The original docuseries premiere was one of the largest in BNT history, but just as the story of New Eden disappeared from Canadians’ collective memories, the BNT docuseries literally faded as well, never to be broadcast again. Originally directed by two LA-based filmmakers named Travis Meeks and Jake Dermay, the docuseries was televised by Broadcast Network Television (BNT) as NEW EDEN: WHEN WOMEN SIN. Now, decades after their story faded to black, Crave “revisits” the infamous cult and its founders in the eight-part Crave Original Series NEW EDEN, dropping New Year’s Day, it was confirmed today.īased in Halworth, BC, the New Eden cult, and the infamous 1980s trial that put its founders behind bars, dominated the Canadian news cycle of the day. TORONTO (November 15, 2019) – In 1991, two Canadian filmmakers uncovered the gripping story of Katherine Wryfield and Grace Lee’s drug-addled, alien-goddess worshipping, all-female cult, New Eden. Bart Chadwick, The Near North Chronicle L to R: Katherine Wryfield and Grace Lee as they open the doors to New Eden in 1977 I don't know how we've all forgotten such an incredible story.' 'When I first saw the original New Eden docuseries, we were talking about it at the watercooler for week.

'The New Eden story is unlike any other case in Canadian history.'

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