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341 - The Kirtland Cult Killings and Jeffrey Lundgren: 1 of 2

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.721.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 175 minutes

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Summary

The craziest cult story I had never heard of. Jeffrey Lundgren was a cult leader and a mass leader before being caught, imprisoned, and executed. What a wild ride he had before it all came to an end. Twisted sexual desires, doomsday predictions, and more.

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0:00.0

Does God talk to people?

0:02.2

Throughout history, several big names have claimed to be prophets, with some of them starting

0:05.9

massive religions, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad.

0:10.5

But even if some higher power really once gave us prophets, is God still talking to select

0:15.8

people?

0:16.8

Well something so.

0:18.1

Jeffrey Lungren thought so, thought he was one of them.

0:20.5

The most important living prophet, or at least he claimed to be, I can't believe it took

0:24.8

so long for me to hear about this guy.

0:27.3

And one of our producers, Sophie Evans, sent his information my way for him to be considered

0:31.4

as a topic.

0:32.4

I searched his name, checked his Wikipedia page, which is not a great place for in-depth research,

0:37.0

but it's a perfect place to get a feel for a topic.

0:39.9

And I only needed to read the first half of the first sentence to know he was right for

0:42.9

time suck.

0:44.4

Jeffrey Don Lungren was an American self-proclaimed prophet, cult leader, and mass murderer.

0:49.9

Uh, yes, sold.

0:51.5

Stories wild.

0:52.7

Even wilder than it sounds after that brief intro.

0:55.8

Born in Missouri in 1950, Jeffrey Lungren grew up on a household where his parents were

0:59.5

both solidly middle class, also prominent members of a Mormon splinter group, the largest

1:04.3

other splinter groups, the restored church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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