The Tales From The Cult Podcast
Tales From The Cult is a powerful podcast and YouTube series created by Gina Blue (aka Karizma), a former member of the group Israel United in Christ (IUIC). As a cult survivor, independent journalist, and social justice activist, Gina has used her platforms to expose the hidden truths behind religious extremism and spiritual abuse. From 2016 to 2018, Gina was part of IUIC’s Las Vegas, an experience she now recognizes as life inside a destructive cult. In 2018, she began documenting her journey of leaving the IUIC and healing from religious trauma on her YouTube channel Tales From The Cult. In 2019. Gina was featured by BBC News for her knowledge of IUIC and her independent reporting on the tragic murder of Joy Morgan, a young woman killed by an IUIC leader. In 2025, Gina was featured in the 'Missing Sister" podcast on Wondery. Gina’s upcoming memoir, Tales From The Cult, shares her personal story of escape, recovery, and resistance. The book is set for release on October 31, 2026.
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In this podcast episode Gina Blue (aka Karizma) — a former member of Israel United in Christ (IUIC) — breaks down her shocking experience working with the UK journalists behind the Missing Sister podcast, which was heavily promoted on Wondery+ and BBC Sounds.
The Missing Sister podcast claimed to investigate the tragic murder of Joy Morgan, a midwifery student and former IUIC member from the UK who was murdered by IUIC leader Shofah El Israel. Gina gave these journalists deep insight into IUIC, her own background, and how destructive cults operate. But once the podcast dropped, Gina realized she had been blindsided.
In Episode 5, The City of Hope, she discovered that her 2019 exposé on IUIC’s leader Bishop Nathanyel was used almost word‑for‑word — without her permission, without credit, and without honesty about where the information came from. The journalists repackaged her work as their own “discovery,” and Gina felt the entire narrative shifted away from telling Joy Morgan’s story. Instead, it became yet another media project profiting off Joy’s murder and the trauma of former IUIC members.
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Tales From The Cult is a powerful podcast and YouTube series created by Gina Blue (also known as Karizma Speaks on YouTube), a former member of the controversial religious group Israel United in Christ (IUIC).