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
32 episodes
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
The Power of Truth is Final
CONTENT WARNING: child sex abuse and graphic description of child birth.While MOVE continues to claim their belief is LIFE and protecting all life, they are not in mourning of their former MOVE brother John Gilbride who was murdered in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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54:16
Follow The Money
Every murder investigation looks at motive - why does someone want someone else dead? Common motives are jealousy and money. One of the core secrets about MOVE is the source of their money and that would be a something that John Gil...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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33:46
Rosario - The Secret 2nd Wife
It is only after John is murdered that a secret second wife is discovered who ends up getting the life insurance payout. Who is this Rosario and more importantly, where is she now and what does she know? J
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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20:08
John is dead.
John Gilbride was murdered in the final hours of September 26, 2002 and the investigative clock begins at 12:08am on September 27, 2002 when police come up the scene and John's death is recorded as a homicide. In the final hour of Septemb...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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28:35
The Meeting At Gary's
On the night John Gilbride was murdered, September 26th 2002, Alberta directed that there was to be a MOVE meeting held at house in New Jersey owned by a longtime MOVE member that has been flying under the radar for decades. This MOVE mem...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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28:42
Gun
* Content Warning: this episode mentions threats of violence against children.MOVE cult leader Alberta Africa prepares her followers that they must be willing to lose their lives in order to keep John Gilbride from getting his son Zackary, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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19:52
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Bonus Ep #2: Growing up male in MOVE: Josh Africa
*EXPLICIT CONTENT - child sex abuse and homophobic slurs. This second bonus episode exposes what it was like to grow up as boy in MOVE featuring 2nd Gen MOVE member Josh "Africa" sharing that all decisions on child rearing or...
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Season 1
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28:36
Bonus Ep #1: Growing up female in MOVE: Maria Africa
WARNING: Mentions of suicide, racism and disturbing events involving children. This episode is intended for mature audiences. Please take care while listening.This bonus episode exposes what it was like to grow up as a gi...
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Season 1
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19:02
Board Up The House
6 weeks before JOHN GILBRIDE is shot dead, he is awarded the unsupervised visitation with his 6 year old son Zackary that has been fought in the Family Court of Philadelphia event hough John, Alberta and Zackary all live in New Jersey. Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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34:25
Gilbride v. Gilbride: taking a cult to court
*Content Warning: this episode contains allegations of child neglect and child abuse. Please take care while listening.JOHN GILBRIDE leaves MOVE and his wife Alberta Africa, the leader of MOVE, in 1998 when he is 30 years old, Alberta...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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39:32
