336: What if you escaped a polygamous cult?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
A woman born into the notorious Mormon cult, Church of the Firstborn, grows up in constant fear of their fatal practice of “blood atonement”, but after suffering under the oppression of her husband and caretaking his multiple wives, she plots a daring international escape.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz
Content/Trigger Warnings: cult, religious abuse/trauma, polygamy/plural marriage, child bride/child marriage, abuse, fraud, blood atonement/death, murder (religious & cartel), the afterlife, poverty, birth control, rape/sexual coercion, explicit language
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| 0:09.7 | This is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
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| 0:18.1 | about support services. Hi listeners. Today's episode has a historical context that is |
| 0:29.8 | somewhat long and complex. If you need some additional guidance while listening, we've included an |
| 0:34.8 | abridged summary of this history in the show notes. |
| 0:40.4 | Deep down inside me all a while, I knew that I was created for something more than this |
| 0:46.3 | There had to be something more in the world for me |
| 0:49.6 | I just wanted to be good enough for God. I wanted to be saved. I wanted to make it to heaven where I could be an eternal mother. |
| 0:59.5 | But when I'd look around me, nothing made sense. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misledyne. |
| 1:15.0 | You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 336. |
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