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episode on your app or on our website in 1999 a new-age spiritual book titled service of the Divine Plan was published
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according to the anonymous author the 180 page book was propelled into existence from a remembering process a
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technique involving using one's imagination to manifest goals the author of service of the Divine Plan
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prophesized the planet Earth was heading towards the end of a 75 thousand year cycle a Red Alert had begun for Judgment
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Day the end of the world from then a new world would be born according to the book quote only those who had learned
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the lessons of the physical plane will be harvested - or promoted to a higher more expensive level of experience the
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books blurb arrayed Zsasz follows a practical and instructive guide for individuals who are awakening all over
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the world earth is now a focal point of interest for beings from other planets galaxies and dimensions growing numbers
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of seekers are realizing that they have incarnated at this critical time to play
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an active role in the great transition that is before us servers are awakening and taking up their positions as agents
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of the new spirit this book helps recall our souls purpose he named carnation each reading is a unique experience
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awakening new and deeper levels of spiritual awareness in a contemporary context
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servers of the Divine Plan was not the first book written by the same anonymous author he had also written a similar
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book titled the new core both books detailed the same specific set of beliefs shaped around the author's
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unconventional philosophy on life and premonitions of the future there were not spiritual self-help books they had a
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far grander purpose a call to action both books have been met with dramatically divided reviews some
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criticized the spiritual writings as overly complex and convoluted faulting the books bleak fire-and-brimstone
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message of dark forces seeking to control humans as blatant fear-mongering curiously aside from these few critical
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reviews both books have been met with an overwhelming positive reception from most readers these readers claimed to
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affirm profound wisdom in the author's message of spiritual advancement in fact the books prompted the creation of a
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small new-age religious group founded on the concepts within known as the truth fellowship but the truth Fellowship
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members were the servers the books referenced spiritual persons who had awakened to take their positions before
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the worlds him in an end they worshiped the writings of and were completely devoted to the author who was the leader
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of the truth fellowship as far as they were concerned doomsday was coming the anonymous authors first book the new
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core describes the end as follows today mankind stands witness upon the eve of a great world of transition an
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unprecedented global metamorphose is presently underway in preparation for a momenta sleep in consciousness which the
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whole planet is about to take as a result of the earth century into the Age of Aquarius and due to the new life
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energies that are flooding the planet every human being is today faced with a critical choice that shall greatly
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affect about the present course of their life and their future spiritual journey
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[Music] [Music] in 1997 17 year-old shantel mcdougal attended an ashram in Melbourne Victoria
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a sanctuary for spiritual worship meditation and spiritual retreat whilst there a friend introduced her to Solomon
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Cadwell a 32 year old man originally from England sanam is deeply spiritual and introspective he'd visited ashrams
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in India and spent time in communes in the United States he was well versed and educated in New Age philosophy and
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religious teachings Chantel became enamored by the wires older man Simon told Chantal they had been brought
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together for the good of the universe at that time Chantal was also introduced to
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Solomon's partner Deborah and in 1998 the couple asked Chantal if she would like to move into their home to look
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after their young son Chantal accepted the offer Simon was in the process of writing his second book
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that he had titled service of the Divine Plan a companion piece to his first book
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the new core he chose to publish his work anonymously claiming the reason why was to ensure focus remained squarely on
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the message of his written work Solomon's writings focused heavily on his personal interpretations and
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understandings of New Age philosophy in spiritual development most startling was
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his obsession with doomsday in the end of the world his otherworldly teachings and warnings
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resonated with some sanan had amassed the small following of around 40 dedicated people from all over the world
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for his spiritual group he called the truth fellowship the truth fellowship congregated on an online forum Simon
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created called the forecourt where they discussed their leaders visionary concepts and praised his knowledge
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Salman frequented the forum under the username saw he believed himself to be leading his followers down a destined
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path he saw clearly according to Simon the truth fellowship were in the process of recovering their latent memory and
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they were quickly approaching their full potential in service to restore the universe it would soon be Judgment Day
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as Solomon had prophesized and he made it clear only those worthy would move on to the next dimension as his book
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forewarned quote the planetary deadline for the advent of an unprecedented spiritual consciousness on earth is
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imminent and all who would be prepared to pass through the portal leading into the new world and now being called to
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awaken and to arise in readiness to assist those amongst humanity who will accompany them teenager Chantal
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MacDougall fully embraced and absorbed Solomon code Wells teachings he often told her she was not from this world
