You're going to go. The Welcome to Human Monsters. I want to preface this episode by saying that the actions of Jeffrey Lundgren and his cohorts are not reflective of the

majority of Mormons. I was once a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The people I interacted with as a member

were kind, law-abiding, and devoid of any inclination to commit the types of crimes with which Jeffrey Lundgren and his cult would be charged.

Many people assume that the polygamist types who live in compounds in rural areas represent

the Mormon majority.

I've heard all about the 14 year old brides.

The truth is, those people are fanatics who have distorted and refashioned the church's

beliefs to justify immoral and illegal behavior. Not only do I no longer share

the same beliefs of the common Mormon, but I grew tired of a strict dress code of white shirts on Sundays.

I was also forbidden from partaking of such pleasures as nicotine, alcohol, drugs, tea, and coffee. In fact, their anti-caffeine

stance is so strict I wasn't even allowed to drink colas. I have consumed every item on

that list but the Mormon church is no different from any other when it comes to imposing lifestyle restrictions.

It is also no different than any other when being targeted for criticism about its belief system. A documentary was made in the 1980s that

castigated the Mormon Church. It was made by evangelical Christians and it was called the Godmakers. It failed to acknowledge

that all religions are Godmakers. I'm just doing my part to establish that the Mormon religion is no more a cult than any

other. They're good people like Elizabeth Smart's family. When I moved to Toronto from Monck to New Brunswick, members of my

church connected us to a church in Toronto and they helped us move into our new

home and get settled, members of our church always helped us move.

And when church members called upon us to help them in any way, we obliged. It was a community and to some degree a large

family. Now on to a man who represented his religion in the worst possible way.

Spring 1969.

18-year-old Alice Elizabeth Keeler was a member of the

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