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Ohio housewife Sherry Shriner grew to prominence as a social media cult leader, flourishing in the era of conspiracy theories and the 9/11 Truther movement. She preached the virtues of mysterious orgone energy and Christian prayer as defensive shields against the forces of darkness, including: Lucifer and his demons; reptilian shapeshifters masquerading as human elites; the New World Order; cell phone towers; even hostile UFOs that flamed out over her home, visible only as shooting stars. Amazingly, she built a coterie of passionate devotees. The more outrageous the lie, the more fervent their belief. In 2017, she told follower Steven Mineo that his girlfriend, Barbara Rogers, was a witch who would kill him. A month later, Steven was dead, and Barbara was in jail charged with his murder. Steven's death proved Sherry's divinity to her followers, but in reality, he was just the latest casualty in a string of online trolling attacks that had left an earlier believer dead of suicide and still more cast into the outer darkness of cyberspace.

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Dogged, insightful, and irreverent Tony Russo's investigative quest for the real Sherry Shriner anchors VICETV's new season of The Devil You Know. A 6-part true crime series, The Devil You know S2 begins with a murder in rural Pennsylvania and leads to the discovery of an online lizard cult run by Sherry Shriner ...Tony's questions and his role in uncovering the worldview that lies beneath Sherry Shriner and people like her will ring true for years to come. -- Sarah Sharkey, Executive Producer, The Devil You Know, Season 2.

"""Dogged, insightful, and irreverent Tony Russo's investigative quest for the real Sherry Shriner anchors VICE-TV's new season of The Devil You Know. A 6-part true crime series, The Devil You know S2 begins with a murder in rural Pennsylvania and leads to the discovery of an online lizard cult run by Sherry Shriner ...Tony's questions and his role in uncovering the worldview that lies beneath Sherry Shriner and people like her will ring true for years to come."" -- Sarah Sharkey, Executive Producer, The Devil You Know, Season 2. ""While this book is about the Sherry Shriner cult, it explores one of the illnesses of our age: the quest for power and attention by pseudo-religious leaders and the methods they use to deceive their followers. It is an eye-opening, painstakingly researched book that will enlighten readers about the mechanics of religious manipulation."" - Romuald Dzemo, Readers' Favorite"

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