#309 The Archangel's Farm

About this episode

The episode explores the bizarre life of Michael Wayne Ryan, who believed he was a reincarnated archangel and engaged in cult-like behavior.

In the 80’s, Michael Wayne Ryan was a nobody, a high school dropout, who couldn’t hold down a job. But to hear him tell it, he’s one of the greatest human beings to ever walk the face of the earth. He's a Vietnam war vet (not really), where he lost two toes( that part's true). He’s also been a hitman for the CIA(nope), and a mafia hitman as well(not a chance), all this before the age of 40. So it's no wonder this man thought he was “Michael” from the bible, the archangel reincarnate. All he needed now was a few people who shared his vision and hung on every word…yep, we're doing some cult shit. Check out Patreon and our other shows!: Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Special thanks to "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio" for the intro music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de68pYYHbks&list=PLLEnbi5KRv6Z8CMUtLiA81-wQCLVUOKYs&index=13 Sources…

People in this episode

Host: True Crime Guys

Topics covered

• cult
• true crime
• psychology
• deception
• Vietnam War

Keywords

• Michael Wayne Ryan
• cult
• true crime
• Vietnam War
• deception

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Patreon

Books & works: Chambers of Horror

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