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that she was different everything he said made sense and resonated with her and she became
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completely ingrained Ginny's leadership when Simon completed and published service of the Divine Plan he suddenly
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decided to move his family from Victoria to Perth in Western Australia when he asked Chantal to come with them and
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continue looking after their son she said yes while settling into their new home
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amongst the dry rolling lands of Western Australia Chantal and Simon's partner Deborah met a woman named Justine Debra
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offered Justine a copy of Solomon's book and a short time later Justine became another devoted follower
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of the truth fellowship it was clear Simon's view of the world had an impact on others and his teachings were
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fulfilling to those seeking deeper meaning and purpose Simon and his family had barely settled into their new home
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in Perth when he announced they were going to relocate once again this time to the historical town of Glastonbury in
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England South Glastonbury had a growing New Age community drawn to the area's rich history of myths and legends it's
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artistic hippie esque counterculture appealed to those like Solomon who had a disinterest in maintaining a corporate
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capitalist lifestyle Simon claimed ill-chosen Glastonbury as his new home for spiritual reasons
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because powerful ley lines intersected along the land earth he expressed the hope that his small congregation of
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service from all around the world would soon follow and live with him there his partner Deborah their child and
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Chantal all agreed to make the trek to their new overseas home in Glastonbury saman liaised online with
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Justine the woman who joined to the truth fellowship in Perth when Justine confessed she had fallen in love with
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Simon she accepted his invitation to move to Glastonbury as well from then onwards
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Simon began pressuring more of his followers to make the move in an email sent to a longtime truth fellowship
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member from québec Canada named Jean Simon stated quote we have been observing your sincerity in world
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service and acknowledged your purity of motive today we feel that it may be time
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to introduce ourselves to you on the physical plane and to this is in order to discern whether we may be able to
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collaborate for the common good we are working for the same boss and this is why ident that it was time
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to connect on the physical Jane eagerly agreed to visit his spiritual leader in Glastonbury believing it would only
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result in more spiritual enlightenment and understanding however his time in Glastonbury with Solomon was not what he
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had expected the ponies returned home to Canada Jean had developed a new perception of the truth fellowship he
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posted the following when his online blog quote now despite the profound effect the material and teaching from
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the truth fellowship was having on me stirring up some quite powerful stuff and mystical experiences there were a
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number of things advocated by Simon which felt quite a bit extreme to me such as the imminence of a global world
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cleansing along the lines of the Judgment Day and apocalyptic depiction found in the Bible or the continuous
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reference to one scene manipulations by dark and negative forces influencing everyone to prevent any of this divine
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plan to take place suffice it to say that I'm no longer able to support what he is doing because
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I feel it is wrong deceitful and in the end unacceptable gene also posted online an email he sent
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to Simon after their meeting in Glastonbury in his email Jean accused Simon of using him to seduce one of the
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young women also joining them in England and that Simon was using his partner Deborah as a pawn in what he described
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as a mind-control games quote poor Deborah has been manipulated for years and has now become a willing albeit
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sometimes reluctant partner in your schemes we all feel sorry for her situation and all hopes you'll soon
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learn to stand up to you and walk our own path in life jeans public criticism of Simon's
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leadership on his block resonated with other members of the truth fellowship another follower came forward to further
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expose Simon as a dubious leader according to them Solomon did not move his family to Glastonbury for the
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greater good of the universe or to meet up with his followers he had actually moved overseas because most of the
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philosophy featured in his book servers of the Divine Plan was not his own personal wisdom and knowledge gained
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through a remembering process that was all a lie a lot of the content in Simon's books was actually heavily
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plagiarized content from other writers works once Simon's literary work had been exposed this fraudulent his
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publisher demanded their investment back so Simon fled overseas not only that Simon's moved to England was only
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possible because he had conned one of his followers to hand over her savings to him he used the money to pay for the
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move buy a new car and for other expenses as some followers began to turn their backs on their deceptive leader
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Simon assured those who remained loyal that none of the claims against him were true to maintain the illusion he was
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still an all-powerful spiritual being he told his followers that his otherworldly
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abilities were manifesting each day he claimed to have almost entirely done away with his personality that he was
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considering going into a state of complete silence and that he was at such a high level of consciousness that he no
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longer required sleep devoted online followers were convinced but those who took the time to visit
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Simon in Glastonbury witnessed the truth Simon was not gaining mystical abilities
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he hadn't done away with his personality or gone into a state of silence in fact
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he was becoming more volatile and irritated as for his claims of no longer requiring sleep the truth was that he
