It was just a matter of time until Rebekah covered a cult. But before she leads (not in a culty way) Melissa to Arizona and Missouri, she takes a minute to appreciate the splendor and entertainment mecca, Orange County, California. Rebekah then tackles the confession Elizabeth Lyn Vargas, of RHOC, made to Braunwyn last season. She didn’t give a lot of details, but Rebekah was determined to uncover everything she could - and what she found includes wild stories about Elizabeth’s grandmother, Dorothy Mae Bell, and her leadership of two fringe family cults and crimes including concealment of a dead body, and kidnapping charges. This is an episode of Criminality unlike the others.

What are we watching? Melissa pleads for a second chance to sell us on “Better off Ted” and is currently enjoying the sketch comedy show, “I Think You Should Leave.” Rebekah is enjoying the delightful Netflix teen dramedy, “ Never Have I Ever” and believes it is the perfect antidote to ELITE.

Melissa stumps Rebekah (as per usual) with these three clues for the next episode: Big Brother, Brazil, and Butterfly!

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Episode Sources:

THE PRESCOTT COURIER:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=886&dat=19760119&id=V7taAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641%2C5141133&hl=en

THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24514631/cult-corpse/

The OC REGISTER

https://www.ocregister.com/2009/02/23/housewives-star-slade-smiley-speaks-out-after-his-arrest/

ALL ABOUT THE TEA

https://allaboutthetea.com/2020/12/17/elizabeth-vargas-grandmothers-church-forced-members-to-give-up-checks/

The HOUSTON HERALD

https://www.newspapers.com/image/178693230/?terms=kidnapping%20dorothy%20mae%20bell&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/178692715

THE DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9102291/Elizabeth-Lyn-Vargas-alleges-molested-men-growing-religious-cult.html

STARS OFFLINE

https://starsoffline.com/elizabeth-lyn-vargas-wiki-net-worth-married-boyfriend/

PEOPLE

https://people.com/tv/alexa-curtin-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-multiple-criminal-charges/

https://people.com/tv/rhoc-elizabeth-lyn-vargas-claims-molested-by-men-situations-cult-grew-up/

NY POST

https://pagesix.com/2018/04/17/how-a-kid-from-housewives-landed-in-jail-for-attempted-murder/

TASTE OF REALITY

https://tasteofreality.com/real-housewives-arrested/

WONDERWALL

https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/tv/biggest-scandals-real-housewives-history-3020109.gallery

CRUNCHBASE

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/edge-music-network

WIKIPEDIA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The

BRAVO TV.COM Audio clip RHOC

https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/season-15/episode-11/videos/elizabeth-lyn-vargas-admits-she-0

BOOKS

Cults Inside Out by Rick Alan Ross

PODCASTS REFERENCED:

FBI Casefile Review with Jerri Williams

Behind the Velvet Rope

Special thanks to Cult expert, Rick Alan Ross, Retired FBI agent, Jerri Williams, Reddit user lopsided pizza 4206, and Elizabeth Lyn Vargas.

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