The Mormon Ties of Serial Killer Israel Keyes 

love the pod, wanna recommend a case! jeffery lundgren and the kirtland cult: my dads side of the family grew up RLDS which is what most if not all of the kirtland cult was. they formed for a similar reason the keys family joined cults which was women being allowed in the priesthood in the 80s. i bring this one up specifically because my uncle actually wanted to follow the cult to kirtland (where it went from cultish bible study group in MO to a doomsday death cult) but his ex wife wouldn't let him, thank god. it's a very mormon story from start to finish so i'm sure you'd find it interesting!

Never Mormon here but lived adjacent to many, I’ve been fascinated with the beliefs since family moved to Utah back in the day. A whole different universe with planets and patriarchy and hidden and ever changing doctrine

Very well done! I learned a ton & found the connection between Israel’s psychopathy & fundamental Mormonism fascinating! Great job! 👍

22:57 comment. Yes! Joseph Smith was ardently anti-allopathy because of the death of his brother Alvin from calomel (mercury). He promoted Thomsonian (Vitalist) medicine among his followers. For example, Dr. Levi Richards, Joseph’s personal physician, (brother of Willard), was a Thomsonian. It was Brigham Young who steered the church into allopathy, beginning primarily in the areas of surgery and midwifery. Although the hubris in his writings can be a bit irritating at times, the two books on this topic by John Heinerman are illuminating. “Joseph Smith and Herbal Medicine” and “Joseph Smith and Natural Foods” are the titles. In today’s world of medicine, the intellectual heirs of Joseph’s beliefs include Dr John R Christopher (The School of Natural Healing) and Dr Christopher’s main protégée, a Nevermo named Dr Richard Schulze. (Can’t tell that I spent a lot of time studying this as a former TBM LDS can you? 😂)

I really enjoy our show and like your presentation. Best Wishes

Just stumbled on your channel and I'm very impressed. High quality, detailed analysis, extremely well edited and your delivery is very engaging. Nice work!

Brilliant material. I got so excited when I saw a new video. Thank you!

I love your channel, I'm so glad I found it, and today I learned so much more about the Mormon church.

I know little about Mormonism and even less about Israel Keyes, but I DO know that _those earrings are _*_STUNNING!_* 🫢😲🤩

This was very interesting! Thank you! 🩷👍

I love true crime and I happened to look up Mormon true crime and here I am! Love this channel so far! I’ve been an inactive Mormon since 2005 and I love how she breaks down the different kinds of LDS ppl there are. This channel is truly entertaining as well as eye-opening! Keep it up! I support you!

I love the true crime with a Mormon connection podcasts.

I've known stuff like that is in the Book of Mormon, but I've never heard the actual passages. Thanks for reading them.

Anti social doesn’t mean people that like to be left alone & not socialize with others.

I agree with this assessment! 💯

Finally got around to listening to a full episode of this show! I havent been a big follower of true crime but damn this is fascinating... I would love to hear more talk about why he might have done what he did, it seemed kinda like the ted bundy stuff came out of nowhere, but i guess this was more focused on the influences of mormonism. Guess i have some documentaries to watch 😅

This is so sad. He was a product of his environment. Horrible

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I am a former member of the LDS church and was 12 years old when the church announced the lifting of the ban on black members. You might want to check your Joseph Smith quote. He was killed on 27 Jun 1844. Your quote is attributed to 1845.

The eleven paintings with the "we are one" quote seems to be some kind of 'spiritual' declaration. Maybe it's a stretch to say that is related to his kookie upbringing. Or maybe it's simply "we are all dead". Anyway, love your channel!!

Oh the hair thing. Oh my. He was one scary dude. He is the one that bothers me the most, because of his intelligence and mobility. He was just everywhere. And successful bank robberies also. Just scary af that there might be more out there like him.

The church had no choice because of charity status.standing in the world and remember they hated martin luther king...very sad these prophets were not christian but racist for over 130 years.😢😢

One very minor correction, Korihor was one of the antichrists from the Book of Mormon. Kishkumen was the guy who started the Gadianton Robbers which caused the downfall of the government. We all know all it takes is a single incorrect statement to completely discredit everything else you said 😅

This reminds me of Tara Westover

It probably did influence him😢

When did you live in Anchorage?

Something not mentioned, Israel’s baby mama was Black and Indigenous, making his daughter multiracial. An interesting choice for someone with his upbringing.

I thought ted bundy was raised Christian

1 Comment: There were 10 kids and only Israel "became" a serial killer. I feel that he was already one inside. The other kids would have been subjected to the same nonsense as he, but were of a different neurodiversity from him. What becomes of any of us is only partly environment. A big chunk is what stuffs this environment acts upon. My opinion, pues claro, based on my own observations of similar families.