Episode 307 - Warren Jeffs: Bleeding the Beast PART 2
Last week, we looked at the formation of the ultra-obedient, bigamist Mormon cult, the FLDS – in which plural marriage to pregnant preteen girls is just the tip of the fundamentalist iceberg. In this second part, we look at how its new prophet, Warren Jeffs, took his so-called religion to ever stricter and more terrifying depths.
With followers so beaten down that they were banned from even laughing; the prophet on the lam, living it up at Disneyland; and a team of ex-faithfuls and dogged investigators closing in – something had to give. But not before the full extent of his evil was laid bare in front of a stunned courtroom.
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‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ by John Krakauer
‘Prophet’s Prey’ by Sam Brower
‘When Men Become Gods’ by Stephen Singular
‘Keep Sweet, Pray, and Obey’, Netflix
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58340109&itype=cmsid
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/23/warren-jeffs-leaders-arrested-utah-polygamous-sect-fraud https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/with-god-on-their-side/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/09/warren-jeffs-jailed-life-sentence