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A woman asks the police to help solve his brother's murder. He had joined a cult in 1978 and her prime suspect was the "deprogrammer" that their father had hired.

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A woman asks the police to help solve his her brother's murder. He had joined a cult in 1978 and her prime suspect was the "deprogrammer" that their father had hired.
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* HeelFaithTurn: Former cult member Nick Logan became a priest.
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A woman asks the police to help solve his brother's murder. He had joined a cult in 1978 and her prime suspect was the "deprogrammer" that their father had hired.
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* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew's family hired to "reprogram" him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he's innocent, but despite that, there's enough evidence by then that says that Matthew's death was a murder and not suicide.

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* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew's family hired to "reprogram" "deprogram" him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he's innocent, but despite that, there's enough evidence by then that says that Matthew's death was a murder and not suicide.

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* {{Cult}}: Matthew joined one to get away from his controlling father. In present day, the cult leader is in jail but the detectives suspects that he has a mole on the outside.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. She is actually a true believer who acts as a {{mole}} for the jailed cult leader on the outside.
* {{Cult}}: Matthew joined one to get away from his controlling father. In present day, the cult leader is in jail but the detectives suspects suspect that he has a mole on the outside.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, thus she murders him with tea laced with cyanide, and manipulates him into writing a fake suicide note.
* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, thus she murders him with tea laced with cyanide, cyanide and manipulates him into writing a fake suicide note.
* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside.
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** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.

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** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her Allison's store. And in just in time, time too, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.
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Never Suicide is it's own trope


* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: "Suicide" in this case.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. [[spoiler:He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, thus she murders him with tea laced with cyanide, and manipulates him into writing a fake suicide note]].

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. [[spoiler:He He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, thus she murders him with tea laced with cyanide, and manipulates him into writing a fake suicide note]].note.



* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[spoiler:She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].

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* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[spoiler:She She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].outside.



** Lilly deduces that [[spoiler:Alison]] was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.

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** Lilly deduces that [[spoiler:Alison]] Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.
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* DefacementInsult: To stop her investigation, a cult member breaks into Lilly's home and leaves her a graffiti noting that the cult is still active.

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* DefacementInsult: To stop her investigation, a cult member breaks into Lilly's home and leaves her a behind graffiti noting that the cult is still active.



* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].

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* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[She [[spoiler:She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].



** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.

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** Lilly deduces that Alison [[spoiler:Alison]] was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: To stop her investigation, a cult member breaks into Lilly's home and mutilated her cats.


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* DefacementInsult: To stop her investigation, a cult member breaks into Lilly's home and leaves her a graffiti noting that the cult is still active.
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* {{Cult}}: Matthew joined one to get away from his controlling father.

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* {{Cult}}: Matthew joined one to get away from his controlling father. In present day, the cult leader is in jail but the detectives suspects that he has a mole on the outside.



* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[She is actually a true believer who acts for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].
* NeverSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide. It is not.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[She is actually a true believer who acts as a mole for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].
* NeverSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide. It is He did not.



* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew's family hired to "reprogram" him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there's enough evidence by then that says that Matthew's death was a murder and not suicide.

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* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew's family hired to "reprogram" him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s he's innocent, but despite that, there's enough evidence by then that says that Matthew's death was a murder and not suicide.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. [[spoiler:He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, and she murders him with tea laced with cyanide]].

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. [[spoiler:He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, and thus she murders him with tea laced with cyanide]].cyanide, and manipulates him into writing a fake suicide note]].



* ManipulativeBastard: Alison presents herself to the detectives as a former cult member who washed herself from that life. [[She is actually a true believer who acts for the jailed cult leader on the outside]].



** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store.

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** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store. And in just in time, as she was about to do to Lilly what she previously did to Matthew.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: To stop her investigation, a cult member breaks into Lilly's home and mutilated her cats.



* DrivenToSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Matthew returns to the cult to convince Alison to leave with him. [[spoiler:He fails to notice that Alison is a fanatical cult member, and she murders him with tea laced with cyanide]].



* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew’s family hired to “reprogram” him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there’s enough evidence by then that says that Matthew’s death was a murder and not suicide.

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* NeverSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide. It is not.
* {{Patricide}}: "Zero Hour", the cult's big plan, is not mass suicide as initially thought, but having the cult members kill their fathers.
* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew’s Matthew's family hired to “reprogram” "reprogram" him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there’s there's enough evidence by then that says that Matthew’s Matthew's death was a murder and not suicide.suicide.
* SpottingTheThread:
** The cult leader calls Matthew a fake punk, and deduces that he's a rich kid rebelling against his father since he wore Gucci socks behind his punk boots.
** Lilly deduces that Alison was the the one who broke into her apartment since the graffiti left there matches the artwork at her store.

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* EtTuBrute: Matthew realized too late that his lover tricked him into [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident taking the deadly poison and made it look like suicide]].

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* EtTuBrute: Matthew realized too late that his lover tricked him into [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident taking the deadly poison and made it look like suicide]].suicide.



* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew’s family hired to “reprogram” him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there’s enough evidence by then that says that Matthew’s death was a murder and not suicide.

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* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew’s family hired to “reprogram” him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there’s enough evidence by then that says that Matthew’s death was a murder and not suicide.suicide.
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* {{Cult}}: Matthew joined one to get away from his controlling father.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: "Suicide" in this case.

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: "Suicide" in this case.case.
* RedHerring: The case gets reopened because the guy Matthew’s family hired to “reprogram” him after his cult brainwashing killed someone else recently. Turns out he’s innocent, but despite that, there’s enough evidence by then that says that Matthew’s death was a murder and not suicide.

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* EtTuBrute: Matthew realized too late that his lover tricked him into taking the deadly poison and made it look like suicide.

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* EtTuBrute: Matthew realized too late that his lover tricked him into [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident taking the deadly poison and made it look like suicide.suicide]].
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: "Suicide" in this case.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide.
* EtTuBrute: Matthew realized too late that his lover tricked him into taking the deadly poison and made it look like
suicide.
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Written by Creator/ChrisMundy

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* DrivenToSuicide: Matthew Adams supposedly died by suicide.

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