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After his younger half-brother Richard agreed to testify against him, LeBaron was convicted of killing former cult member Mark Chynoweth in one of what was known as the 4 O'Clock murders. Chynoweth's brother Duane, Duane's 8-year-old daughter Jennifer, and LeBaron's half-brother Ed Marston were also killed at approximately the same time, 4 pm ...
After Alma's death in 1951, several of his sons claimed to be his true successor. In 1955, his son Joel founded The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times and named himself as president. His brother Ervil became second-in-command, with full authority over their new settlement, known as Colonia LeBaron .
Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders.
The Cult are an English rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult.
In 1972, Ervil LeBaron orchestrated the murder of his brother Joel, the first victim of the fundamentalist blood atonement policy. [3] Jordan was arrested for the murder, but he was released because witnesses were too afraid to testify against him. [4]
Ian Robert Astbury [1] [2] (born 14 May 1962) is an English singer, best known as the lead vocalist, frontman and a founding member of the rock band the Cult. [3] During various hiatuses from the Cult, Astbury fronted the short-lived band Holy Barbarians in 1996, and later from 2002 to 2007 served as the lead singer of Riders on the Storm, a Doors tribute band that also featured original Doors ...
Daughters of the Cult is a documentary television series directed and produced by Sara Mast. It explores the life of Ervil LeBaron , the leader of a religious fundamental group who ordered the murders of his opponents, told through the eyes of former members, and children of LeBaron.
In August 1972, Ervil LeBaron and his followers established the rival Church of the Lamb of God. (The designation Church of the Lamb alludes to the Book of Mormon prophesy holding there to eventually be only two groups in the end times , the Church of the Lamb of God and the church of the devil; see, e.g. 1 Ne. 14: 12.)