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b'Episode 159:\\xa0In the early 1980s near the small town of Rulo, Nebraska a white-supremacist cult leader named Michael Wayne Ryan and his band of followers took over a local farm essentially stealing it from the property owner. They burglarized nearby businesses and residences to fund their survival after the upcoming battle of Armageddon prophesied in the Books of Revelations.\\n\\nRyan, a proponent the Christian Identity movement\\u2019s doctrines with links to an anti-government group called Posse Comitatus spewed antisemitic views, the supremacy of the white race and planned to take down the government. In 1982 Ryan was arrested for the torture and murder of, Luke Stice, the 5-year-old son of the property\\u2019s former owner and the torture killing of one of his followers, 27-year-old, James Thimm.Co-host: Carol BrowneSources:[Michael Wayne Ryan | Murderpedia][Michael W. Ryan - Wikipedia][Christian Identity and Religions of America (Joseph Baker)][Evil Harvest: The True Story of Cult Murder in the American Heartland][Nebraska Inmate Details][Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives][Christian Identity | Extremism in America | ADL][ROSS] Facts[NIGHTMARE IN RULO - Chicago Tribune][State v. Ryan :: 1989 :: Nebraska Supreme Court Decisions :: Justia][Dennis Ryan | Omaha Magazine][SPLCenter.org: Identity Crisis][Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville Timeline][PolitiFact | Donald Trump\\u2019s \\u2018very fine people on both sides\\u2019 remarks (transcript)][Rick Ross, Executive Director]\\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'