Priscilla Tucker, Part 1: The Kingstons, Polygamy, and a Cousin Engagement

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

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Priscilla Tucker, friend of the show and survivor of Mormon-offshoot polygamist group the Kingstons, talks about the origins of the group and how it differs from other polygamist sects, why so many members become doctors and lawyers, and her upbringing, including how she began working for pennies from the age of 8. They also discuss the leader of the group, its history of incest and underage marriages, and her brief underage engagement to her first cousin. Check out our amazing sponsors!!! Thrive Causemetics: Get an exclusive 15% off your first order at ThriveCausemetics.com/trustme ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/trustme and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! Progressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive! Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!!! bit.ly/trustmemerch INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me, do you trust me? Trust me, I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never
0:25.6	lied to you. I never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.5	Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cult, extreme belief, and manipulation from two escape artists
0:38.2	who've actually experienced it and I am low-low-blown. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. And today,
0:41.9	our guest is Priscilla Tucker, survivor of the polygamous group The Kingston's and Friend of the
0:46.8	Show. In part one of this two-parter today, she's going to tell us about the group she grew up in
0:50.4	and how it differs from other polygamous sex like the FLDS, how a number of members become
0:54.4	doctors and lawyers to keep everything within the group and what her life was like growing up,
0:58.6	working at a job for pennies from the age of eight. She'll also tell us about the leader of the
1:03.3	group and how many wives he had, the widespread incest, arranged marriages historically with
1:08.5	many underage girls and how she was pressured into a very brief engagement with her first cousin.
1:13.8	And we will be talking more about her story next week. Priscilla is the close friend of my
1:19.4	mother's actually. She's an angel. She's the angel. We had dinner the other night. Actually,
1:24.3	it was lovely. It was animal, it was delicious. It was, oh, it was at the restaurant animal.
1:27.9	The restaurant animal? Thank you. Which is so good. I'm in the animal cult. Before we dive in,
1:34.8	Megan told me your cultiest thing. Well, it's Monday. It is the second of April, correct? It's the third.
1:42.0	It's the third of April, whatever. Jury selection started today for Laurie Valo, cult mom.
1:49.5	Oh, my God. I thought you were going to say for you when I was excited for Laurie Valo. I was
1:53.6	actually once on a murder. Me too. Wow. Well, another day, another. Yeah. So she's in Idaho.
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