Murder at Ryan's Run: exposing the cult of John Africa
A true crime investigation exposing the Philadelphia cult operating as the MOVE Organization. Told by survivors and insiders, Murder At Ryan’s Run reveals abuse, lies, and lost lives—plus exclusive tapes, FBI files, and real-time reporting of a daring cult escape. This is the story MOVE leaders don’t want you to hear.
Episodes
42 episodes
MOVE lies about John Gilbride Part 2- Look Who's Talking
*warning: discussion of violence, threats, and the use of a racial slur that is explained but is censored. What happens when a cult's carefully crafted narrative faces public scrutiny? The answer lies in this shocking ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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46:12
MOVE lies about John Gilbride Part 1: Play The Tape
When MOVE feels threatened, they turn to friendly media outlets to control their narrative. This episode takes you inside a revealing 2005 WURD Radio broadcast where MOVE members responded to a Fox News segment about the unsolved murder of John...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:05:19
"He Said He Said" - The Confession of Mumia Abu Jamal
Here is the very interesting Howard Stern show mentioned in previous episode about Mumia - TC 01:30:47 -01:51:08 (thanks to listener Alex).A prison friendship lea...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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44:47
The Cult of Mumia: from convicted killer to campus icon using the MOVE playbook
A powerful moment in 1999 captures everything you need to know about how MOVE operated. When Rage Against the Machine held a benefit concert for Mumia Abu-Jamal, they didn't just pack an arena with passionate fans—they delivered approximately $...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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46:57
May 13, 1985: A Police Officer’s Account from Osage Avenue
The haunting story of the MOVE bombing unfolds through the eyes of Philadelphia police officer Jim Berghaier—the Stakeout Cop who rescued 13-year-old Birdie Africa, the only child to survive when authorities dropped explosives on a West Philade...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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37:05
Straight Outta Holmesburg -MOVE’s Prison Recruiting—and One Inmates Encounter With Their "God"
The shadows of Philadelphia's MOVE organization stretch far beyond the infamous 1985 bombing on Osage Avenue. Through an exclusive interview with Richard Garland—a former gang member who encountered MOVE while incarcerated at Holmesburg Prison—...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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43:05
Mike Africa Jr.'s Tales of Richmond - Factchecked
When memoir meets mythology, what happens to historical truth? This gripping episode investigates Mike Africa Jr.'s vivid account of his childhood in Richmond, Virginia, revealing a remarkable disconnect between his published narrative and docu...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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43:01
Mike Africa Jr. Version 2001 - Part Deux
This is Part 2—or as they say in France (where MOVE often solicits donations for themselves and Mumia)—Part Deux. It’s not as shocking as Part 1, but it’s still never-before-heard audio from 2001, recorded in the basement of MOVE’s Phill...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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49:10
Mike Africa Jr. Version 2001 - Part 1
In this immersive, unedited episode, you’re sitting in the basement of MOVE headquarters in West Philly—24 years ago—listening as Michael Davis (known publicly as Mike Africa Jr., and within MOVE by the nickname “Puga,” which he no longer uses ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:03:21
We'll Burn This House Down - Ramona Africa's Letter
Two days before the 1985 fire that killed 5 children and 6 adults inside 6221 Osage Avenue, MOVE’s Minister of Information, Ramona Africa, sent a letter to police: “We will burn this motherf***ing house down and burn you up with us.” This handw...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:09
MOVE loves Philly cheese steaks and not answering our questions about missing children.
This episode was put together quickly in order to publish before current charismatic spokesperson Mike Africa Jr. goes on WURD radio to talk about remains of MOVE children so this is my effort to put some questions out there for WURD to ask Mik...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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23:06
Shaeida: the little girl who was disappeared in MOVE.
*cw: profanity and death of childrenIt's hard to believe that an organization like MOVE, which preaches about natural foods and healthy living, could be responsible for the neglect and abuse suffered by its children. In this episode we shar...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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28:55
THE MOVE FAMILY
*explicit language and threats of violenceWhenever MOVE speaks it is always in "the plural" as "The MOVE Family" but what happens in the family stays in the family, like the movie FIGHT CLUB but even more insidious and culty. So o...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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38:26
All About Ria, the other White "Africa"
*explicit: child abuse, animal abuse and racial slursMOVE wants the public to see them as a black liberation group and so Ria Africa has been conveniently erased from their current narrative which is why we made this entire episode all abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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48:57
Mumia Abu Jamal and the MOVE Minister of Confrontation, Pam Africa
Mumia Abu Jamal is mostly known to the world as a former black panther, former radio journalist and for the last 41 years as a convicted murderer who had been sentenced to death but now is serving life in prison without parole. What is le...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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52:30
50 Years A Cult - Media, Money, Mumia & Monsters featuring former MOVE member Rain Africa
Born into MOVE 15 years after the most deadly confrontation on Osage Avenue, Rain Africa was groomed to be a spokesperson and "fundraiser" for MOVE and Mumia Abu Jamal which she says is one in the same. Rain breaks down how MOVE deftly...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:11:25
I survived MOVE: the story of Jeanne Africa
*CW: discussion of domestic abuse, threats of violence and loss of life.After more than 30 years Jeanne Africa is breaking her silence about the 5 years she was a devoted MOVE member sharing never-before-heard details about what she all...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:00:38
The Coordinator
This episode examines the real man behind THE COORDINATOR of MOVE, Vincent Leaphart, the leader and creator of the group who gave himself the name of JOHN AFRICA and the title of THE COORDINATOR. Vincent Leaphart, like most cult leaders,...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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53:22
The Meaning of Life Africa: how MOVE exploited the deaths of their own children
*CW: discussion of infant deaths, child neglect, child abuse, and police brutality. MOVE says their religion is Life. "JOHN AFRICA taught us that Life is the priority. Nothing is more important or as important as Life,...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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49:40
Kwashiorkor: the deliberate malnourishment of MOVE children
*CW: child neglect and abuse.MOVE has always bragged about the health/strength of the children raised in MOVE were even more exceptional because they were raised as the "pure generation" under MOVE Law - the teachings of John Africa but the...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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56:55
Vince Leaphart & The Black Panther
*Sensitive content about police brutality, abuse against children and women. Mention of racial slurs.MOVE began in the West Philadelphia neighborhood of Powelton Village at a time when counterculture and revolution were the norm and a f...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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40:34
Guidelines, Guns and Going Against John Africa
MOVE claims that their "organization" was created by one man, a black man named Vincent Leaphart. Vincent did not create the MOVE cult by himself, he had a lot of help from a white graduate student named Donald Glassey who then escaped an...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:54
MOVE: Small but Deadly with Cult Expert Rick Alan Ross
Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast. In this episode you will get some updates and behind-the-scenes information on Season 1 and then you will hear from cult expert and author Rick Alan Ross about MOVE and the overall nature of destructive...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:16:13
Knock, knock, it's Beth.
MOVE likes to say that John Gilbride is still alive and living under an assumed name working for the US Government who is, of course, hell bent on destroying MOVE. John Gilbride is dead and we have obtained the Medical Examiner's Report stating...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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17:53
Bonus Ep #3: This all began with Anarchism, Black Cats and Lies
This whole podcast got started when Bob shared the story of MOVE and May 13th 1985 with Beth and got her hooked on learning as much as she could but then one interview spins her around and sends the whole focus and podcast down an unsolved murd...
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Season 1
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10:28
