The Role of Historic Mormon Doctrine in the Chad Daybell & Lori Vallow Crimes

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, Chad Daybell's attorney, John Prior, has continued to suggest that Mormonism does indeed play a bigger role in this case than the state is letting on. And while we disagree with much of John Prior's defense - Mormon True Crime has deep dived into theologies that drive the Daybell case, to help you understand what Emma Daybell Murray meant when she said her dad was a 'Traditional' or 'Fundamentalist' Mormon who looked up to Joseph Smith & Brigham Young, the polygamous prophets who founded and/or led Mormonism to thrive in Utah, Idaho, and Arizona today... the states where these crimes largely were happening. Ron Yorgason, budding Mormon Historian, joins Beth Magnetic to give context, quotes and credibility to the theory that yes - this indeed WAS a Mormon True Crime.