Caveat … The story you are about to read is true and I never killed anyone unless it was a justifiable homicide. Fulano's Blog Search Guest Blog: David Marston's Life Story (A Brother of Anna LeBaron) Posted on November 7, 2010 Caveat…The story you are about to read is true and I never killed anyone…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: “The Blood Covenant” by Rena Chynoweth
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron of my Aunt Rena Chynoweth's "The Blood Covenant" This Memoir, written over thirty-five years ago, struck me as the work of an immature apologist and revisionist. Its bias toward my Uncle Ervil's cold-hearted cult hangs like a cobweb over this tale co-authored by my Ex-Aunt, infamous Rena Chynoweth. The last I…
Rebecca Kimbel: Producer, Artist, Ex-Mormon Fundy, Human Rights Advocate, and Community Activist
NOTE: The following is a re-post of a past blog post. Since that previous posting, some things have changed: E.g., Rebecca Kimbel recently published her monumental Memoir: Born in Polygamy.I bought the manuscript last week on Amazon.com. I'm now in the process of reading this masterpiece that promises to be the Bible of all books…
Books & Media That Changed My Life
Books & Media That Changed My Life for the Better oN MY JOURNEY from Fundism to freedom Born In Polygamy: A True Crime Autobiographyby Rebecca Kimbel | May 14, 2020 Escape Prisons of the Mindby Kaziah May Hancock | Apr 12, 2022 The mind-blowing truth about Roswell! “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read…
Review by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: THE LEBARON STORY by Esther LeBaron Spencer and Verlan LeBaron
Joseph Smith, Benjamin Franklin Johnson, Alma Dayer LeBaron, and Joel Franklin LeBaron Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: THE LEBARON STORY by Esther LeBaron Spencer and Verlan LeBaron"The LeBaron Story" is truly a "Vanity Book" – not only because my uncle Verlan LeBaron paid a publishing company in 1981 (back when self-publishing was not the norm) to publish the book – but also because…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Scott Anderson’s “The 4 O’Clock Murders”
Investigative Journalist Scott Anderson, Author of The 4 O'clock Murders Scott Anderson's "The 4 O'clock Murders," published in 1993, is a must-read for those interested in a documentary of America's most bizarre but now apparently defunct crime family. The Doc chronicles the history of this extremist cult initiated in the late 1960s by the sociopathic serial…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: MAUD’S STORY by Charlotte LeBaron
In 2017, I bought and read Maud's Story, a 2013 self-published/Vanity Press book written by my Aunt Charlotte LeBaron -- my Mother's brother Verlan LeBaron's first wife. It's a short book consisting mainly of letters supposedly written by Maud Lucinda McDonald LeBaron* -- letters run-together in often hard-to-decipher paragraphs more akin to vignettes. It appears, at the time of this book's…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Luna Lindsey’s “Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control”
"Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control" By Luna Lindsey Review by Stephany Spencer -LeBaron:"Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control"By Luna Lindsey On FaceBook in October of 2016 I discovered the excellent Writer Luna Lindsey. Then I learned she had written and published a book I, an ex-Mormon fundamentalist, needed to read:…
Media of Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Famous ‘n’ Infamous Relatives
Famous 'n' InfamousRelatives "We all come from the past,and children ought to know what it wasthat went into their making."Russell Baker The following book by Diana Spencer's brother, Charles Spencer, the ninth Earl of England, chronicles the story of his Royal family. It may be of interest to Spencer families and anyone related…
Pieces by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Producer Doris Hanson
I recommend listening to Doris Hanson's YouTube interviews. She had her own independent TV show for many years. Now she produces her shows on YouTube.I've learned much from listening to these excellent interviews she has done of especially mainstream Mormons, but also Mormon fundamentalists who have left or escaped the Sect/Cult they were raised in.…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Anna LeBaron’s “The Polygamist’s Daughter”
By Stephany Spencer: Review of my cousin Anna LeBaron’s Memoir: The Polygamist’s Daughter *Note:This is a re-post Review I wrote some years ago when Anna Le Baron's first Memoir came out. I hear she's now in the process of writing her second book. Follow her on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. And…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Zelph on the Shelf: Mormons, Ex-Mormons, and Censorship Culture”
I just discovered a most valuable and wonderful Website, "Zelph on the Shelf: Mormons, Ex-Mormons, and Censorship Culture." I read part of it. So very much look forward to reading more when I have time.Although I presently believe we are spiritual beings having a physical experience -- in other words, I am no longer a Social-Scientific-Thinker --…
Review by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: “It’s Not About the Sex” My Ass!
An update of my January 9, 2017 Review of "It's Not About the Sex" My Ass: Confessions of an Ex-Mormon Ex-Polygamist Ex-Wife: I don't usually do Book Reviews, for lack of time. But this book was so super, I listened to it straight through, on Audible; then listened to it again two times more -- then…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron:Homage to Detective Sam Brower, Author of “Prophet’s Prey:” A Chronology of Warren Jeffs, the FLDS, and Short Creek/Colorado City
Author and Private Investigator Sam Brower The Book "Prophet's Prey," was authored by outstanding LDS Mormon Leader, Activist, Detective, and Private Investigator Sam Brower. It is among the best books written on life within Mormon fundamentalist clans and enclaves. A film by the same title, "Prophet's Prey," opened in theaters on September 18th, 2017, based on…
Review By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by Ruth Wariner
NOTE: The following is a Review of The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by my cousin Ruth Wariner. ("Wariner" is Ruth's mother's maiden name. My mother's brother self-proclaimed Prophet Joel LeBaron was Ruth's father.) By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron:I've read once, listened thrice to Ruth Wariner's book, The Sound of Gravel, giving it higher ratings with each…
Media of Stephany Spencer- LeBaron’s Extended Family, Friends, and Fundamentalist Mormon Cults
Media on My Extended Family, Friends and Fundamentalist Mormon Cults Note: Much of what I have posted here was posted years ago. I've not updated it although I know there is much more I could now Post if time allowed. E.g.: Daughters of the Cult, a Docuseries on Hulu. Deliver Us From Ervil, a Podcast…