She Survived the FLDS Cult. Now, She’s Healing Through Music

Naomi “Nomz” Bistline was one of Samuel Bateman’s 23 “spiritual wives” — but after a stint in prison, she’s coping with her ...

I married a cult leader at 18 and wasn't allowed to leave the house alone or choose my own meals

Briell Decker, former FLDS member and Warren Jeffs' 65th wife, shares her story of control, escape, and rebuilding a life of ...
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Where Are Samuel Bateman’s Wives Now? Inside the Fight to Free His FLDS Child Brides

Samuel Rappylee Bateman was sentenced in 2024 to 50 years in prison—but what happened to the polygamist leader’s child and ...

Where Is Samuel Bateman Now? Inside His Life After His Victims and 2 Filmmakers Exposed His Abusive Religious Group

Samuel Bateman created an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) after their ...
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5 Disturbing Details Left Out of Trust Me: The False Prophet

The Netflix docuseries 'Trust Me: The False Prophet' revisits the crimes of self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman Netflix Netflix's Trust Me: The False Prophet shows how two documentarians and many ...

I escaped Warren Jeffs’ sick paedo cult after becoming his 65th ‘wife’… then copycat prophet continued his horror legacy

It has been almost 14 years since Briell Decker fled cult leader Warren Jeffs and the fundamentalist Mormon sect that controlled every aspect of her life. Jeffs led the Fundamentalist Church of ...
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Ex-FLDS Woman Realized Her "Life Was a Lie" After Being Exposed to the Outside World in Jail

Born into a reclusive polygamist religious sect, Naomi "Nomz" Bistline had little to no knowledge of the outside world. According to Bistline, she didn't even know who Elvis Presley was, given her ...
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FLDS women and children taken to Fort Concho

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Where is Samuel Bateman now, the FLDS cult leader who took over from Warren Jeffs?

A new Netflix documentary, Trust Me: The False Prophet, explores a branch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of ...
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With Warren Jeffs in Prison for Sex Crimes, Trust Me: the False Prophet Exposes the Evil Man Who Took His Place

In the midst of making Trust Me: The False Prophet, her second Netflix docuseries in five years about sex crimes involving the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), Rachel ...