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actually spent a lot of time sleeping truth fellowship defector Jean warned on his blog quote or would no longer
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recommend to anyone to get involved as I did before with the truth fellowship and
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I want to apologize here and express my sincere regrets to anyone who might have
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experienced any difficulties as a result of my initial recommendation of this group in the year 2000 silent decided to
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return his family consisting of Debra and their son Chantal and Justine back to Australia they settled in a rented
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house in the beachside Perth suburb of Florida by now Debra Chantal and Justine were each participating in a sexual
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relationship with Simon there was an unusual family unit but the four adults involved appeared content
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everything changed the later that year when Chantal fell pregnant silent was pleased but his long-term partner Debra
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was not so enthused conflict around to the pregnancy resulted in Debra leaving Simon and she took their young son with
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her Justine's day through chantels pregnancy but soon after the birth she began to reassess her life after seeking
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the help of a psychologist who perceived Justine's living arrangements as an unhealthy situation justine decided to
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leave the day she left Simon Justine reported to police that he had physically threatened her but no action
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was taken Simon and Chantal settled into their life together with their newborn baby
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girl Lila a short time later they met a quiet gentle local man in his 30s named Tony
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Papa CH Tony poppets lived a nomadic life moving from place to place flexible to the vast possibilities of the world
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described as a gentle soul who wouldn't hurt a fly Tony was easily drawn to Simon who's
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dominating manipulative personality was influenced or towards those of opposite traits wat Tony Tony became a devoted
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member of the truth Fellowship another server which led him to joining the family fold
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moving in with Simon Chantal and their young daughter Lila afterwards the four moved to the small coastal community of
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Denmark approximately four hundred and twenty kilometers southeast of Perth in Denmark they lived a quiet isolated life
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together focusing on preparing for the impending judgment day there Simon had been warning his fellowship about for
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years Chantal and Tony were fully convinced Simon's premonition was correct and -
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they were completely devoted to him as their leader so in 2004 when Simon wanted them to pack up and move on once
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again they willingly agreed to follow the group's next location was the small timber milling town of Nana three hours
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south of Perth sitting along the banks of the Blackwood River the longest continually flowing river in Western
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Australia nan up is a small town built around at the timber trade and beef farming with a local population of
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around 500 residents nana purrs always had a strong arts feel and residents are proud of the gardens and local artistic
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community its Main Street has Victorian style weather board shops and cafes framed by ghoul nose verandas sheltering
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the footpaths below from the sweltering Sun by far the most striking thing about
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Nana is that it's nestled right in the southern forest region surrounded 360 degrees by forests and national parks
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packed inside a giant eucalyptus trees some of which are upwards of 400 years old 90 metres tall and take nine people
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all holding hands to spend their girth the forests are dense with shrubbery and shadowed by leafy canopies narrow press
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the dirt walking tracks weaved throughout trailing off for hours or you can see a trees and scrub in every
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direction as far as the eye can see it can be impossible to know which direction is which forward back side to
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side it can all look the same disorientation can get the better of you and with the forest floor carpeted with
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shrubs and ferns you're told to never deviate from the trails if you go too far off track you might not be able to
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find your way back Simon found this sense of remoteness and isolation appealing Nana felt like a
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quiet secluded private place somewhere the family would not be easily found he settled his family into a blue fibro
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house on a beef farm property run by their landlords ten kilometers south of nan abstence center the house was set
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back from the road and hidden amongst the looming gum trees it was picturesque Australian country living the front yard
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was colorfully lined with native Australian plans they raised chickens and two long-haired dachshund dogs
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[Music] Simon Chantal and young Lila lived in the main house and Tony who lived in a
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caravan sheltered by ten shed at the back of the property in the back yard Simon grew of iron known scientifically
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as banisteriopsis caapi used to mate the brew ayahuasca a potent hallucinogenic potion well known in Brazil in Brazilian
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culture the brew was a traditional spiritual medicine used in ceremonies and rituals among the indigenous people
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of the Amazon basin although the usage varies ayahuasca was often consumed to provide a hallucinogenic experience
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aimed to find clarity and a life's meaning these hallucinations are often emotional and psychologically stressful
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with physical purging a common side effect silent believed he would find his own spiritual clarity by consuming
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ayahuasca and it would lay to help prepare his family for the impending Judgment Day
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by 2007 the family was still preparing for the end of the world at the time saman didn't work instead spending most
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of his time on the computer communicating with his few truth fellowship devotees in the meantime
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Chantel and Tony worked to provide the family income tony worked at the local hardware store in town colleagues and
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customers considered him a hard-working and friendly employee his gentle temperament adapted well to the
