gary coleman is from there but it was run by flatter thirst.walk us through the rise and fall of flatterers there. >> by the early 19 hundreds it was close to a flat earth cold emerging in a very unusual way it was originally founded as a fundamentaly religious town run by one church had a charismatic leader that was quickly deposed by an arguably more flat earth or food during his time became a militant flat earth there and he used that theory to his advantage and called himself a theocrat and he wires and took over the schools and he would even outlawaw references to the globe in church hymns so he ruled with an iron fist and part of the militant belief was flatterers any habitat under his cloth for decades and what people believed. >> even at the case of the disputed election talk about what happened there. >> i think this was 1918 and yes there were enough doutsiders who are not members of the church they said this has gone on too long. we need to get this fellow out. they succeeded and voted for a mayor who is not aligned with the church o

illinois, which nowadays is just sort of a small town in illinois, probably best known for actor gary colemanrom there, but a century ago it was rorun by frat earthers -- flat ethers. walk us through the rise and fall of zion. >> guest: sure. so in the early 1900s, zion, illinois, was almost close to a flat earth cult, and that emerged in a very unusual way. that town was originally founded as a very fundamentalist religious town. it was a mainly run by one church who had a very charismatic leader. halleader was quickly deposed -- that leader was quickly deposed by another a arguably even more ruthless are leader who during his time at head of the church became a militant flat earther. and he used that theory to his, to his advantage. he called himself a theocrat, and he absolutely was. he took over the town schools and promoted flat earth theory through them. he would even outlaw references to, to, like, the globe in church hymns. so he h ruled with an iron fist, and part of his very militant belief was flat earth, and he had this town under his thrall for decades. that is what people believ

probably best known for the fact that gary coleman is from there, but a century ago was run by flat earthers and just walk us through the the rise and fall of flat earthism in zion. sure, so in the early 1900 zion, illinois was almost close to a flat earth cult and that emerged in a very unusual way that town was originally founded as a very fundamentalist religious town. it was mainly run by one church who had a very charismatic leader that leader was quickly deposed by another arguably even more ruthless leader who during his time at the head of the church became a militant flat earther, and he used that theory to his to his advantage. he called himself a theocrat and he absolutely was he took over the town schools and promoted flat earth theory through them. he would even outlaw references to to like the globe in church hymns. so he ruled with an iron fist and part of his very militant belief. was flat earth and he had this town under his thrall for decades and that is what people believed at the time. and there was even a case with a disputered election another one of those feels pretty

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