific way to treat anybody. Reporter what was that like . It was worse than childbirth. Reporter it was worse than childbirth . Yup. It was imagine a hot laser dragged across your flesh for 30 minutes without anesthetic. Reporter at this point youre probably wondering, how in the world did this happen . Sarah seems so normal. She lives in vancouver where she is a wife and mother with a successful film and television career. Do i know you . I dont think so. Oh no, im forgetting so much recently. But i never forget a face. Reporter but her life changed after she crossed paths with a secre
If the blazes were set by the same person or group. Katherine scott has the latest from overbrook. Reporter multiple fires were reported around the area three near the intersection of north 60th and columbia, now investigators are trying to determine who was behind them. Look out the window and saw the car fire. Reporter and soon he saw more, around 4 00 a. M. , the calls came in for three car fires reported for north 60th street and west columbia. A white dodge and chevy charred and destroyed. A mercury around the corner. Neighbors are hoping nearby surveillance cameras in the newly upgraded park caught something. Beyond so much positive things going on, now all of a sudden we have vandalism. The flames were shooting up right here. Nearby on jefferson, this man grabbed hose discovering flames coming from his car. My nextdoor neighborhood called me and said my car is on fire. I said on fire, you got to be kidding. Reporter firefighters were called to the dumpster safire outside this mi