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The Skillful Art Of Manipulation | Mastering Psychology & Influence

In the realm of true crime, dark psychology, and mind manipulation, The Skillful Art of Manipulation is your immersive gateway into the chilling world of psychological thrillers, real-world mind games, and behavioral control. Hosted by Joe & Ryan, this gripping podcast and audiobook series dissects the tactics of emotional coercion, deception, and influence used in romance, business, politics, and beyond. Each episode unpacks how modern manipulators — from con artists and cult leaders to toxic

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17:57

Inside the Mind of a Master Manipulator | Weapons of...

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2025/05/08

In Weapons of Affection, the mask softens—but only on the surface. After perfecting manipulation through control and calculated detachment, the narrator now learns how to weaponize tenderness. He begins using emotional vulnerability as a tool, weaving love, loyalty, and intimacy into deadly instruments of influence. From comforting broken classmates to becoming a confidant to teachers and authority figures, he positions himself as the one they turn to—and the last one they should trust. But as his

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4:19

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter Six | The Day the Air...

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2025/05/08

In the devastating penultimate chapter, Hanae carries out the unthinkable—she releases sarin gas into a Tokyo subway train. The cult’s plan is executed with clinical precision, and Hanae walks away from a scene of silent chaos, where dozens gasp for breath behind her. Though she survives and is praised as a success by her handlers, something inside her breaks permanently. As the city unknowingly moves on, she is haunted by the faces, the collapse, and the crushing realization that she’s become a

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4:34

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter Five | The Passenger’s...

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2025/05/07

In Chapter Five of Terror in Tokyo Subway, Hanae is ordered to carry out a “dry run” of the upcoming sarin attack. Posing as a commuter on the Chiyoda Line, she boards the train with a dummy chemical device and her cult-trained instructions. But when a chance encounter with a kind elderly woman threatens to break her emotional detachment, Hanae hesitates. She disobeys. And while the cult spares her—for now—she is warned: the next time, it’s real. A slow-burning, emotionally devastating chapter about

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4:28

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter Four | The Cleansing...

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2025/05/06

In this harrowing chapter, Hanae—now fully entrenched in the cult’s machinery—witnesses her most horrifying moment yet: a live sarin gas release inside a secret chamber known as the Cleansing Room. Thirty-two followers die in eerie silence, including a child chosen to "open the gate." Hanae is spared, handed a mask, and rewarded for her silence with further access to operational planning. But what feels like a promotion is, in truth, the final twist of the chain—securing her as both accomplice and

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16:18

Inside the Mind of a Master Manipulator The Series |...

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2025/05/05

The silence is gone. Control has taken its place. In Episode 2 of Inside the Mind of a Master Manipulator: The Series, the boy who once needed protection now seeks domination. What begins as quiet observation turns into calculated strategy as he tests his power on the social battlefield of adolescence. From manipulating a desperate schoolmate into self-destruction, to orchestrating emotional dependence in his first romantic “experiment,” each move is another step toward godhood. But when affection

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4:11

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter Three: The Chain of...

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2025/05/05

In this chilling chapter of Terror in Tokyo Subway, Hanae—now renamed Hikari—is inducted as a “Keeper,” a rank that grants her access to the inner workings of the cult’s operations. Rewarded for her obedience, she receives a symbolic silver chain, unaware that it marks her as both enforcer and prisoner. As trust morphs into surveillance and faith becomes weaponized, Hikari finds herself complicit in a system built on secrecy, chemical terror, and silence. The chain around her neck may gleam, but its

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5:38

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter Two: The Experiment of...

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2025/05/04

In Chapter Two of Terror in Tokyo Subway, Hanae’s descent accelerates as she’s brought deeper into the cult’s hidden lab—an underground facility masquerading as a temple of healing. Tasked with analyzing a chemical compound she recognizes as a variant of sarin gas, Hanae is forced to silence the last remnants of doubt and obedience inside her. When the experiment turns deadly, her rational mind fractures against the cult’s seductive rhetoric. The chapter explores how belief, once weaponized, can

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6:02

Terror in Tokyo Subway Chapter One: The First Whisper...

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2025/05/03

In the haunting opening chapter of Terror in Tokyo Subway, we meet Hanae Ishikawa—a brilliant but emotionally starved scientist drifting through Tokyo’s shadows. When a mysterious stranger speaks directly to her inner ache, Hanae is lured into a secretive spiritual circle that promises purpose in her suffering. As her isolation deepens, so does her devotion, and she begins to cross lines she once swore she'd never touch. With eerie calm and creeping dread, this chapter unveils how manipulation

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3:48

The Celestial Cult Suicide: My Escape from the...

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2025/05/02

In the heart of the Sanctuary, loyalty was not earned — it was weaponized. The Breaking Ceremony tells the brutal story of how love was twisted into betrayal, how friendships became sacrifices, and how a simple act of obedience shattered dozens of lives forever.Through Eden’s raw, heartbreaking narration, we are forced to ask: What would you sacrifice for belonging? And when you break someone else to survive — can you ever truly heal?This emotionally charged insight pulls you into the darkest heart

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39:08

The Self-Help Group That Destroyed Lives | Audiobook

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2025/05/01

The Self-Help Group That Destroyed Lives” is a harrowing, psychologically charged 7-chapter audiobook that immerses listeners inside the unraveling mind of a woman who once believed she had found her path to empowerment—only to realize she had willingly stepped into a psychological prison disguised as self-improvement. Told through raw, brutally honest first-person narration, this story peels back the layers of an elite secret society that branded its members, starved them into submission, and

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34:53

The Celestial Cult Suicide: My Escape from the...