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slow-paced lifestyle of the small country town shantel worked in the local fish and chip shop the local pup and
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taught swimming at the local pool she remained as she had always been known an outgoing spirited and loving friend and
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mother who was well-liked within the local community however others were acutely aware that wherever Chantal was
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Simon wasn't far behind when Chantal was working at the fish and chip shop others
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would spot Simon sitting in his car parked outside when she worked at the pub Simon would be there too sitting at
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the bar watching her detention Simon radiated was palpable he projected his reclusive insecurities onto her he
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didn't like santol talking to anyone despite chantels ongoing devotion to him though workmates felt that within that
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love was a simmering fear their six-year-old daughter Lila was a happy kid who inherited her mother's
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friendliness even though she was being homeschooled Lila was naturally outgoing she could make friends easily and had no
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trouble talking to different people she was naturally funny way out and inquisitive unlike her father Lila
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embraced attention and a loved to dance around the room as for Simon other than the times who were spotted loitering
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around chantels workplaces locals rarely saw him he was an introverted homebody but that in itself wasn't particularly
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concerning the Australian countryside drew in quiet reserved folk who valued the rural reclusive life
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what the locals did know of Salman was that he was an alternative thinker who had a very particular set of beliefs but
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none had extensive knowledge of his online cult or of his doomsday premonitions by the beginning of 2007
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Chantel had dedicated almost a decade of her life to Solomon her parents Jim and Kath mcdougal lived thousands of
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kilometres east on the Victorian and in New South Wales border nevertheless they
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aimed to visit their daughter in Nana at least once a year Jim and Kath weren't fully aware of Sun
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and Kade Wells intense spiritual beliefs they didn't know about the truth fellowship judgement day or the extent
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in which he had brainwashed their daughter as far as they were concerned Simon and Chantal were just spiritual
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free thinkers who had a different albeit somewhat weird belief system they did however pick up on Simon's controlling
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nature when they visited Nana Jim and Kath didn't stay in the family house instead they would stay in a nearby
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Cabin when they visit their daughter's house Simon locked himself in his bedroom and spent the duration of their
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visit on his computer he wouldn't allow them to take photographs so Jim was forced to sneak photos of his daughter
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and granddaughter on his mobile phone whenever he got the chance both Jim and Kath were always apprehensive about
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Simon he gave off a bad vibe nevertheless they didn't feel the relationship was out of hand and despite
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his dominating personality they never witnessed Simon harm or threatened that daughter or granddaughter there was
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little else they could do but trust their daughter's decision to maintain a relationship with Simon it wasn't a
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stretch to assume Simon had his claws deep in chantels life and if Jim or Kath pushed her to end things with Simon
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there was the likely possibility it would backfire and only result in him cutting them out of the family's life
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the nagging concerns they had for their daughter were amplified on their most recent trip to the farm Simon and
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Chantal were exhibiting stranger than usual behaviors when a passport arrived in the mail
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Simon claimed it was for Lila and quickly put it away before anyone could look inside one night Chantel asked her
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parents to take Lila to the cabin for the night because her and Simon were having visitors over Katherine Jim
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agreed to watch over Lila that felt something seemed off because Simon and Chantal never had visitors
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they couldn't shake the nagging feeling that something wasn't right in April 2007 Bruce Blackburn an
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electrician employed by electrical company Western power was tasked to install a transformer on a power pole
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close to Solomon CAD wells house Bruce also happened to be Simon's neighbor as Bruce prepared to ascend of the pole and
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get to work Simon came running out of his house visibly stressed he began asking what
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Bruce was doing Bruce explained to the job but his explanation only seemed to make Saanen more agitated and upset when
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Case Files spoke to Bruce for this episode he claimed Simon was acting so disturbed
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in that moment that he decided not to continue with the transformer installation at that time when he later
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returned to the pole to complete the job Simon reappeared looking more stressed than ever his face was bright red and
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covered in hives Simon was adamant the electromagnetic fields created by the transformer would
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kill his family he had done his research into the health effects the populations
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exposed to electromagnetic fields from power lines transformers electrical substations cell phone towers Wi-Fi and
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to some extent electrical equipment the fear was clearly overwhelming song and to the point of causing him extreme
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anxiety but bizarrely his concerns were only on the transformer on the power pole outside his house he didn't appear
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to hold the same fear towards other electrical equipment his fear we were constantly exposed to such as
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Wi-Fi or computer usage Bruce Blackburn Simon's neighbor told case file he witnessed his neighbor's burying magnets
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around their house in an attempt to counteract the electromagnetic fields of the transformer Simon Gann ranting
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conspiracy theories about the power company Western power deliberately directing electromagnetic waves towards
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his house so that his family would be forced to move Simons increasingly bizarre behavior became amusing local
