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The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3

by iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch · English · True Crime

The Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family’s cult for a special role. She became one of the youngest Maidens of River Road Fellowship in rural Minnesota. After a ritualistic ceremony that married her and other girls to the

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New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 44 min
Latest: 20 Oct 2025
Language: English

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20 Oct 2025 · 39 min

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S3 · E12 · 9 Sep 2025 · 48 min
S3:EP 12 - Postscript: Christa
Christa was born into River Road Fellowship. In our final conversation, she remembers how she first realized she was in a cult, and tells us parts of the story we haven’t covered yet. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E11 · 2 Sep 2025 · 53 min
S3:EP 11 - Postscript: Lindsay
A year and a half after our first interview, we sit down with Lindsay one last time to ask her the questions you’ve been wondering about. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E10 · 26 Aug 2025 · 47 min
S3:EP 10 - Beyond Fear
PART TEN - “There were moments when I remember being in such a dark place, feeling so hopeless, and the curiosity of the next day I think helped keep me going. It doesn't matter how dark the day is. Just be curious about tomorrow.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E9 · 19 Aug 2025 · 34 min
S3:EP 9 - Jess
PART NINE - "The trees would be swaying, and you could almost feel the leaves moving. Maybe we would start humming, making up a melody. The worries and the fear just melted away. All the bad things, and all the good things, none of it mattered. I could sit back and relax and breathe. It was this moment of just feeling – safe and almost – loved by her. just a true sister and friend, not feeling judged or afraid. It felt like we were the only two people in the world in that moment." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode discusses…
S3 · E8 · 12 Aug 2025 · 43 min
S3:EP 8 - The One Thing
PART EIGHT - “It was absolutely the one thing – the one thing, if I can pick one thing – it is the one thing that allowed me to begin to heal.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a discussion of child sexual abuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E7 · 5 Aug 2025 · 44 min
S3:EP 7 - Manhunt
PART SEVEN - “When I think of it now, it was almost like he prophesied his own demise. For all those years, Victor was the predator and I was the prey. And then he became the prey." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a discussion of child sexual abuse and self-harm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E6 · 29 Jul 2025 · 31 min
S3:EP 6 - The Choice
PART SIX - “It was like I was kept underground for so long and then just spit out at 23. I call it when I entered the real world. And it was a whole other world than what it had been.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a discussion of child sexual abuse and self-harm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E5 · 22 Jul 2025 · 43 min
S3:EP 5 - Paradise Lost
PART FIVE - "I was totally in. Totally committed. Ready to take a bullet for him if needed." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a discussion of the dynamics of child sexual abuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E4 · 15 Jul 2025 · 46 min
S3:EP 4 - Predator and Prey
PART FOUR - “He would say, 'Lindsay is the old flesh, and you need to become a new man in Christ. Lindsay has to die.'” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a discussion of fatphobia, extreme dieting and disordered eating behaviors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E3 · 8 Jul 2025 · 45 min
S3:EP 3 - The Maidens
PART THREE - “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a description of child sexual abuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E2 · 8 Jul 2025 · 50 min
S3:EP 2 - Summer of Love
PART TWO - “He was more important than their husbands. He was more important than their children. He was more important than anything.” For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . Content note: This episode includes a description of child sexual abuse. Please listen with discretion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E1 · 8 Jul 2025 · 36 min
S3:EP 1 - The Camp
PART ONE - "I never thought it would develop into what it was." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · 1 Jul 2025 · 2 min
Introducing The Turning: River Road (Season 3)
When the most vulnerable within a community go unprotected, how can they find the strength to push their way out? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E14 · 7 May 2024 · 35 min
The Swans of Harlem | Part Two
