Liz Cameron

Author Liz Cameron’s Cult Bride recounts her experience in the JMS cult, exploring brainwashing, survival, and raising awareness of manipulative cult dynamics.

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Liz Cameron

Liz Cameron grew up in fundamentalist Christianity and was brainwashed into the JMS cult at age 18 in 2011. Since escaping in 2013, she’s worked on slowly rebuilding her life while also helping to raise awareness of cults and assist in deprogramming other cult victims. She now resides in Canberra and balances full-time professional work with cult awareness and advocacy, while also studying a psychology degree. In 2023, after flying to South Korea to film the documentary The Cult Next Door for Channel 7’s Spotlight program, Liz’s public profile grew as she began talking honestly on social media about the insidious nature of cults, cult psychology, and deprogramming.

Festival Events

Resilience and Vulnerability: Liz Cameron, Sonia Orchard, and Kate Reid

DATE March 28 TIME 4:00 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X320 Book now

Survival and Control in Closed Communities

DATE March 29 TIME 1:00 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X321 Book now

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An orange book cover featuring a woman in a white full-sleeve wedding dress, with her face scribbled over in green. The title "Cult Bride" is in large black letters through the middle of the page

Cult Bride

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