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gossip but no one took his rent seriously although Bruce could see there Simon seemed to genuinely stressed about
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the issue until one day in early July 2007 Simon suddenly changed his demeanour after weeks of rambling and ranting
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about electromagnetic fields magnets and conspiracy theories Simon now seemed incredibly and unusually relaxed and his
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hives were gone on July 13 2007 Simon Chantell Leela and Tony drove 40 minutes north to the Irvine coastal city of
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busselton in Western Australia's southwest Simon had recently sold his car for $1,500 and to now they were
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planning on selling chantels a car dealership offered the purchase chantels car on the spot for $4,000 they
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accepted the offer the family were then seen getting into an unknown vehicle waiting nearby before driving away the
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$4,000 was placed in chantal's bank account the following day July 14 2007 a happy
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and excited Chantal called her parents at their home in Victoria she informed them she was leaving Australia to go on
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an extended holiday with Simon Leela and Tony to Brazil they had plans on living
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in and helping a local community the Amazon on the outskirts of Rio Branco Chantal explained Simon had already left
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Australia for Brazil and let she Leila and Tony were leaving soon Jim and Catholic Dougal had concerns that again
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trusted their daughter's decision they told her to keep in touch and upon her arrival to Brazil to let them know that
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she was okay later that same day Chantal spoke with a woman named Carolyn from Perth both
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Chantal and Simon had spoken previously with Carolyn expressing their desire to sell her there two long-haired dachshund
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dogs the family didn't have any issues with the pets they just couldn't take them to Brazil Carolyn was a travel
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agent and upon hearing the family's travel plans she offered Simon some friendly advice
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but he wasn't interested in the lead-up to picking up the dogs Carolyn attempted to email Simon several
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times but her emails bounced back and he never got in touch when Carolyn arrived
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to the family's Nanna property to collect the dogs on Saturday July 14 Chantal greeted her and explained Simon
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hadn't been in touch as he was already in Brazil Carolyn was surprised to see that the house was still full of stuff
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and showed no signs that the family were packing for a big move overseas when Carolyn enquired about the whereabouts
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of chantels daughter Lila Chantal explained the young girl was unwell and was being looked after by Tony in his
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Caravan Carolyn was left with the dogs as Chantal disappeared into a bedroom when
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Chantal reappeared a short time later the demeanor had changed Carolyn felt Chantal started rushing her
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out the door and she couldn't understand what had occurred in the bedroom that made Chantal so anxious for her to leave
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later when Carolyn took the dogs back to her place she noticed she had a missed phone call from Chantal the hasty
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exchange of the dogs had ended so abruptly Carolyn had forgotten to pay Carlin transferred the money into
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chantels bank account the following day she attempted the course Chantal to report the dogs were settled and doing
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well but the calls went unanswered and Chantal never called it back perhaps she had left for Brazil after all Carolyn
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thought a couple of days later Carolyn received a strange phone call an unidentified woman asked her how she
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knew Chantal and why she had been calling her number the woman who made this call has never been identified
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weeks passed and everyone assumed that simon Chantal of Layla and Tony had made good on their plans and were living in a
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commune in Brazil but as time wore on and no one had heard from them chantels parents became increasingly concerned
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they never received confirmation that the family arrived safely in Brazil it was unusual for Chantal not to be in
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touch so her father Jim made some calls in an attempt to reach the commune just outside Rio Branco where the family were
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planning on staying when Jim couldn't find any record of them arriving in the country he's worried Pete maybe there
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was a logical explanation maybe the family cancelled their overseas travel plans and was still on the farm in
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mehnat when Jim and cathc intact at the landlord in Nana they were given some startling news on July 19 five days
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after the last sighting of Chantal the landlord's dropped by the house to check in with the family
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no one had informed her landlords that Simon and his family planned on going to Brazil as they approached the house they
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immediately noticed the yellow envelope stuck in the door inside was a note in chantels handwriting it read quote we
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have left suddenly due to the lack of sleep created by the electromagnetic fields we have moved overseas to Brazil
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and could not take all of our furniture with us all our personal things have gone but whatever we have left is yours
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to do as you wish power phone and gas have been disconnected sorry to leave so quickly
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all the animals have been taken care of in the keys to the house are on the kitchen bench the caravan has also been
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cleared of any personal items you are also welcome to the Caribbean with all the furnishings from Chantal Simon Tony
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and Delilah [Music] another note was found inside Tony's Caravan in his handwriting that simply
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said gone to Brazil the landlords were surprised that the suddenness of this situation and the fact that they hadn't
00:34:25
been informed prior to the move their confusion only increased when they entered the house the home was still
00:34:32
full of furniture but it was spotless the didn't appear Simon and Chantal had attempted to sell any of their
00:34:38
belongings prior to leaving as one would expect they even left their computer and
00:34:43
other pricey electronics behind there was perishable food left in the fridge including half a bowl of cooked rice
00:34:50
they had also left their wallets and credit cards behind although their clothing and other personal items were
