Lori Hellis

Monsters are real. Aliens are here.

Monsters are real. Aliens are here.

Most people, when they think about fundamentalist Mormons, think about the FLDS, the community that's up on the Utah-Arizona border. And they're the group that you see wearing the prairie skirts and the very stylized hairdos and practicing polygamy.

Most people, when they think about fundamentalist Mormons, think about the FLDS, the community that's up on the Utah-Arizona border. And they're the group that you see wearing the prairie skirts and the very stylized hairdos and practicing polygamy.

So when people think about the fundamentalist LDS church, that's really what their picture is. But there is another faction. And I always sort of describe it as like Russian nesting dolls, kind of one inside the other. Because there is definitely a core group of fundamentalists who are really embedded in the mainstream church. And those are the Chad Daybells.

So when people think about the fundamentalist LDS church, that's really what their picture is. But there is another faction. And I always sort of describe it as like Russian nesting dolls, kind of one inside the other. Because there is definitely a core group of fundamentalists who are really embedded in the mainstream church. And those are the Chad Daybells.

And what they're attempting to do is to really undo a lot of the liberalization and modernization of the LDS church over the years.

And what they're attempting to do is to really undo a lot of the liberalization and modernization of the LDS church over the years.

I mean, it's in their name, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They believe that we are in the latter days, that Jesus Christ is going to come back, that the book of Revelations is going to be fulfilled.

I mean, it's in their name, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They believe that we are in the latter days, that Jesus Christ is going to come back, that the book of Revelations is going to be fulfilled.

Chad claimed that he was a visionary, that he could see beyond the veil, that he could talk to people in heaven, and that he had this line of communication. And so he was communicating with everyone else the direction he was getting from heaven.

Chad claimed that he was a visionary, that he could see beyond the veil, that he could talk to people in heaven, and that he had this line of communication. And so he was communicating with everyone else the direction he was getting from heaven.

So initially, Chad told Lori that they had been married to one another in the time of Jesus and that they had been friends and followers of Jesus and that Chad had been James the Just.

So initially, Chad told Lori that they had been married to one another in the time of Jesus and that they had been friends and followers of Jesus and that Chad had been James the Just.

he convinced her that they had this mission that they needed to fulfill. So throughout the time that they're espousing this information, they're going to people that they know and say, we think you're part of the 144,000.

he convinced her that they had this mission that they needed to fulfill. So throughout the time that they're espousing this information, they're going to people that they know and say, we think you're part of the 144,000.

Well, they were very charismatic, but they looked for people who had certain vulnerabilities. And so when they were reaching out to people, they were looking for people who felt like they were on the fringes, And reaching out to them and saying, you're special. And you're not on the fringes because you're odd. You're on the fringes because you're more enlightened than everybody else around you.

Well, they were very charismatic, but they looked for people who had certain vulnerabilities. And so when they were reaching out to people, they were looking for people who felt like they were on the fringes, And reaching out to them and saying, you're special. And you're not on the fringes because you're odd. You're on the fringes because you're more enlightened than everybody else around you.

You're special. And that was the way that they manipulated people.

You're special. And that was the way that they manipulated people.