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2025/05/01

In the quiet halls of the Celestial Sanctuary, we were promised a new life among the stars—if only we would surrender everything. Our bodies, our minds, even our fears. I believed him. We all did.Now, I’m the only one left breathing. In this chilling, emotionally raw account, journey deep inside the mind of a woman seduced by promises of salvation and caught in a master manipulator’s web. Told through the desperate, fractured memories of a survivor, The Celestial Cult Suicide reveals how devotion

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4:41

The Self-Help Group That Destroyed Lives | audiobook...

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2025/05/01

The Moment I Chose Myself Over the Cult" dives into the raw heart of “The Self-Help Group That Destroyed Lives,” exploring the precise, gut-wrenching moment when survival demanded more than obedience—it demanded self-resurrection. Through vivid reflections, painful memories, and hard-won awakening, this 20-minute audiobook insight exposes the true cost of loving your captor and the staggering strength it takes to reclaim yourself. More than a story, it’s a mirror for anyone who has ever doubted

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Inside the Mind of a Master Manipulator | Lessons in...

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2025/05/01

Before he became a master of control, he was just a boy—trapped in a house where fear spoke louder than love. In "Lessons in Silence," journey into the violent beginnings of a mind built for manipulation. This audiobook explores the chilling transformation from victim to architect of a darker world.Before he became a master of control, he was just a boy—trapped in a house where fear spoke louder than love and silence was the only armor that didn’t leave bruises.In Lessons in Silence, we journey

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35:49

The Infamous Family of Crime | Audiobook

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2025/04/30

On two sultry nights in 1969, a charismatic madman sent his “Family” to slaughter. They obeyed blindly. He never held a weapon. But he held their minds. The Infamous Family of Crime is a devastating, seven-chapter psychological audiobook told through the eyes of Clara Monroe—a former disciple who once called herself “Star.” From desert worship to courtroom spectacle, from whispered delusions to decades behind bars, this is not a story of innocence lost. It is a story of complicity, conscience, and

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56:33

The Jungle Commune Tragedy | Audiobook

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2025/04/29

In the sweltering jungles of Guyana, hidden far from prying eyes, a promised utopia descends into unimaginable horror. Driven by the charismatic yet dangerously paranoid American cult leader, Reverend Elias Wade, over 900 souls abandon everything for paradise—only to find themselves entrapped in a sinister web of manipulation and control. Told through the raw, emotionally haunting first-person perspective of Sarah Holloway, a devoted follower who slowly unravels the chilling truth behind Reverend

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41:39

Echoes of the Drowned | The Siren’s Second Voice |...

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2025/04/28

Psychological Thriller | Supernatural Mystery | Mythic Horror After surviving the legendary collapse of Greystone, Lila Farren is transferred to a new facility, branded a victim. But beneath her silence, something ancient hums. Something remembered. As melodies drift through pipes and memories surface in cracked mirrors, Lila realizes the siren didn’t die in the depths… she moved into her. Voices rise. Patients vanish. Dreams become doorways.And Lila must choose: fight the voice inside her… or

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5:22

You Stay Gaslighting Me | Audiobook Insight

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2025/04/27

You Stay Gaslighting Me is a psychologically immersive thriller that plunges you deep inside the unraveling mind of a man whose lies were meant to protect him… until they destroyed everything. At first, he thought he was controlling her. Bending her memories. Making her doubt herself to bury a darker truth from his past. But now, the mirrors move when no one’s watching. Her journal has his secrets — ones he never told her. And the reflection in the glass smiles when he doesn’t. Each chapter peels

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33:51

You Stay Gaslighting Me | Audiobook

The Skillful Art Of Manipulation | Mastering... ·

2025/04/27

You Stay Gaslighting Me is a psychologically immersive thriller that plunges you deep inside the unraveling mind of a man whose lies were meant to protect him… until they destroyed everything. At first, he thought he was controlling her. Bending her memories. Making her doubt herself to bury a darker truth from his past. But now, the mirrors move when no one’s watching. Her journal has his secrets — ones he never told her. And the reflection in the glass smiles when he doesn’t. Each chapter peels

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2:30

Whispers Behind the Code | A Mind Games Spin-Off |...

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2025/04/26

Whispers Behind the Code is a mind-bending, emotionally intense spin-off of Mind Games—a psychological sci-fi thriller that follows Ayla, a survivor of Mojo Jojo’s twisted experiments. Months after dismantling his control compound, Ayla begins hearing whispers—data pulses at 3:17 a.m., memories she never lived, and a child’s drawing that shouldn’t exist. When other survivors begin displaying the same anomalies, Ayla uncovers a horrifying truth: Mojo’s consciousness didn’t die—it evolved, embedded in

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28:43

Whispers Behind the Code | A Mind Games Spin-Off

The Skillful Art Of Manipulation | Mastering... ·

2025/04/26

Whispers Behind the Code is a mind-bending, emotionally intense spin-off of Mind Games—a psychological sci-fi thriller that follows Ayla, a survivor of Mojo Jojo’s twisted experiments. Months after dismantling his control compound, Ayla begins hearing whispers—data pulses at 3:17 a.m., memories she never lived, and a child’s drawing that shouldn’t exist. When other survivors begin displaying the same anomalies, Ayla uncovers a horrifying truth: Mojo’s consciousness didn’t die—it evolved, embedded in

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