Image of the Day: Master bedroom in the polygamy lair of Warren Jeffs
August 11 (The Daily) – The Daily has obtained from prosecutors a range of evidence from the trial of Warren Jeffs, including thousands of pages of documents and photos seized from his compound during a 2008 raid by Texas Rangers. A court reporter provided eight audio recordings in the case: six that were played during the trial and two that have never before been heard publicly. Much of the audio was not fit for publication. This audio recording is of Jeffs on a phone call with 12 female followers. He made all of the tapes himself. EXHIBIT 50E
Jeffs wrote instructions on how this bed, found on the top floor of the limestone temple at YFZ Ranch, should be built, specifying a plastic-covered mattress and a pedestal that didn’t make creaking sounds. EXHIBIT 28C
Prosecutors believe that Jeffs held orgies in this bath, which he termed a “baptismal font,” with groups of his wives. Prosecutors played for the jury an audio recording that they said was of Jeffs having group sex in the bath. EXHIBIT 9.88
A 15-year-old “spiritual wife” of Jeffs wrote the self-proclaimed prophet this adoring letter. She looks pregnant, and authorities say DNA tests on her son confirmed that she was indeed impregnated by Jeffs. The girl is now 20. EXHIBIT 22H
Jeffs lived in the so-called Big House on the YFZ Ranch, which prosecutor Eric Nichols touched on in closing arguments: “Mr. Jeffs had his big house, where he chose to warehouse hundreds of girls and women for his sexual gratification. The state of Texas has a big house too, and that is where Warren Jeffs should spend the rest of his days.” […]
not sure this article is at the level of this so important blog. Maybe there is something I have overlooked ?
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Arguably, this is off-topic, but Desdemona was raised on Jim Jones and the Bhagwan Rajneesh (a.k.a "Osho") and so has a long-held interest in cult phenomena.