00:34:59
gone it didn't feel like the family had packed up and left for a big overseas trip by now Jim and
00:35:08
Kathy MacDougall were considering the possibilities of what had become a bear daughter and granddaughter they
00:35:14
contacted the Australian Embassy in Brazil only to discover there was no documentation proving that Simon Chantal
00:35:20
Layla or Toni had left Australia by either air or sea and there was no record of any of them arriving in Brazil
00:35:28
by all official accounts that was still in Australia by October 2007 it had been
00:35:37
three months since the family had abandoned the Nana property there had been no news of or from Simon Chantel
00:35:44
Lila or Toni Chantal mcdougal and her daughter Lila were officially listed as missing persons police arrived at their
00:35:53
old in a nope house to conduct a search for clues as to the family's whereabouts
00:35:58
upon arrival they discovered that in the previous months the landlord's had thoroughly cleaned the house and it was
00:36:04
now being rented out to new tenants nevertheless a thorough search of the property hindered surrounds was
00:36:11
conducted but nothing of note was found the bank accounts of Simon Chantal and Toni had not been touched since the time
00:36:21
of their supposed trip to Brazil chantels account still held the four thousand dollars she had been paid for
00:36:27
her car as well as the money for selling the two dogs government services the family had access to including Social
00:36:36
Security payments and public health care had not been recently used this only raised more questions about the
00:36:43
authenticity of the Brazil story had the family really gone overseas they would have needed money to do that they sold
00:36:51
their cars and their dogs to ensure they had money yet it had been left untouched
00:36:57
in the meantime chantels parents weren't the only ones attempting to locate the family by November 2007 Toni poppets had
00:37:07
been reported as a missing person as well Tony's father and brother had no clue where Tony was it was already
00:37:15
difficult for them to track Tony in normal circumstances as he lived a nomadic lifestyle
00:37:20
regardless he always kept in touch so it was out of character for him to vanish without a trace Tony's father told
00:37:29
police that he had recently given Tony 25 thousand dollars to take care of what he thought was a legal matter but where
00:37:36
exactly that money went he had no clue Tony's brother Joe Opik had his concerns about simon cade well joe knew of
00:37:47
simon's alternative lifestyle and believed the truth fellowship had all the hallmarks of a cult son and cadwal
00:37:54
was the leader and he demanded full obedience from his followers including Chantel Layla and Tony Salman had even
00:38:02
once tried to recruit Joe as another server in the truth fellowship Joe didn't buy into it but his brother Tony
00:38:09
did when Tony went missing Joe was convinced Simon relocated the family to an isolated commune where they couldn't be
00:38:18
found likely a remote area of Australia when Joe attempted to get information from other members of the truth
00:38:25
fellowship to help find his brother they were not forthcoming as the search for the family continued Simon's online
00:38:33
activity was thoroughly investigated he hadn't been active since the disappearance but his online blog held
00:38:40
some concerning secrets just over two weeks before Simon and his family disappeared he wrote on his blog quote
00:38:49
I'm exhausted and the only option is to leave this world one of his American followers a woman named Sharon reached
00:38:59
there Simon revealed he was considering obtaining the drug Nembutal a central nervous system depressant that is widely
00:39:07
used in euthanasia and suicide silent confessed the purpose of obtaining the drug was to give it to his family Simon
00:39:16
planned to administer the lethal drugs to Chantel Layla and then himself Tony would bury their bodies and afterwards
00:39:23
take his own life cherán attempted to deter Solomon from the horrifying plan stating that if he
00:39:30
supplied the drug to his young daughter Lila he would be murdering her Simon agreed and appeared to change his
00:39:38
mind he said his family might instead just wander off and live in isolation hatching a plan to relocate to Brazil
00:39:47
after learning of this online conversation police were immediately concerned for the welfare of Chantal
00:39:53
Lila and Tony had Simon gone through with this plan of group suicide thank you for listening to today's episode
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a task force named Operation Omega was created to investigate the disappearance of the family investigating detectives
00:44:21
obtained phone records for the family members and to noticed some confusing activity on July 12 the day before the
00:44:29
family drove to busselton to sell chantels car a phone call was made from their house to trans W a the Western
00:44:36
Australian rail and bus service during the call a bus ticket was purchased the ticket was for a trip departing from the
00:44:44
England town of Bridgetown almost 50 kilometers east of Nana the arrival location was almost 100 kilometres south
00:44:53
to the beachside town of Northcliffe the ticket was booked under the name Jay Roberts further investigation revealed
00:45:01
that this bus ticket for Jay Roberts was never used the day Chantel Lela and Tony
00:45:09
would you two head to Brazil to meet Simon July 15 Tony's mobile phone records revealed a
00:45:15
call was made from Bunbury a coastal city approximately 100 kilometers northwest of naina
00:45:21
Tony's mobile was traced along a train line that reached earth another call was made in Perth to a Northbridge hostel
00:45:29
called under green under backpackers shortly after that call was made a lone man arrived to the hostel and checked
00:45:37
into a double room under the name Tony pop each using Tony's driver's license as photo ID a further two calls were
00:45:46
made that day from Tony's mobile the first call was to the court hotel a local gay bar just 10 minutes walk from
00:45:53
the underground backpackers hostel the second call occurred later that night two Domino's Pizza the caller
00:46:01
ordered a pizza to be delivered to Kings Park parkland located alongside Perth's
00:46:06
Botanical Gardens a popular hangout at night due to its proximity to the CBD a delivery driver arrived to the
00:46:14
darkened park a short time later he described the atmosphere as creepy he gave the pizza to a man in the left
00:46:23
when shown pictures of Simon and Tony who actually looked somewhat similar the delivery driver pointed out the
00:46:31
photograph of Tony as the man he delivered the pizza to that night the following morning on July 16 two
00:46:39
more phone calls were made from Tony's mobile phone the first call was to trans w.a where a return train ticket was
00:46:47
booked from Perth to the inland city of Kalgoorlie six hundred kilometers away this ticket was also booked under the
00:46:55
name Jay Roberts the second call was to a taxi service for a ride from the underground backpackers hostel to East
00:47:02
Perth train station the taxi was booked for 6:00 a.m. under the name Tony the taxi driver took the unidentified
00:47:11
passenger to East Perth train station where he picked up the train ticket to Kalgoorlie on hold for Jay Roberts
00:47:19
another ticket was booked for Jay Roberts that day as well this one over the phone and the paid for attestation
00:47:26
in cash a one-way trip wire train then bus from East earth down to North cliff around an hour later at 7 a.m. an
00:47:36
unidentified male boarded the train - kalgoorlie sitting in car three seat 16 on the prospector train it was the seat
00:47:44
assigned to Jay Roberts Tony's phone was traced moving in the direction of this near six and a half hour trip -
00:47:52
kalgoorlie after the trip to Kalgoorlie Tony's phone was never used or traced again it was never confirmed whether the
00:48:01
unknown passenger in seat 16 had reached khau Galli or if they had disembarked on one of the
00:48:06
17 stops along the way it's also never been confirmed if the second ticket that was booked for Jay Roberts the one-way
00:48:14
trip to North cliff was ever used police were left scratching their heads over Tony's mobile phone records and the
00:48:22
actions of the unknown men referred to as Jay Roberts was it all an elaborate misdirection whatever the case
