Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Year of Plygamy podcast. I'm your host, Lindsay, and I'm really, really excited for this interview. I think we've waited for it for a long time, but this is a really special interview. I am talking to one of the former wives of Warren Jeffs, and of course she's not known as that anymore. Her name is Breel Decker. Breel, can you say hello? Hi. Now, Breel, you're coming to us

from Hurricane Utah right now. Is that right? Yes. Yeah, so Breel has probably one of the most

fascinating stories I have ever heard in my entire life, and that says a lot because I hear a lot of

great, amazing stories.

And I'm going to let her tell that, but Breel, can you kind of give us some background really

quick? Out of all, how many wives does Warren Jeffs have?

79.

79. And do you happen to know what number you were in that whole lineup?

I was 65. 65. Okay. And how many women that have been married to

Warren Jeffs have left the FLDS? That's unknown because most of them don't communicate. They

have been brainwashed so bad and told that they need to go away and they can't talk to anybody

that would know them or each other. So they're like

in hiding, even, you know, they're not accepted back into the church and they know they never will be,

but they believe that if they go against that council, then they will reap more punishments in heaven or something.

So my understanding was that there were at least two that were out talking to outsiders,

you and one other. Is that right? Is that true? Yes. And I know another one that has surfaced

recently, but she's still quite quiet.

She's still silent, but she'll talk to, like, us, but she won't, like, talk to everybody yet.

It's too soon.

Interesting. Okay.

I want to just dive into your story because it's so fascinating.

So if you're comfortable, let's get into that, and then we can talk more broadly about these issues.

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