Born in Lansing, Michigan in 1970, Glenn Taylor Helzer seemed destined for greatness. By his early teens, he was the spiritual head of his family and a rising star in the Mormon church. But Helzer chose a different path. One that led to him founding an extremist cult, and ended with body parts floating in bags down a river in Northern California.

Case: Children of Thunder

Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman

RESOURCES:
People Magazine Investigates: Children of Thunder (S3/EP11)
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones: Children of Thunder (S2/EP9)
The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion, and Murder in the Name of God- Claire Booth
Wikipedia
Murderpedia
findagrave.com
elvinbishopmusic.com
The Independent (Andrew Gumbel 6/15/04)
Los Angeles Times (John Glionna and Richard Chon 8/11/200)
The Berkeley Daily Planet (9/29/00)
The San Francisco Gate (Peter Fimrite and Charlie Goodyear 8/11/00)

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