There is not just one thing about Mary Cosby, there’s many things. Alleged cult leader, wife and step-granddaughter, and total enigma. From her iconic burn: “You smell like hospital,” to the demeaning way she treated her castmates: “little GIRL,” Mary consistently had us scratching our heads.

But in today’s episode Rebekah will attempt to provide some much needed context as to how she ended up accused of running a cult and the answers, including an alleged suspicious death, might surprise you.

Melissa gave the following clues for next episode:

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Episode Sources:

BRAVO TV

https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/season-2/episode-9/videos/mary-cosby-dismisses-whitney-rose

https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/season-1/episode-3/videos/this-is-the-first-time-in-5-years

https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/season-1/episode-3/videos/mary-cosby-reveals-the-truth-about

OPRAH DAILY

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a34930757/real-housewives-salt-lake-city-mary-cosby-grandfather-marriage/

YAHOO

https://sports.yahoo.com/turns-mary-cosby-one-richest-202800270.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMZYaxoJzeO2k9OEtmCcGIiOksyJLYwz05AwRDHvrHGNxiEE08QKfkTcbNzwtmXeDusPulbe7a1zxBSy8WmkodtvEfJzqEaf87rAiMsrbBO8K_tpsdoL5wD4pzvn9Py2ihB51k953xzU1-l8RRon8wQKo2hRY_by2XX7UN-pclPf

SCMP.COM

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3163394/inside-bizarre-world-mary-m-cosby-real-housewives-salt

DESERET.COM

https://www.deseret.com/2000/1/27/19553698/natural-causes-claimed-church-founder#:~:text=Cosby%20says%20he%20knew%20all,her%20vacation%20home%20in%20St.

https://www.deseret.com/1998/8/4/19394703/faith-temple-rift-spills-into-court

WOMEN’S HEALTH MAGAZINE

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a38320133/mary-cosby-church-rhoslc-cult-leader-cameron/

VULTURE

https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/mary-cosby-broke-her-silence-on-skipping-rhoslc-reunion.html

SLC TRIBUNE

https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/news/ci_5392179

https://therevealer.org/pastor-mary-cosby-arranged-pentecostal-marriages-and-the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/

BRAVO DOCKET PODCAST

https://www.thebravodocket.com/

REFINERY 29

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/11/10148315/who-is-mary-cosby-husband-real-housewives-salt-lake-city

DISTRACTIFY

https://www.distractify.com/p/mary-cosby-church

BRIGHAM YOUNG LAW 

https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4074&context=byu_sc2

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