In the 1960 film Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster plays a charismatic, silver-tongued salesman who uses evangelism as a way to fleece religious suckers of their money. It does not end well for Brother Gantry, as his lies are exposed, and the members of his flock turn on him.
On an undated cassette delivered to Peter Gallagher of the St. Petersburg Times, John 3:16 Cook – addressing the journalist by name - rambled for an hour about religion, his unorthodox methods, his financial troubles and the reasons he believed city fathers were out to get him.
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