The Cult of Yerba Buena: Estúpidos Agricultores

What happens when a small Mexican farming community falls under the control of a self proclaimed goddess who demands sex, drugs, blood, and human sacrifice?

In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan travel to rural Mexico in 1963 to uncover the disturbing story of Magdalena Solís, the woman who became known as the “High Priestess of Blood.”

What began as a con involving two brothers claiming to be priests of the Inca gods soon spiraled into something far darker. When Magdalena arrived in the community, she took control of the cult and transformed its rituals into increasingly violent ceremonies involving drugs, sexual abuse, murder, and alleged human sacrifice.

We'll explore the bizarre origins of the cult, Magdalena's rise to power, the deaths of her followers, and the 14 year old boy whose discovery inside one of the caves finally brought the authorities to Yerba Buena.

And because this is Torture: A Dark History, Kevin and Dan bring their own brand of deeply inappropriate humor to one of the strangest and most disturbing true crime stories to come out of 1960s Mexico.

If you love Magdalena Solís, cults, true crime, Mexican history, human sacrifice, bizarre crimes, dark history, torture, and stories about people who should absolutely never be given power over other human beings, this one is going to be a wild ride.

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