The Psychology of a ‘Doomsday Mom’ What Made Lori Vallow Kill?
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
3 • 791 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
What turns a loving mother into a self-declared goddess on a divine mission to destroy? Lori Vallow Daybell’s transformation from suburban mom to apocalyptic believer captivated the nation—and left a trail of death and disbelief. In this episode, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott unpacks the rare psychological disorders that may have fueled Lori’s descent into delusion. Was it narcissism, untreated mental illness, or something more sinister? We explore how Lori and her doomsday partner Chad Daybell spiraled into a shared belief system so extreme it blurred the lines between spiritual obsession and calculated homicide. Why didn’t anyone stop her—and could it happen again?
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| 0:10.0 | Everyone feels good. |
| 0:13.0 | Except David. |
| 0:15.0 | He is ecstatic. |
| 0:18.0 | Take a little more action with a NatWest Cusham workplace pension. |
| 0:22.3 | Tomorrow begins today. |
| 0:24.4 | Search NatWest Cushion, capital at risk. |
| 0:30.1 | This is continuing coverage of the case against Lori Valladay Bell from the Hidden |
| 0:35.2 | Killer's podcast and True Crime Today. Be nice when Daybell from the Hidden Killers podcast and True Crime Today. |
| 0:39.0 | Be nice when, uh, when Daybell is over. |
| 0:41.8 | But there's going to be more. |
| 0:43.8 | Today we're diving into one of the most twisted family sagas in modern crime history. |
| 0:49.3 | The case of Lori Vallow Daybell, the so-called doomsday mom. What started as a strange tale of religious |
| 0:56.3 | obsession spiraled into a chilling series of deaths, her children, her former husband, even her new |
| 1:03.0 | husband's previous wife, for added measure, all gone. Lori's been convicted now in two states, |
| 1:10.2 | but beyond the headlines and courtroom drama, we've got to ask, |
| 1:13.6 | how does a seemingly loving mother come to believe her kids are zombies |
| 1:17.4 | and that God wants her to help send them to the afterlife? |
| 1:22.0 | You know, like a good loving mom does. |
| 1:23.8 | To help us impact the tangled mess of delusion, manipulation, and likely undiagnosed |
| 1:29.7 | mental illness at the heart of all this, we're joined by psychotherapist Chavon, Scott, |
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