Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood AtonementLife for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first book, Shattered Dreams, is the staggering chronicle of herstruggle to provide for her children in abject poverty and feelings of abandonment each time her husband left to be with one of his other wives. Irene was raised to believe polygamy was the way of life necessary for her ticket to heaven. The hard knocks of her environment were just the beginning of Irene's shocking tale. Insanity ran rampant in her husband's family and was the source of inconceivable events that unfolded throughout Irene's adult life. Cult Insanity takes readers deeper into her story to uncover the outrageous behavior of her brother-in-law Ervil -- a self-proclaimed prophet who determined he was called to set the house of God in order -- and how he terrorized their colony. Claiming to be God's avenger and to have a license to kill in the name of God, Ervil ordered the murders of friends and family members, eliminating all those who challenged his authority. For those who were gripped by Shattered Dreams, the rest of the story will blow them away. Cult Insanity is a riveting, terrifying memoir of polygamist life under the tyranny of a madman. |
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... heads of all polygamist households faithfully read and expounded its teachings to their children. My sisters and I read his magazine, savoring every word. Musser wrote eloquently about the sacrifices the polygamists had endured ...
... heads of all polygamist households faithfully read and expounded its teachings to their children. My sisters and I read his magazine, savoring every word. Musser wrote eloquently about the sacrifices the polygamists had endured ...
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... me from head to foot. My hair looked like a powdered wig. It wasn't quite the impression I had hoped to make on my new family, but it was definitely dramatic!) Verlan could see my disappointment as I washed up, but CHAPTER.
... me from head to foot. My hair looked like a powdered wig. It wasn't quite the impression I had hoped to make on my new family, but it was definitely dramatic!) Verlan could see my disappointment as I washed up, but CHAPTER.
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... head, flipped it back, and resumed washing my bare legs and feet. Feeling at least somewhat refreshed, I followed Verlan back inside. By then night was falling, so he lit a coal oil lamp that sat on the wooden kitchen table. Then he led ...
... head, flipped it back, and resumed washing my bare legs and feet. Feeling at least somewhat refreshed, I followed Verlan back inside. By then night was falling, so he lit a coal oil lamp that sat on the wooden kitchen table. Then he led ...
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... head as Ervil continued. We couldn't believe how disparagingly he spoke of his tall, pretty wife and her beliefs. “In a way,” he said, “it's not her fault to be counted less worthy.” He looked at me as he continued enlightening me. “It ...
... head as Ervil continued. We couldn't believe how disparagingly he spoke of his tall, pretty wife and her beliefs. “In a way,” he said, “it's not her fault to be counted less worthy.” He looked at me as he continued enlightening me. “It ...
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... head in embarrassment. “I don't know that verse yet.” It was then that I realized he couldn't read at all. He had memorized the verses as he listened to Grandmother read to him. When I began reciting nursery rhymes to the children, they ...
... head in embarrassment. “I don't know that verse yet.” It was then that I realized he couldn't read at all. He had memorized the verses as he listened to Grandmother read to him. When I began reciting nursery rhymes to the children, they ...
Contents
CHAPTER EIGHT | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
CHAPTER NINETEEN | |
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE | |
CHAPTER TWENTYNINE | |
CHAPTER THIRTYTHREE | |
CHAPTER THIRTYSEVEN | |
CHAPTER FORTYONE | |
CHAPTER FORTYFOUR | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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