00:48:30
Tony's phone records provided no answers as to what happened to the family and only compounded the already confusing
00:48:37
investigation in April 2008 nearing the one-year anniversary of the family's disappearance police appealed to the
00:48:47
public for new information that might help determine what became of Simon Chantel Lila and Tony following the
00:48:55
appeal thirty calls were made to authorities but no compelling new leads were made one thing police knew but had
00:49:03
yet to reveal publicly was that in May 2007 two months before the family disappeared Nana police pulled Simon's
00:49:12
car over during a routine traffic stop Simon was in the car alone when police asked him to show identification Simon
00:49:21
became unusually agitated and nervous by the simple request it was no secret at this point that Simon Cadwell used
00:49:29
multiple aliases throughout his life aside from his online usernames saw in the forecourt forums for the truth
00:49:36
fellowship he also used the name's simon cade will and Simon caddy Australian authorities put out a call to
00:49:45
Interpol for simon Cadwell and all his known aliases their hope was if simon had relocated to another country that be
00:49:53
able to find him they had no idea that this line of inquiry would result in a revelation that would change everything
00:50:06
in September 2009 approximately two years after the family disappeared an immigration officer at Heathrow Airport
00:50:13
in London received an alert on his system for Simon Cadwell Simon was attempting to eggs at the country when
00:50:22
the immigration officer compared the photograph Australian authorities had shared of sawn and cadwal to the men
00:50:28
attempting to leave Heathrow it was clear there were two completely different men but that didn't stop the
00:50:34
immigration officer from asking a few questions even though it was clear he definitely wasn't the Solomon Cadwell
00:50:41
that were looking for he did manage to drop a bombshell that shook the entire investigation when shown a photograph of
00:50:50
the Simon Cadwell Australian authorities were after the simon cade well at Heathrow Airport responded I know that
00:50:57
men and his name isn't Simon Simon Cadwell the leader of the truth fellowship partner - Chantal father of
00:51:08
Layla was actually a man called Gary Felton Gary Felton was born in the United Kingdom in 1962 the real Solomon
00:51:19
Cadwell the man picked up at Heathrow Airport had met Gary Felton when the two attended the st. British University in
00:51:25
the early nineties during this time Gary Felton Stoll simon cade wells birth certificate saman had no idea why Gary
00:51:34
had done so but now his motive was clear Gary had used the birth certificate to assume Simon's identity police near
00:51:43
realized they were dealing with a long-running professional frauds though Gary Felton had not only plagiarized his
00:51:50
spiritual books to create his own cult but he had deceived every single person who knew him as saman CAD well
00:51:58
what had Gary Felton done there compelled him to assume another means Ord entity police felt there was a
00:52:06
strong possibility Gary Felton had assumed yet another man's identity since his disappearance
00:52:10
and was managing to evade authorities by traveling under his new unknown alias Chantelle MacDougall's parents recalled
00:52:19
seeing Gary who at the time they believed was Simon receive a passport in the male human Kath mcdougal were told
00:52:26
the passport was for Lila now police considered it might have been another one of Gary's false passports
00:52:33
maybe he had obtained a fake passports for Chantelle Lila and Toni as well they all could have snuck out of Australia
00:52:40
under false identities it wasn't an impossible act a report conducted by Australia's Daily Telegraph
00:52:49
newspaper in the 18 months following the family's disappearance revealed passport
00:52:53
forgery was alive and well between 2005 and 2006 alone 223 false Australian passports were intercepted worldwide at
00:53:03
various country entry points 118 of those were intercepted in Australia figures between 2007 and 2008 the time
00:53:13
when the family went missing were fairly similar numerous shady websites offer fake passports for as little as twelve
00:53:21
hundred and fifty dollars they promised to fetcher any country stamps requested along with a guaranteed success to pass
00:53:28
all existing passport confirmation tests including UV tests and machine-readable
00:53:33
zone checks it wasn't a stretch to assume professional con man Gary Felton who spent most of his waking time on his
00:53:41
computer may have come across one of these sites and made a purchase by 2010 there were still no leads into
00:53:53
the whereabouts of Gary Felton shantel mcdougal her daughter Lila or Tony Popish chantels parents embarked on a
00:54:01
three-month trip from their home in Victoria 4000 kilometers north to Cape York in Far North Queensland
00:54:07
distributing 1,000 fliers featuring chantels and Lila's details along the way police maintained their search but now
00:54:16
they weren't attempting to zero in on the name is simon Cadwell their sights were set on the name in Gary Felton and
00:54:23
in a similar vein Jay Roberts the name used to purchase train and bus tickets across Western Australia shortly after
00:54:30
the family's disappearance but seemed likely that Jay Roberts was yet another false identity created by Gary the scope
00:54:39
of the investigation was narrowed in on Australia as there had been no evidence suggesting the family of a left the
00:54:44
country however with the realization Gary Felton had knowledge and experience using fake passports the possibility the
00:54:53
family had followed through with their plan to head to Brazil was now a worthwhile consideration the peculiar
00:55:00
mystery had gained media attention and became an obsession for online sleuths he began to conduct their own research
00:55:06
into what may have happened to the family their research led to a disturbing discovery on the night of
00:55:15
July 17 2007 four days after Chantal was last seen 10 Airlines domestic flight 3:05 for departed Porto Alegre with 191
00:55:26
passengers and six crew members on board the flight was destined for Sao Paulo whether it was particularly bad during
00:55:35
the flight the runway 'south Paulo was noted as incredibly wet and slippery during the approach the planes pilot
00:55:43
remarked he had a headache it's believed he said ache along with the problematic weather and slippery
00:55:50
runway impacted his ability to land the plane as the plane touched down it slid down the runway and crossed over a major
00:55:58
road moments later it collided with a fuel service station causing the aircraft and burst into flames
00:56:06
[Music] the resulting fireball burned uncontrollably for several hours this led to a number of bodies never being
00:56:13
able to be identified or recovered from the wreckage questions were raised as to
00:56:19
whether Gary Felton Chantel MacDougall Lela MacDougall or tonypop each had been on this flight using assumed identities
00:56:26
and fake passports the crash occurred 80 hours after the last sighting of Chantelle that was possible timing was
00:56:34
for her and the others still have been on the flight even taking into account stopovers that may have prolonged their
00:56:40
journey to Brazil however Western Australian police and Brazilian authorities have reached the conclusion
00:56:46
that none of the missing four were onboard the doomed flight there was a conclusion the families of Chantal
00:56:53
MacDougall and Tony pop each agreed with they maintained the belief that the family was still in Australia and were
00:56:59
living remotely under new identities in March 2012 five years after the family disappeared horses grazing in a paddock
00:57:14
in Nanna disturbed human remains and clothing it was believed the remains consisting of bones in the skull were
00:57:21
previously submerged when the family and was swampy police rushed the remains for
00:57:26
forensic testing which revealed they belonged to a 62 year old Victorian man missing since 2003 in July 2015 the
00:57:37
decomposed the remains of a female child were discovered in a tattered suitcase on the side of a rural South Australian
00:57:44
Highway testing confirmed the girl had been deceased since around 2007 and that the discovery was near several desolate
00:57:52
