The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3
The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family’s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to their leader, she endured more than a decade of mental and physical abuse, hidden from outsiders.
But Lindsay and a friend decided to escape. They became the whistleblowers who prompted an international manhunt in 2014. It would bring the entire cult crumbling to the ground.
A ten-part series from Rococo Punch and iHeartPodcasts.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 42
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S3:EP 12 - Postscript: Christa
Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven’t covered yet.
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S3:EP 11 - Postscript: Lindsay
A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about.
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S3:EP 10 - Beyond Fear
PART TEN - “There were moments when I remember being in such a dark place, feeling so hopeless, and the curiosity of the next day I think helped keep me going. It doesn't matter how dark the day is. …
S3:EP 9 - Jess
PART NINE - "The trees would be swaying, and you could almost feel the leaves moving. Maybe we would start humming, making up a melody. The worries and the fear just melted away. All the bad things, …
S3:EP 8 - The One Thing
PART EIGHT - “It was absolutely the one thing – the one thing, if I can pick one thing – it is the one thing that allowed me to begin to heal.”
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S3:EP 7 - Manhunt
PART SEVEN - “When I think of it now, it was almost like he prophesied his own demise. For all those years, Victor was the predator and I was the prey. And then he became the prey."
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S3:EP 6 - The Choice
PART SIX - “It was like I was kept underground for so long and then just spit out at 23. I call it when I entered the real world. And it was a whole other world than what it had been.”
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S3:EP 5 - Paradise Lost
PART FIVE - "I was totally in. Totally committed. Ready to take a bullet for him if needed."
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S3:EP 4 - Predator and Prey
PART FOUR - “He would say, 'Lindsay is the old flesh, and you need to become a new man in Christ. Lindsay has to die.'”
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S3:EP 2 - Summer of Love
PART TWO - “He was more important than their husbands. He was more important than their children. He was more important than anything.”
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S3:EP 3 - The Maidens
PART THREE - “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
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Content note: This episode includes a description of child sexual abuse.
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S3:EP 1 - The Camp
PART ONE - "I never thought it would develop into what it was."
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Introducing The Turning: River Road (Season 3)
When the most vulnerable within a community go unprotected, how can they find the strength to push their way out?
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The Swans of Harlem | Part Two
Today we present the second of two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History. …
The Swans of Harlem | Part One
As we work on Season 3 of The Turning, we have something special for you: two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Thei…
Introducing: Dear Alana
Simon travels to Boulder to meet Alana’s mother Joyce, and becomes determined to help her understand what happened to Alana. To hear more Dear Alana visit apple.co/dearalana or on the iHeartRadio app…
S2 Ep Bonus - Behind the Scenes
A grab-bag of stories and extras.
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S2: Ep Bonus - A Day in the Life of a Dancer
The countdown to curtain begins.
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S2:Ep 10 - Révérence
PART TEN - "If it is going to stick with us forever, it matters that we get it right."
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S2:Ep 9 - Pas de Deux
PART NINE - "I remember thinking, am I the only one like me who's ever walked these halls?"
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