Ervil LeBaron’s name doesn’t strike the same chord as Charles Manson’s. But maybe it should. After he was excommunicated from his church, Ervil led a religious sect where he invoked “Blood Atonement” and taught that breaking God’s law should be punishable by death. Hannah and Suruthi discuss the life and twisted crimes of the leader whose name is connected to at least 20 murders.

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