BBB #016: Anna Meister, AKA J. Elimar Mira Mitta - A Cult of One’s Own

BBB #016: Anna Meister, AKA J. Elimar Mira Mitta - A Cult of One’s Own

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Anna Meister was a Swiss immigrant in the 1850s who declared she was actually the third person of the Christian trinity and changed her name to Jehovah Elimar Mira Mitta.  She had a following for many decades, even years after she died.  Today you will hear the story of this bizarre religious cult from South Philadelphia on Biographical Bytes from Bala: J. Elimar Mira Mitta: A Cult of One’s Own.

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