Inside the twisted world of cult leader Anna Young: How the 79-year-old child killer lured vulnerable people into her House of Prayer then used perverse interpretations of the Bible to abuse and brainwash members for years
UCP Audio’s six-part podcast The Followers: House of Prayer is exploring the allegations of torture and abuse against the former House of Prayer cult leader
Journalist Leila Day and former prosecutor and investigative journalist Beth Karas interviewed former members of the cult, including Young s own daughter
Young was known as Mother Anna to the members of her tightly-controlled religious community in Micanopy, Florida, which she started in 1983
How Did Anna Young, Of The House Of Prayer, Try To Explain The Disappearance Of Young Emon Harper?
Emon Harper arrived at the ultra-religious Florida community known as the House of Prayer as a baby in 1986, but several years later, the young boy died after enduring horrific abuse. Anna Young Photo: Alachua County Jail
Emon Harper was taken to live at the House of Prayer as a baby in 1986 after his young mother was unable to care for him, but several years later, Harper vanished from the rural Florida property.
Those who lived at the Micanopy, Florida religious community which investigators and former members have dubbed a cult would later tell authorities that Harper had suffered horrific abuse while living at the home.
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