communities of people living off the grid due to the time frame into location there was a strong possibility the girl
00:57:59
in the suitcase might have been Layla but in October 2015 the girl was positively identified
00:58:07
that wasn't Lila in November 2016 nine years after the family disappeared a young homeless english-speaking
00:58:17
teenager was found wandering the streets of Rome in Italy the girl offered various names making it difficult for
00:58:24
people to identify her Australian authorities held out hope the teenage girl was Lila when shown a picture of
00:58:32
the teenager Katherine Jim mcdougal Lila's grandparents weren't convinced it was her
00:58:38
they were later proven right the teenage girl found in Rome was identified as a runaway from Sweden in mid-may 2017 ten
00:58:50
years after the disappearance of Chantal mcdougal her daughter Lila Toni Papa CH and Gary Felton the Western
00:58:57
Australian coroner's office announced they would hold an inquest into the suspected deaths of the group of four
00:59:02
there was a long time coming for German Catholic Dougal who had been petitioning
00:59:07
for an inquest since 2011 Jim McDougald quote we would like some final decision if it's an open finding
00:59:16
than it is what it is there would be so much of a relief to find out what happened whether it's good or bad it's
00:59:23
the not knowing that's horrible in December 2017 coroner Barry King began proceedings in the Western Australian
00:59:33
town of busselton the last location the entire family was seen alive together when they sold chantal's car gary Felton
00:59:43
was exposed as the conman he had always been someone who chose his followers wisely easily manipulating them to
00:59:50
believe in him and using this power to disassociate them from mainstream society a criminal behavioral
00:59:58
psychologist defined Gary Felton as a narcissistic con men who used isolation to control his group he boasted to be
01:00:07
above the constraints of human existence when in reality he spent his time sleeping and engrossed in his computer
01:00:13
while his girlfriend worked three jobs to maintain his apathetic lifestyle it was little wonder that someone like
01:00:21
Gary Felton described as a controlling manipulative cult leader was able to tighten his grip around people like
01:00:27
Chantel MacDougall and Tony Popish who were both described as kind and generous the kind of people who were out to
01:00:34
please and therefore we're easily influenced the inquest revealed police had received several reports of
01:00:43
sightings of members of the family after their disappearance but these reports were not followed up on at the time due
01:00:50
to a lack of evidence additionally three months after the disappearance prison workers found a woman's t-shirt in
01:00:58
bushland mere Northcliffe a location that was featured prominently throughout the investigation according to those who
01:01:05
found it the t-shirt smelled of dead flesh this report was not fully investigated by authorities until eight
01:01:12
years later by then bushfires had swept through the area destroying any evidence
01:01:18
that may have led to the t-shirts owner furthermore items rumored to have been Chantel MacDougall's were discovered at
01:01:26
the Nana rubbish tip the police never recovered them the landlords of the property in Nana prepared at the inquest
01:01:34
they had visited the house often when the family was still living there they described Chantel MacDougall as a
01:01:41
hard-working practical and a loving mother and a tonypop each is polite there were the perfect tenants one of
01:01:49
the landlord's recalled running into Chantel and Lela in town Chantel explained that she couldn't go home yet
01:01:56
as saman had clients but she never elaborated on what that meant when asked to describe the person she knew was
01:02:05
Salman Cadwell real name Gary Felton the landlord described a clueless and impractical man who from her perspective
01:02:12
completely dominated the household he desperately relied on although she maintained in her opinion he was
01:02:19
incapable of killing his family the close friend of chantels then spoke to the inquest she revealed that Chantal
01:02:30
had gradually become more withdrawn over the years and had once spoken of not belonging or wanting to be here this
01:02:37
witness was under the impression that Gary Felton had completely brainwashed Chantel quote I just don't think they
01:02:45
ever felt like they belong in modern society they couldn't wait not to be here the inquest also heard the story of
01:02:54
two devoted members of the truth fellowship they were a Canadian couple in their 20s who trekked to Nana to meet
01:03:01
their leader when he was still living there the couple eventually returned to Canada and by the end of 2007 they had
01:03:08
both committed suicide along with another follower in Gary's philosophical writings he doubted the existence of
01:03:16
suicide instead he considered it a moves between the physical and spiritual realms online chat logs between Gary and
01:03:25
one of his servers confirmed that the spawn Dan and depressed Gary had contemplated self-harm and death prior
01:03:31
to his disappearance it was also revealed he was taking strong antipsychotic medication at the time
01:03:38
Justine the woman who had participated in a shared sexual relationship with Gary Felton Chantel and Deborah spoke at
01:03:46
the inquest via videolink Justine described how she had fallen in love with the man she knew as Simon
01:03:52
after beginning online contact with him in Perth she admitted Gary dominated the
01:03:57
household that felt suicide was not a spiritual driver for him if the family had been led to suicide
01:04:04
Justine believes they would not have gone to such great lengths to cover it up the mystery would serve no purpose
01:04:11
therefore Justine was under the impression the group was still alive hiding somewhere quote you were
01:04:19
discouraged to make contact with family Chantel stood up to that she still had very very strong contact with her mother
01:04:26
I think it's more likely they would be hiding as much as I knew them justine interpreted the handwritten
01:04:34
notes detailing the plan to relocate to Brazil as misdirection and believed it was more probable the group was still in
01:04:41
Australia it's unknown if silence former partner Deborah appeared at the inquest
01:04:46
or what if anything she has told investigators [Music] criminal behavioral psychologist dr.
01:04:54
Chris Garson agreed at the Brazil story was deliberate misdirection but in her opinion it was a way for the
01:05:01
family to escape explaining their true intentions and to protect their loved ones from worrying and grieving over
01:05:07
their suicide dr. Chris Garson quote unfairly confident that Chantal Lila and Tony are no longer with us
01:05:17
with Felton I'm a bit more ambivalent we can't ignore his history where he had concealed his identity before it would
01:05:26
not be difficult for him to change his identity and start again that's a possibility
01:05:32
the inquest concluded after three days of questioning multiple witnesses coroner Barry King quote my inclination
01:05:41
at this stage is that there is simply insufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt that everyone is dead
01:05:47
although possibly one or more could be dead it's difficult to exclude the possibility that somehow all of these
01:05:54
people are living somewhere else under assumed names coroner Barry King is due to hand down his final findings from the
01:06:02
inquest in mid 2018 Tony's family released a statement urging any followers of the fraudster who labeled
01:06:10
himself as Simon Cadwell or other vulnerable people in the same situation to walk away from self proclaiming
01:06:17
profits they asked for publishers and websites to stop selling Simon's books which remained for sale online to this
01:06:25
day some now going for hundreds of dollars due to the author's infamy [Music] Jim and Kathy mcdougal will never give
01:06:33
up the search for Chantal on Layla Kath mcdougal quote often I think they have gone into hiding but then another day I
01:06:43
think maybe something's happened to them that's always there every day but we just try and get on with our lives we
01:06:52
have two other children and three other grandchildren so we try and focus on that and keep hoping that one day
01:06:59
they'll turn up [Music] [Music] you [Music]