Join Lindsay as she interview Irene Spencer who is the widow of Verlan LeBaron, prophet of the LeBaron group or The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times. Irene married Verlan at age 16 and moved to the LeBaron ranch in Mexico shortly after. She tells her story of being swept into a cult following because of her religious upbringing and what being a polygamous wife was like.

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Original episode on the LeBaron Group
• Irene Spencer Books
• Irene Spencer Books on Facebook

Join  Lindsay as she discusses the famous woman married to Brigham Young, dubbed as “Brigham’s Pet,” Amelia Folsom, said to be his favorite wife.

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• The Tyranny of Mormonism: Or An Englishwoman in Utah; an Autobiography
•  By Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse, Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Devotees and Their Shrines: A Hand Book of Utah Art
•  By Alice Merrill Horne

The Daily Argus News – Apr 27, 1894