KallMeKris

And the two offered a difficult road to salvation, but many found meaning in the harsh discipline, and members would address their leaders by their new names, Marshall as Doe and Bonnie as T. So now instead of Bo and Peep, it's Doe and T, like do-re-mi-ta-la-la, like do-re-mi-fa-so-la-di-do.

I'll go on tour next month anyway.

And the followers would follow their every command without hesitation.

And as the group continued to grow, Marshall and Bonnie became uncomfortable with significant attention from the larger crowds and associated press.

So they chose to downsize the group.

And they began weeding out members who they felt weren't totally devoted to the cause or created any sort of friction.

Just try to get the bad apples out so nobody can try to corrupt within.

And since too many eyes were looking at them, they're like, ooh, there's...

too much possibility that someone's actually gonna say that we're full of so they were like we gotta consolidate this all right and some were quietly encouraged to leave and were given financial assistance to leave but those who remained were the truest of believers the uh the ogs the diehards if you will willing to follow doe and t literally anywhere

and Marshall had a quality over quantity approach to his flock.

And to avoid drawing further attention, they broke the group up into subgroups or star clusters, which I kind of love, that traveled separately but would regroup at pre-chosen locations.

And these sorts of tactics kept authorities off their scent while also reinforcing the desired isolation of the cult itself.

And Doe and Tee maintained control over the scattered star clusters through writings and assistance.

So as the early 1980s arrived, Marshall and Bonnie had fully settled into their lives as cult leaders.

And though the group had once roamed and lived on various campgrounds, they shifted towards living a stable yet secretive life.

And after receiving a large sum of money, potentially through inheritance or followers donations, they began to rent houses initially in Denver, then Texas and later a mansion in California to use as group homes.

And though they did cover windows to prevent prying eyes, they passed as an innocent communal living arrangement for appearances sake.

keep nosy neighbors at bay while in actuality their lifestyle was enforced with military level discipline and members were paired up with partners to keep each other accountable and daily routines were scheduled essentially down to the minute very jim jones of them nobody could ever be left alone and everybody had to like rat on somebody else if somebody was doing something bad it's just just

Like, military-like.

It's even worse than military-like conditions.