{"podcast":{"title":"COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller","slug":"coerced-the-devotion-death-of-mica-francis-miller-8010890","podcast_index_feed_id":8010890,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/coerced","website_url":"https://www.instagram.com/truesunlightpod","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/262fff96-a14d-11f1-a475-c395c11c8296/image/2e6b5d2ceffd57a0eaf8e28b057d9c6f.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"LUNASHARK®⁠","episode_count":18,"summary":"On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Francis Miller — wife of Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul Miller — walked a mile into a North Carolina state park and made a 911 call that would be the last time the world heard her voice. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide — a ruling that would have ended the story for most true crime journalists. We aren't most true crime journalists. And Mica's story is anything but typical. COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller is a LUNASHARK® DROP-FEED from the award-winning team behind the Murdaugh Murders Podcast — investigative journalists Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Beth Braden — along with producers Kate Thomas, Grace Hills and David Moses. It’s a remastered, chronological retelling of more than 2 years of original reporting from the True Sunlight Podcast, built for listeners who want to follow one case. Listen To Current Coverage On The True Sunlight Podcast or⁠ ⁠Ad-Free from LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon or Supercast⁠⁠ At the time of her death, Mica left behind a paper trail of evidence documenting how JP allegedly abused Mica emotionally, physically, sexually, medically and spiritually throughout their relationship, which starte…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T20:19:44.053343+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coerced-the-devotion-death-of-mica-francis-miller-8010890"},"episode":{"title":"4) Bathhouses and Bible College… The Troubling Past of JP's Felon Father Rev. Wayne Miller","slug":"4-bathhouses-and-bible-college-the-troubling-past-of-jp-s-felon-father-rev-wayne-miller","published_at":"2026-08-28T11:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coerced-the-devotion-death-of-mica-francis-miller-8010890/4-bathhouses-and-bible-college-the-troubling-past-of-jp-s-felon-father-rev-wayne-miller","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coerced-the-devotion-death-of-mica-francis-miller-8010890","url":"https://lunasharkmedia.com/truesunlight/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BER7418340699.mp3","summary":"John-Paul Miller didn't invent his playbook — he inherited it. In this episode, remastered from True Sunlight Podcast reporting, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell trace the rise of JP's father, televangelist Wayne Miller: the 1970s \"Good Morning Jesus\" broadcast empire, a 500-acre compound called Gloryland, and 1987 allegations that he made sexual advances on his bible college students. Wayne claimed a \"credentials committee\" cleared him of wrongdoing. Mandy and Liz found that committee's paperwork, and its first listed member is Wayne Miller himself. The episode also traces the suspicious fire that leveled Gloryland, Wayne's 2006 indecent exposure arrest, and his 2014 federal felony convictions for exploiting foreign bible college students. Two decades before Mica ever filed for divorce, Wayne's own wife Susan described a nearly identical playbook — a wife painted as unstable, a church turned against her. Understanding Wayne Miller is understanding JP Miller. This series discusses domestic abuse, coercive control, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, please call or text 988 or contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Support in South Carolina is also available through Liza’s Lifeline. 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