VISIONS OF GLORY: THOM HARRISON and HIS INFLUENCE ON CHAD DAYBELL, TIM BALLARD and JODI HILDEBRANDT

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 303 minutes

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PART 1 of HIDDEN TRUE CRIME'S COLLABORATION WITH MORMON STORIES PODCAST with Host John Dehlin and Lauren Matthias. What do Chad Daybell, Tim Ballard, Jodi Hildebrandt all have in common? Is it Thom Harrison, author of Visions of Glory? PART ONE explores a book that Hidden True Crime host Lauren Matthias believes motivated the extreme beliefs of not just Chad and Lori Vallow, but also Tim Ballard and recently imprisoned therapist Jodi Hildebrandt. Thom Harrison is a Utah therapist who published a book called "Visions of Glory" in 2012, focusing on three of his alleged near-death experiences (including personal visitations from Jesus Christ). Thom Harrison and his book have been highly influential across the Mormon "prepper" community, and particularly in the lives and stories of Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow, Tim Ballard, Jodi Hildebrandt, as well as other "preppers" such as Julie Rowe, Rod Meldrum, and alleged abuser-therapist Maurice Harker. Megan Conner, Lori Vallow Daybell's cousin, as well as Mindy Caldwell, cohost these two episodes exploring the book Visions of Glory, and the influence that Thom Harrison has had an extremist Mormon prepper community. Other pertinent Hidden True Crime Episodes: Daybell crash course Chad Daybell speech Braxton Southwick Interview Jodi Hildebrandt beliefs Tim Ballard LAUREN MATTHIAS has worked as an anchor and reporter for ABC, NBC, and FOX News in Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah. She spent a decade reporting on a diverse range of topics from high profile crimes to Presidential visits.. In 2015 she received the Idaho State Broadcaster’s Association Best Reporter award. She left the reporting world to produce the Hidden True Crime Podcast along with her husband Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and is a frequent contributor on News Nation. WEBSITE: https://hiddentruecrime.com/ TO SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/hiddentruecrime https://paypal.me/hiddentruecrime Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.armoire.style* Check out Effecty and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.effecty.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hidden-a-true-crime-podcast1836/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories
0:07.8	podcast. I am one of your hosts for today John Delin. It is October 17th, 2023, and I am beyond excited to be here with you today
0:20.8	with an illustrious epic star panel to be discussing the topic of visions of glory, the book,
0:30.0	and the author of the book, the secret author of the book, Utah Mormon therapist Tom Harrison.
0:39.0	I'll be introducing the illustrious panel in just a second.
0:44.0	But the way I want to begin, I want to begin by setting
0:47.7	the context for those who are joining us
0:52.2	for the first time who haven't been tracking Mormonism and Mormon news and current events over the past year or 20 years as it as it may be and for history sake because at some point someone's going to find
1:06.5	you know these podcasts in five ten twenty years and they're going to want to learn some history
1:11.6	and so for those of you who have been on the equivalent of
1:15.2	Mormon Mars, you may or those who have been tracking you will have heard about
1:22.2	Chad and Lori Daybell sometimes called the
1:25.0	doomsday cold couple who were Mormons who ended up allegedly killing
1:33.6	Chad's Chad's wife Lori you know through through associates or in some other means a couple of her kids end up dead.
1:46.4	At least one ex-husband if not to end up being killed. Her brother ends up dying.
1:52.1	Of course you've all heard by now of Chad
1:54.1	Debel and Lori Valo. Maybe you've also heard of Tim Ballard, Operation Under Ground Railroad, superhero Mormon Guy who now is being
2:07.6	accused of sexual harassment, fraud, and all sorts of awful things.
2:13.0	Of course, we've been trying to cover that here on Mormon stories
2:16.0	and it's been covered elsewhere.
2:18.0	Maybe you heard about Jody Hildebrandt and Ruby Frankie
2:22.0	and the Eight passengers disasters that have been
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