Today we present the second of two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History. The book records the largely forgotten stories of five Black ballerinas who changed the art form. Their stories are surprising and vivid and poignant… and totally worth your time if you enjoyed our most recent season of The Turning. In our second episode of the series, Karen Valby speaks with former ballerina and founding member of the Dance Theater of Harlem, Sheila Rohan. You can buy The Swans…
S2 · E13 · 30 Apr 2024 · 48 min
The Swans of Harlem | Part One
As we work on Season 3 of The Turning, we have something special for you: two episodes featuring Karen Valby, author of The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History. The book records the largely forgotten stories of five Black ballerinas who changed the art form. Their stories are surprising and vivid and poignant… and totally worth your time if you enjoyed our most recent season of The Turning. On the first episode, Karen Valby talks with former prima ballerina Lydia Abarca. You can buy The Swans of Harlem here:…
S2 · E12 · 9 May 2023 · 43 min
S2 Ep Bonus - Behind the Scenes
A grab-bag of stories and extras. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E11 · 27 Apr 2023 · 30 min
S2: Ep Bonus - A Day in the Life of a Dancer
The countdown to curtain begins. For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E10 · 21 Mar 2023 · 54 min
S2:Ep 10 - Révérence
PART TEN - "If it is going to stick with us forever, it matters that we get it right." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E9 · 14 Mar 2023 · 44 min
S2:Ep 9 - Pas de Deux
PART NINE - "I remember thinking, am I the only one like me who's ever walked these halls?" For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E8 · 7 Mar 2023 · 49 min
S2:Ep 8 - American Ballet
PART EIGHT - "Blackness is a vehicle. It's a vehicle to get people where they need to go." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscrip ts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E7 · 28 Feb 2023 · 53 min
S2:Ep 7- The Line
PART SEVEN - "Who decided this? ... Did the skies open up, and the ballet God said, 'This is how it has to be'? No, it's just what we've all been programmed." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E6 · 21 Feb 2023 · 43 min
S2:Ep 6 - A Golden Year
PART SIX - "It feels like this hazy distant silhouette of a thing that doesn’t feel real, like a wild dream that I can’t fully recall." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E5 · 14 Feb 2023 · 45 min
S2:Ep 5 - The Prince
PART FIVE - "Gone unchecked, bad things can happen. And they did." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E4 · 7 Feb 2023 · 47 min
S2: Ep 4 - The Muses
PART FOUR - "Balanchine was so fond of perfume that leaves the scent of that dancer behind, and it still permeates." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E3 · 31 Jan 2023 · 41 min
S2: Ep 3 - Risk All
PART THREE - "There are no windows, because we don't need windows, because the outside world doesn't matter. He was God in the theater. Ever observing, ever present. Are you a patriot? Are you a citizen? Are you willing to do whatever I ask you to do?" For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E2 · 24 Jan 2023 · 38 min
S2: Ep 2 - Ritual Healing
PART TWO - "I would experiment a little. I would go to the theater, and the lights would go down, and I would say, 'Okay, I'm going to give you my mood. I'm going to give you all these troubles, and you do something with it,' said I to the stage. And then I would walk out, and I felt like somebody had rinsed me." For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E1 · 24 Jan 2023 · 45 min
S2: Ep 1 - Only I Can See You
PART ONE - "He used to say, 'What are you looking at dear? You can't see you. Only I can see you.'" For more content, follow us on Instagram @RococoPunch TRANSCRIPT - https://www.rococopunch.com/turningtranscripts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · 17 Jan 2023 · 3 min
Introducing S2: The Turning: Room of Mirrors
A closed, elite group asks for sacrifice and extreme devotion from its members. It produces elegant dancers, but at what cost? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 · 15 Sep 2021 · 28 min
S1: Ep Bonus - Bride of Christ
BONUS - Jenna Cooper is a 36-year-old consecrated virgin who lives in Winona, Minnesota. She tells us what that means, what her life is like now, and what it’s like to feel called when you’re 12 years old. For additional content and information, follow the show on Instagram @RococoPunch This series was inspired by Mary Johnson’s memoir, “An Unquenchable Thirst.” Find it HERE - https://amzn.to/3whsTeO Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3

The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3 is a English true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
Language: English
Category: True Crime
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 44 min
Latest episode: 20 Oct 2025
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