The Binge Cases: Denise Didn't Come Home - Introducing: Scary Terri

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

Coming soon to The Binge,  it's Scary Terri. A tragic double suicide. A teenager suspiciously drowned. A mother and her childhood nanny drove off a cliff. Between 1979 and 1989, a dozen people died under mysterious circumstances, with one thing in common: a connection to a spiritual leader in Dallas, Texas named Terri Hoffman. In Scary Terri, investigative reporter Jonathan Hirsch unravels the web of lies, manipulation, and dubious deeds that surround Hoffman. A dark Texas Gothic about the Charlie Manson you’ve never heard of. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes, all at once, all ad-free as soon as they drop on December 1st.  Visit The Binge channel on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drowning, freak accidents, double suicides, murder. Between 1979 and 1989, a dozen people from Dallas, Texas died mysteriously. All of them had one person in common, a spiritual leader by the name of Terry Hoffman. That woman has always been a black cloud over our lives. The more I learned, the more I began to wonder, is Terry Hoffman the Charlie Manson you've never heard of?

These shark eyes, those cold, dark eyes. The most sophisticated sociopath I've ever observed. Left behind a series of bizarre diaries and writings associated with Terry Hoffman and a group she founded called the Conscious Development of Body, Mind and Soul, Inc. Bodies are piling up, and she's cashing in. There is no doubt that she killed. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, property, and land. Really see how evil she really was, like heartless.

The payoff was going to be in the other spiritual realms. It was not going to be here. And the deeper I get into this thing, the weirder it gets. Are those items that are used to control and combat, shield against black lords? I vote the Fifth Amendment. Can nobody stop her? Why do you think it was so difficult to tie Terry to these deaths?

Because there's no smoking gun. From Sony Music Entertainment, this is Scary Terry. Coming December 1st to The Binge. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.