Tag: Colorado City

Former member of Warren Jeffs’ polygamous Mormon cult who grew up with 35 SIBLINGS and four moms returns to the Arizona town which he fled at the age of 18

Published July 3, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor story, Warren Jeffs

A man who grew up in polygamist family with 35 siblings and four moms as part of Warren Jeffs' abusive religious cult has spoken out about what his unusual upbringing was like. In a YouTube documentary made by filmmaker Drew…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult’ US town run by polygamist leader where everyone asks ‘what are you hiding?’

Published May 22, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, Warren Jeffs

A creepy town in Arizona used to be home to the polygamist cult-leader Warren Jeffs and was dubbed online as “somewhere you don’t stop for gas”. Colorado City, Arizona, makes up part of a fundamentalist Mormon community that straddles the…[Continue Reading...]

The Arizona Strip’s ‘but also’ towns: They’re beautiful, but also trying to overcome their own dark histories

Published September 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Hildale, Polygamist cult, polygamist towns, Utah

COLORADO CITY, Ariz — Surrounded by beautiful mountains and sweeping valleys, the "twin cities" of the Arizona Strip — Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah — are dealing with the same issues as any other city: Affordable housing, water, and…[Continue Reading...]