Ed Larson

They're almost there. Now, by 2018, Lori Vallow was 45 years old and had become absolutely obsessed with the Mormon near-death experience world. Besides the works of Chad Daybell and Julie Rowe, Lori was also a fan of a book called The Second Comforter, written by a man with the unlikely name of Denver C. Snuffer Jr.

I remember when Denver C. Snuffer Jr. molested Big Red. He was Oscar the Grouch's roommate, right? Yeah. Drifter.

I remember when Denver C. Snuffer Jr. molested Big Red. He was Oscar the Grouch's roommate, right? Yeah. Drifter.

I remember when Denver C. Snuffer Jr. molested Big Red. He was Oscar the Grouch's roommate, right? Yeah. Drifter.

You know me as well. Get that second comforter, ladies and gentlemen. It's a game changer. It really does make your life a lot better.

You know me as well. Get that second comforter, ladies and gentlemen. It's a game changer. It really does make your life a lot better.

You know me as well. Get that second comforter, ladies and gentlemen. It's a game changer. It really does make your life a lot better.

Fantastic. But in the Mormon world, you can't be into the near-death experience trip without also falling into the end times obsession. Because these two subjects were intrinsically linked by the time Lori arrived on the scene.

Fantastic. But in the Mormon world, you can't be into the near-death experience trip without also falling into the end times obsession. Because these two subjects were intrinsically linked by the time Lori arrived on the scene.

Fantastic. But in the Mormon world, you can't be into the near-death experience trip without also falling into the end times obsession. Because these two subjects were intrinsically linked by the time Lori arrived on the scene.

So after the Vallow family moved back to Arizona, they don't live in Hawaii anymore, they're back in Arizona, Lori joined so many other neo-fundamentalist Mormons in becoming a doomsday prepper. Makes sense because Arizona already looks like the set of Mad Max. True.

So after the Vallow family moved back to Arizona, they don't live in Hawaii anymore, they're back in Arizona, Lori joined so many other neo-fundamentalist Mormons in becoming a doomsday prepper. Makes sense because Arizona already looks like the set of Mad Max. True.

So after the Vallow family moved back to Arizona, they don't live in Hawaii anymore, they're back in Arizona, Lori joined so many other neo-fundamentalist Mormons in becoming a doomsday prepper. Makes sense because Arizona already looks like the set of Mad Max. True.

Now by October of 2018, Lori Vallow had found her way to a Mormon end times class taught by a writer and so-called life coach, a woman named Melanie Gibb.

Now by October of 2018, Lori Vallow had found her way to a Mormon end times class taught by a writer and so-called life coach, a woman named Melanie Gibb.

Now by October of 2018, Lori Vallow had found her way to a Mormon end times class taught by a writer and so-called life coach, a woman named Melanie Gibb.

Yeah. gibb you may remember had been inspired by chad daybell and it opened a local branch of the doomsday prepper organization preparing a people in arizona it's preparing people he made them know them better as pap

Yeah. gibb you may remember had been inspired by chad daybell and it opened a local branch of the doomsday prepper organization preparing a people in arizona it's preparing people he made them know them better as pap

Yeah. gibb you may remember had been inspired by chad daybell and it opened a local branch of the doomsday prepper organization preparing a people in arizona it's preparing people he made them know them better as pap

If you do that, I'll say, you got me. Well, before long, Lori was a committed member of PAP as well. And with a receptive audience, her bullshit very quickly took off to the next level. At PAP meetings, Lori would claim that she no longer needed to sleep because angels would wake her up throughout the night to instruct her on how best to do God's work. She lived on angel energy. That's cool.