Growing Up With Lori Vallow - Cousin Megan Conner | Ep 1760

Today accused murderer Lori Vallow’s cousin, Megan Conner, shares what it was like to grow up as a cousin to the Cox family. She also discusses the Mormon ties to the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell murders, and discusses her own Mormon faith transition.

00:01:20 Lori was raised Mormon and became a prepper
00:02:16 Megan Conner is Lori Vallow’s cousin
00:02:44 Content warning, death of children and adults
00:05:00 Disclaimers
00:08:20 Mindy Caldwell Disclaimer
00:10:00 LDS prepper ideas and conferences, etc.
00:12:22 How does a Mormon mom kill so many people?
00:12:45 The beginning of Megan’s Mormon story,
00:15:20 Stories of Noni, Lori’s grandmother
00:18:13 Cliff and Janis grew up in a faithful home, strict, not model Mormon
00:20:19 Summary of the family culture
00:29:00 Themes in Noni’s family, carried into Megan’s family
00:31:30 Experiences with Lori’s family growing up
00:33:00 Lori’s dad took the girl cousins to see Rambo
00:34:00 About Lori’s family and her parents
00:43:00 Troubling swimsuit “photo shoot” as a teen girl with Lori’s dad
00:45:50 Barry’s relationship with church, he was the self proclaimed patriarch of his siblings.
00:49:00 Janis’ lifestyle, smart yet she’d wear high heels, makeup
00:51:10 Double life of Lori’s parents
00:52:20 Stake Conference thinking: “How many of you are secretly abusing people?”
00:58:30 Impressions of Lori as a teen
01:02:15 Alex
01:06:15 Janis probably had an eating disorder
01:08:40 How the Cox’s were perceived by their neighbors and others?
01:10:00 Alex’s inability to form attachments
01:12:20 Story of Lori and Megan on a double date, killing a cat
01:15:07 Lori’s antisocial personality disorder, no empathy
01:17:14 Girls camp story - The Legend of Liahona
01:24:00 Bishop not endorsing her BYU application
01:26:20 She went to the University of Connecticut
01:34:30 Lori marries her high school boyfriend, Nelson a nonmember.
01:37:27 Adam was a DJ in a top radio station, Lori was working at a tanning salon.
01:38:40 Story of Megan and Lori going on a date with the same guy
01:44:02 Megan married a non-Mormon
01:45:15 Megan realizes she’s bisexual,
01:47:50 Megan’s engagement to another man, her family’s reaction, she gets pregnant
01:55:30 Megan is faced with marrying this man or putting her baby up for adoption.
02:00:20 Lori was my bridesmaid and held my daughter
02:02:40 Megan’s daughter and Lori’s son, Colby are the same age
02:03:45 Megan goes back to church, husband gets baptized
02:13:45 Miscarriage and eternal families
02:26:18 Ugly divorce with Lori and Joe Ryan
02:30:50 The story of Stacey’s death
02:47:40 Joe Ryan’s death
02:52:50 Lori is recorded at a fireside, saying, “I either need to commit murder or go to the temple.”
03:11:20 Timing and order of the deaths
03:13:08 Chad has a list of everyone in the family of whether they’re light or dark.
03:21:40 This isn’t a fairytale, this is real life,
03:28:28 Suspicions on the timeline with Alex’s death
03:40:34 The silence from Salt Lake City is deafening.
03:45:50 Story of Sandra Tanner and the historian
04:02:30 Comparing investing with learning anti-Mormon material
04:07:00 The Doctrine determines the culture
04:10:20 Is the Church complicit in the deaths that occurred?
04:10:40 Lori has not been excommunicated.
04:17:00 Where the church can start, a letter that speaks against the Church of the First Born.
04:20:55 The truth is the only thing that really matters, and the truth is harmful.

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