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American Nightmares

S5 E4 - The Buyer

American Nightmares

Gamut Podcast Network

True Crime

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Peterson has spent years trying to pull his kids out of the Zion Society - until the cult’s hunger for money creates an opening. When his ex-wife Carla asks for help selling the group’s lingerie line, “Sweet Things,” Jeff hires a private investigator to pose as a Las Vegas buyer and go undercover inside Northwood.

What she captures on camera changes everything. But there’s a catch: Jeff’s custody deal comes with a vow of silence - until Detective Mike King’s investigation collides with Jeff’s case, freeing him to talk. With corroboration in hand and the clock ticking, Mike prepares to raid the quiet neighborhood at dawn.

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:19.0

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0:24.3

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0:30.8

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0:40.0

That's Dutch.com promo code nightmares. I looked at him and I said, do you ever worry that people come in here for the wrong reasons?

1:05.3

And he goes, oh no, the Holy Ghost knows right away whether they're here for the right reasons or not.

1:21.5

Jeff Peterson was married to the woman we're calling Carla when she ran off to join the Zion Society and took two of

1:28.7

their children with her, after selling the others back to their dad for $10,000. During her six

1:36.0

years in the cult, Carla's thirst for power and superiority propelled her up through the ranks

1:41.9

until she sat at the right hand of its leader, Arvin Shreve.

1:47.3

Throughout those years, Jeff didn't know the extent of the cult's abuse, but it was obvious to him

1:53.9

that something was off and that it was not a place he wanted his kids to be. He was able to buy

2:00.5

temporary custody of some of his children,

2:03.4

but Carla still had certain visitation rights. Twice a month, they'd leave Jeff to go stay with their

2:10.2

mother in Northwood. The kids had come back and there was just a lot of weird, weird

2:16.1

going on.

2:20.0

I still didn't know much, you know.

2:26.5

For nearly six years, Jeff could only stand by as his children were taken from him by people he knew were hurting them.

2:29.5

Because it's fissitation.

2:31.2

So you send your kids down a place like that and the kids are mistreated and they

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