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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Breaking Down The Beliefs of Chad & Lori Vallow Daybell Part 3: Running A Cult

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Breaking Down The Beliefs of Chad & Lori Vallow Daybell Part 3: Running A Cult
PART THREE: PRACTICES AND ESCALATION

Chad and Lori weren’t just theorizing about the apocalypse—they were actively preparing for it. This episode takes you inside the cult-like rituals that cemented their control over their small but devoted group of followers. From prayer circles and casting ceremonies to exorcisms meant to drive out “dark spirits,” we reveal the manipulative practices they used to create an unshakable belief system where questioning was not allowed.

Once Chad and Lori had their followers’ trust, the next step was eliminating the obstacles—anyone who didn’t fit into their end-times prophecy. Their doctrine of “zombies” and demonic possession became a convenient excuse to justify murder. When Chad prophesied that his wife Tammy would soon die, she did. When Lori declared her own children were no longer “themselves,” they vanished.

Through chilling text messages, firsthand testimonies, and expert psychological analysis, we examine how Lori and Chad stripped away their moral inhibitions. By the time law enforcement caught on, the body count was growing. What made them believe that murder was righteous? And how did their manipulation techniques turn everyday people into accomplices? 
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This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruskey. Here now, Tony Bruske. Welcome back to our series on trying to

0:09.0

understand the mindset that brought Chad and Lori Daybell to the place that they did. What was going on

0:17.6

with their religious ideology in their mind.

0:21.2

We're trying to break all that down in this four-part series.

0:24.5

If you're just catching this one, there's two before it.

0:27.8

There's going to be one after it.

0:28.7

Be sure to press subscribe wherever you're getting this podcast.

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Or if you're on YouTube, hit subscribe there, hit the bell so you don't miss any of it.

0:42.1

But I would suggest going to piece one and then working your way through.

0:46.2

So this all makes kind of chronological sense to you on what the hell was going on to the minds of Chad and Lori Vallow, Daybell.

0:55.5

They weren't just satisfied with believing their own delusions.

1:00.2

That's the big thing with this case.

1:03.5

It wasn't about them.

1:06.3

No, no, no, no, no, no.

1:09.1

They needed other folks to verify for them their own delusions.

1:15.6

Chad and Lori weren't just satisfied with believing their own delusions.

1:19.8

They needed an audience.

1:23.7

What's the point of being gods if no one's worshipping you, right?

1:27.6

So they started recruiting carefully, selectively.

1:31.5

They didn't need a lot of followers.

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