What the board may not have known

What the application did not tell the board is that the settlements Braun mentioned were with multiple women who alleged that he convinced them through hypnosis and high dosages of drugs that they were high priestesses of a global satanic cult, were molesting children and cannibalizing people, according to legal documents.

One former patient screams and moans while surrounded by a team of hospital workers. The incident can be seen on the “Frontline” episode about Braun’s former therapy in Illinois.

Another former patient claimed Braun convinced her she had gained weight because she had eaten thousands of humans, according to "The Chicago Sun-Times." That same patient brought meat from her parents’ barbecue to have it tested for human remains while under Braun’s care in Illinois, according to legal documents.

That former patient tried to kill herself twice, according to the legal record. She sued Braun in the late 1990s and settled for $10.6 million — at the time the largest settlement of its kind in Illinois, according to multiple media stories.