Legally Brunette: The FLDS “Prophet” - Samuel Bateman
Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
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3.6 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
First, Emily and Shane are going over some new revelations in the Anna Kepner case. The step-brother was a suspect from the start… Should the parents share some of the blame?
Then, they’re diving into the FLDS man who inspired the new Netflix documentary, “Trust Me: The False Prophet”. Sam Bateman was a fake leader, master manipulator and pedophile. How did he meet his end?
Plus, what led these other God-fearing men to follow a fake prophet? What happened to the victims in this story? Who were the true heroes?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Hi, guys. Welcome to an episode of Legally Brunette. |
| 0:08.8 | I'll be your host today, Emily Simpson with... |
| 0:11.6 | Shane. |
| 0:12.1 | Okay, first of all, before we get into the bulk of what we're going to talk about today, |
| 0:15.4 | we do have an update on a case we talked about previously. |
| 0:19.8 | So if you have not listened to this episode, |
| 0:21.7 | it is the Anna Kepner case, |
| 0:23.6 | which was the, |
| 0:24.6 | I'm sure you remember this case. |
| 0:25.8 | It was the young girl that was found on the cruise. |
| 0:29.3 | On the cruise ship. |
| 0:30.8 | So Anna Kepner was 18 and she was found dead under her bed |
| 0:34.0 | in the cabin she shared with her stepbrother |
| 0:36.4 | during a November 2025 cruise. |
| 0:39.7 | The death was later ruled a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation. |
| 0:44.0 | This was what we learned afterwards. |
| 0:47.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.1 | So the FBI has been investigating and TH that they don't release the name because |
| 0:53.7 | Yeah, but they're trying him as an adult but |
| 0:55.9 | they don't want to they're like we're going to treat you like an adult but sometimes we're |
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