The Killer Prophet: Ervil LeBaron Pt. 1

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In the 1920s, the LeBaron family settles in Mexico to practice their own sect of Mormonism. They establish a settlement, open a church, and work the farms. But after the family patriarch dies, the settlement becomes a bloody battleground for brothers all claiming to be a prophet. Guest host Madison McGhee of Ice Cold Case joins the podcast to discuss killer prophet Ervil LeBaron. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you walk through a small dusty town in Chihuahua, Mexico, you'll hear one surname over and over again.
0:12.0	The family's roots in Mexico date back more than a hundred years.
0:18.0	A settlement called Colonia Liberin was established in the 1950s as a utopia
0:23.3	for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to live in peace and practice their faith.
0:30.6	But in the 1970s, the peace is shattered by one man. Ervil Liberin.
0:40.5	Ervil has drawn comparisons to Charles Manson.
0:46.3	Both were charismatic, messianic figures who preached violence and ordered their devout followers to kill their perceived enemies.
0:49.6	And Erval's enemy list was long.
0:53.1	It included everyone from Richard Nixon to the president of the LDS Church.
0:58.3	He was the shot caller behind at least 33 murders.
1:02.3	But his first victims were his own family.
1:09.5	Welcome to serial killers, a Spotify podcast. Every Monday, we bring you the true crime
1:15.0	stories that stand out. I'm Madison McGee. You may know me from my podcast Ice Cold Case. For years,
1:22.2	I've been investigating the unsolved murder of my father. But what you may not know is that I'm
1:27.0	fascinated by killer
1:28.3	cults. So join me on the next two episodes of serial killers as we talk about Ervil LeBaron,
1:34.9	the menacing leader of an LDS sect in Mexico who's been compared to Charles Manson.
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1:54.5	This episode includes discussions of murder and statutory rape.
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