The LeBaron Polygamy Cult—P1: "Murder in the Name of God"

Was I in a Cult?

Liz Iacuzzi

Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

She was born into one of the most dangerous polygamist cults in modern history — led by the infamous Ervil LeBaron, aptly nicknamed "The Mormon Manson," a man who believed in murder for salvation.

Her father had eleven wives, fifty-seven children, and a thousand secrets.

This is Pamela Jones.

She was six when she became a caretaker.

Eleven when she learned to fear bullets.

And fifteen when she thought marriage might save her.

It didn't.

But what makes her story unforgettable isn't just the horror she survived — it's the woman she became after it.

In this first episode of her stunning three-part story, Pamela pulls back the curtain on the LeBaron cult and shows us how she found light, power, and freedom in the rubble.

Because sometimes, the ones born into darkness become the ones who burn the brightest.

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0:00.0	They rationed everything.
0:07.0	They rationed my water.
0:08.0	They probably would have rationed my air if they could figure that out.
0:12.0	And they took away everything you can think of.
0:15.0	But in all of that, they could not take away my imagination.
0:19.0	I can imagine anything.
0:20.0	I can imagine I was a princess.
0:22.0	But in my wildest imaginations,
0:24.8	I could have never imagined the life that I live now.
0:29.0	That I would be the person that I am today is like,
0:31.6	I really cannot believe this is my life.
0:35.3	Take out your night. Beautiful. believe this is my life.
0:54.9	Welcome to our show, everyone.
0:56.3	Was I in a cult?
0:58.2	I'm Liz Ayakuzi.
0:59.9	And I'm Tyler Meissom.
1:02.9	Now, we've been doing the show for four years now,
1:06.3	and we have heard a lot of cult stories. A lot of cult stories.
1:08.8	A buque amount of cult stories. A bucue amount of cold stories.
1:12.4	Yes.
1:13.5	It feels like I imagine how a surgeon feels after hundreds of operations.
1:21.0	Like saving lives?
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