The Cult of Emmanuel David Pt1: “Life After Death”
Was I In A Cult?
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🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In August of 1978, one of the darkest chapters in Utah’s history unfolded. A man claiming to be God became the catalyst for a tragedy that left a city shaken and a family shattered. Emmanuel David—born Charles Bruce Longo—founded a small but insidious cult rooted in offshoot Mormon beliefs, prophetic delusions, and total control.
Despite the mass suicide—or murder-suicide, depending on who you ask—the cult didn’t die with its leader. The remaining believers held on. They kept the doctrine alive. And for decades, they waited for their God to return.
Today’s guest is one of the few who remained.
This is Part 1 of her story.
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| 1:19.6 | Please note that today's episode includes discussions of sexual abuse, suicide, and a mass tragedy involving children. |
| 1:21.8 | Please listen with care. |
| 1:30.3 | The David family lived in the International Dunes Hotel in Salt Lake City. Rachel David led her children out to this 11th floor balcony. Morning traffic passed below. |
| 1:36.3 | And it was from the 11th floor balcony of their apartment that the eight members of the family either jumped or in the case of some of the children were seen being pushed. |
| 1:46.2 | The family believed they should join their father in death. |
| 1:49.9 | Emmanuel David, as he called himself, claimed to be the leader of the world. |
| 1:53.9 | After excommunication from the Mormon church, he founded a tiny cult of his own. |
| 1:58.8 | Bruce Lindsay for CBS News, Salt Lake City. |
| 2:00.9 | Welcome to what's I and a cults. |
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| 2:15.7 | I'm Tyler Meeseam. |
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