Deceived Russell Delbert Johnson

Deceived: The Moo Years" is the true story of one young man's compelling, at times terrifying, former involvement with the martial arts cult Chung Moo Quan. Based on his soon to be published memoir, "Deceived: a Journey into Darkness", author and producer Russell Johnson's 12 week podcast combines a powerful narrative and witness interviews with martial artists, mind control experts and former victims of the Chung Moo Quan.

Some believe he was the greatest martial arts master that ever lived; faster and more powerful than Bruce Lee, more feared than Chuck Norris. To his followers, he had supernatural powers. Some said he could levitate and walk up the sides of buildings. To others, he appeared as a demon beast that haunted their dreams. On DECEIVED, we will peel away the mystery of a Korean immigrant who rose from being a janitor, to running a martial art school empire. This is the true story of the notorious martial art cult known as Chung Moo Quan; its powerful leader, Master John C. Kim.

When you stop at a coffee shop or a pizza place, you don’t expect to worry about being drawn into a cult. But there it was, right next door. An ad starts a teenager on an eight year nightmare, being drawn into the Chung Moo Quan. On DECEIVED, we will peel away the mystery of a Korean immigrant who rose from being a janitor, to running a martial art school empire. This is the true story of the notorious martial art cult known as Chung Moo Quan; its powerful leader, Master John C. Kim; and of one of the few men who would dare to oppose him.

Russell experiences a lesson in Bait & Switch and makes choices between career, love or the Moo. He is given an omen sign. Is it a warning of unforeseen events to come? If you like Deceived Podcast please share with your friends, follow us on iTunes, SoundCloud and Twitter! Please write us a positive review! A lot of hard work was done to be able to tell this story! Thanks!

One night while in a deep sleep, Russell felt a very hard slap on his waterbed and heard someone shout, “Wake up!” Without even thinking, still half asleep, he jumped to his feet and in bowing position said, “Yes, Instructor”. It was all instinct at this point. Standing in the bedroom was Keith Brown. He told Russell his waterbed was facing the wrong direction; it was bad to sleep with his head facing north. Keith explained that there was a certain bad energy from the north that could get into the mind at night, if he slept with his head facing north. Russell took this as a reference to North Korea. He immediately began to drain his waterbed, in order to take it apart and move it. It was 3 A.M.

Now, let’s say you’re shopping around for a good martial arts school and go into your local dojo in a strip mall to inquire about lessons. Upon meeting the instructor, he tells you the school will not only teach you martial arts, but also, they will instill within you irrational fears, phobias, and superstitions. And for a little extra money, they would throw in some rituals. He tells you by the time you reached black belt in their system, your head will be full of all kinds of weird shit. Would you run the other way?