On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the cult known as The Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God and its insane leader, Ervil LeBaron. LeBaron was called the Mormon Manson after a crazy trail of murder, sex, suicide, and corruption. This group is like many cults with a charismatic leader who has sex with lots and lots of members. In this case, though, the members were sister-wives. And in this case, there was murder. So much murder! LeBaron killed his brother to take control of the cult, tried to kill his other brother, burned a town to the ground, killed his own daughter, and even murdered himself if such a thing is possible. This story is crazy, and the amount of twists, death, and turns rivals any cult we can think of.

 

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

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

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38526255

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/who-is-ervil-lebaron-and-how-is-his-family-connected-to-mexico-cartel-massacre

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/17/obituaries/ervil-lebaron-utah-polygamist-is-found-dead-in-his-prison-cell.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gyz9y7/what-we-know-about-the-mormon-family-massacred-in-mexico

https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn4knz/the-mexican-mormon-war-full-length