EPISODE · Sep 10, 2013 · 14H 7M
Rebecca Musser - The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
from Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Women · host Rebecca Musser
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice Author: Rebecca Musser Narrator: Rebecca Musser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 12 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: You've watched Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, the top 5 true-crime docuseries on Netflix. Now discover the revealing memoir of one woman featured in the series who was forced into polygamous marriage and her brave struggle to protect others from the same fate. Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood girl, in her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her people's prophet: 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren's father. Finally sickened by the abuse she suffered and saw around her, she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a new life and family. The church, however, had a way of pulling her back in-and by 2007, Rebecca had no choice but to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages. The following year, Rebecca and the rest of the world watched as a team of Texas Rangers raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a stronghold of the FLDS. Rebecca's subsequent testimony would reveal the horrific secrets taking place behind closed doors of the temple, sending their leaders to prison for years, and Warren Jeffs for life. The Witness Wore Red is a gripping account of one woman's struggle to escape the perverse embrace of religious fanaticism and sexual slavery, and a courageous story of hope and transformation.
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