Chad Daybell’s Excommunication & Whitney Houston Obsession
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Just when you think Chad Daybell’s story can’t get stranger… it does.
In this third installment, we pivot from prophetic romance to spiritual self-pity as Chad shifts into martyr mode. Through another handwritten prison letter, Chad describes his LDS mission, the persecution he claims to have faced, and ultimately, his excommunication from the church — which he says he learned about through a form letter delivered late by jail staff.
But the truly surreal moment? Chad claims he had a deep spiritual awakening while listening to Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional.” Yes, really.
Tony, Stacy, and special guest Bob Motta break it all down — from the narcissistic tone of Chad’s self-defense, to the psychological profile of someone who weaponizes religion as both shield and sword. Bob brings in legal insight, comparing Chad’s behavior to other high-control defendants who shape reality to fit their needs. Is Chad deluded… or dangerous?
The segment ends on a chilling final comment from Bob: “Even if there’s a universe where Chad didn’t kill anyone... not very likely.”
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| 0:00.0 | A Better Help ad. |
| 0:02.3 | Lewis Capaldi partnered with Better Help to get word out about how important therapy can be. |
| 0:07.6 | I struggle most weeks to get up, get myself up and ready and go to therapy or whatever. |
| 0:13.0 | Even like to open the laptop to talk to, my therapist sometimes could be really difficult. |
| 0:17.4 | But I do it because I realise how important it is for me to continue to feel |
| 0:21.3 | good. Because I felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy. |
| 0:25.6 | Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. |
| 0:29.5 | A better help ad. |
| 0:31.5 | Lewis Capaldi partnered with BetterHelp to get word out about how important therapy can be. |
| 0:36.8 | I struggle most weeks to get up, get myself up and ready and go to therapy or whatever. |
| 0:42.2 | Even like to open the laptop to talk to, my therapist sometimes could be really difficult. |
| 0:46.6 | But I do it because I realise how important it is for me to continue to feel good. |
| 0:51.0 | I felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy. |
| 0:54.8 | Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. |
| 0:58.6 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, |
| 1:02.9 | Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels. |
| 1:07.1 | We have a call number four and five. |
| 1:09.3 | Todd, how long is call number four? Or is 15 minutes. Let's do call number. Yeah. Yeah. Let's do call four. Bob's going to be joining us in just a little bit talking. We're going to talk about the Aaron Spencer case, but he knows all about this case, too. So I'm sure he'll have some interesting insights if he's joining us on the back end of this. Let's listen to this. |
| 1:27.7 | This is, again, letters from Chad. |
| 1:31.5 | This is new. |
| 1:32.4 | This just came out last week. |
| 1:33.9 | This is his letters from prison to the world telling his side of the story. |
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