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CULT: Twin Flames Universe

By 2017, Jeff and Shaleia Divine were running Twin Flames Universe out of rural northern Michigan, selling a promise: everyone has one predestined soulmate, and for a fee, they would tell you who yours was. Members paid tens of thousands of dollars for classes, practiced a technique called the mirror exercise that turned every complaint into self-blame, and were assigned soulmates who had agreed to nothing and sometimes had never met them. Former members say that because the group was mostly women, Jeff told some of them they were divine masculine and should live as men. In July 2025, Michigan's attorney general raided two properties in Leelanau County and said a judge had found probable cause that crimes were committed. In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Vanessa Richardson examines how a YouTube channel about finding love became a matchmaking machine, what it cost the people who believed in it, and whether the investigation Michigan opened in 2025 will ever produce a single criminal charge. Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide and coercive control and may not be suitable for all audiences.Head over to our YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes to never miss a case! To hear episodes ad-free and released a day early, subscribe to Crime House+. Join at  crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of Reddit, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Crime House 24/7, Murder True Crime Stories and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @CrimehouseTikTok: @CrimehouseFacebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @crimehousestudios