175: The Mormon Manson

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Cult Babes! We’re kicking off week 2 of Cult-vember with a wild story, no really there is so much going on that we have to pick up next week with the rest of the story. Today we’re discussing some culty cult cults who were live laugh loving polygamy a little too much. When a small town doctor in Murray, Utah was moidahed in their office, it led to the discovery of a cult rivalry between false prophets.
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VICE Docuseries: Drug Cartels vs. Mormons
Oxygen: Deadly Cults S2E6
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