Mormon True Crime
No. You’re not crazy. There are a lot of Mormon True Crimes. And exmormon storyteller, Beth Magnetic deep dives into these cases to share stories in a way that’s Safe for the Mormons, Verifiable enough for the Exmormons, and compelling enough for the Never-Mormons. Let’s answer the questions once and for all: What role did Mormonism play in some of the strangest true crime stories in the world?
Episodes
In February 2012, Israel Keyes would make the mistake that ended his right of terror after he kidnapped and murdered Samantha Koenig from Anchorage, Alaska. We've long been baffled by what makes up a serial killer, and so the question of Israel Keyes being born to Mormon Extremists helps us to understand how his parents came to raise him in such an extremist environment, rich with cults, violence, and crime. And it just might ...
Lori Vallow Daybell has been convicted of the same crimes that Chad Daybell is currently on trial for: Conspiracy & First Degree Murder of JJ Vallow, Tammy Daybell & Tylee Ryan. While the mentions of multiple mortal probations, zombies, demonic possession and human sacrifice have been whispered about, it's rare that anyone has been able to explain HOW Chad and Lori justified the (alleged on Chad's account) atroci...
In 2019, it is alleged that Alex Cox took the lives of Charles Vallow, Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, and Tammy Daybell in an elaborate plan to get large sums of money from life insurance and cover up their affair... all while appearing to simply be devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Despite the prosecution working to drive home the point that the teaching Chad believed in were NOT related to Mormonism, Cha...
In June 2002, Brian David Mitchell climbed through a window into Elizabeth Smart's bedroom, and kidnapped her at knifepoint. Something that's rarely talked about is the fact that Mitchell used extremist Mormon theologies to justify his choice, and looked specifically for Mormon girls for his wives. In this episode of Mormon True Crime, we talk about some of the ways Mormonism showed up in the abduction that rocked Utah.
Most people think that Chad Daybell & Lori Vallow Daybell were fringe Mormons who had nothing to do with Mainstream Mormonism, but there are actually religious foundations for much of what they taught and believed. In this episode of Mormon True Crime we talk about the theologies that created Zombies and what Chad and Lori interpreted, which may have lead to the murders of Charles Vallow, Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, and Tammy Daybel...
In November 1974, Robert ‘B’ Berchtold would abduct, assault, and brainwash 12 year old Jan Broberg, a child he met in his LDS ward in Pocatello, Idaho.
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