Entering America's Only Polygamist Town

[@drewbinsky]

After visiting all 197 countries in the world, I’ve now been getting more curious about the hidden corners and lifestyles of the USA, such as Colorado City. I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below about Warren Jeffs and his community. Have you heard of this place before?! Massive THANK YOU to Sam for taking me around - he shares a lot more insight into the FLDS church (which he left when he was 18) and more on his channel @growingupinpolygamy 🙏🏼

[@RustehPlays]

Nice! Glad to see you are still interested in learning about other peoples lifestyles. I love all your videos.

[@Alexandra0707]

Hello Drew ❤ Mr Mike King from Profiling Evil knows EVERYTHING about cults. He is from Utah, a former police Chief 😊

[@MerryMandarin]

I grew up as a mormon but left a year ago, and with regards to the main LDS church and polygamy, although they did disavow polygamy in 1890 and again in 1904 (the second happened because it was discovered that they continued doing it in secret), polygamy is still official doctrine in D&C (Doctrine and Covenants) section 132, although the church likes to say it isn't. I love your videos btw.

[@TUPELO_HUNNY]

It's a cult where child abuse and sexual abuse rules the day.

[@Taintlessdisc]

Ive wondered why you havent already 😂

[@tonyk2640]

It's a cult, I don't care how anyone tries to sugar coat it.

[@coldwar45]

I don’t think anyone except FLDS members would say it’s not a cult

[@johnnymonoxide9220]

I suppose it's all comes down to how you define cult. In the broadest sense, we are all part of cults.

[@uranusneptun5239]

@@johnnymonoxide9220 No it's not. There are pretty precise definitions of a religious cult.

[@TattooAlix]

I said the same things after the Mennonites episode and I still haven't been convinced otherwise

[@dwaynefoley1020]

Every single religion is just a cult for weak minded people

[@user-ge6yp3pq1i]

So glad that sick man is behind bars. The amount of trauma he inflicted on hundreds of families is horrible. Those poor children.

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

WHAT kind of Trauma! Why would you get trauma for having a husband who has no multiple wife's?

[@lindac6416]

He is still doing it

[@tamtam6970]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307the rape and abuse of children

[@walruz011]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 did you watch the video?

[@focusedeye]

​@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 Overlap perhaps? Think MAGA.

[@sonorangaming449]

"My 1st grade teacher was his first wife." -65th wife. That's insane to think about.

[@Vichu.]

Not even a fictional novel author can make this up...

[@sonorangaming449]

@@Vichu. which is sad

[@DL-idk]

He has even more wives than some of the emperors in Chinese history

[@Jigl-l1m]

Life is crazy

[@badmaniak]

What is the problem? You mean age? Age gap could be around 15 years...

[@nikolababic3588]

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Matthew 7:15-20

[@ITZ-AnT145]

Amen

[@pnwliving4504]

Yup! Same as Joseph Smith.

[@Migbie]

Yup

[@Squeakslacombe]

said a follower of a false prophet. The Christians in the USA seem very cultish. I'm Belgian

[@nikolababic3588]

@@Squeakslacombe As a Orthodox Christian from Balkans I find both Belgians and Americans as infidels. You turn your churches to night clubs, you promote lgbt...

[@patriciag6030]

“Warren Jeffs’ most hated wife” is definitely a title I would wear proudly. Good for her!

[@singingwindrider9881]

Brave lady!! 👍🤗👍

[@guillermom8536]

Nobody asked you, but okay lol

[@ShellyMischelleMorrison]

@@patriciag6030 I HOPE She Gets/Got, Free of The Monster WJeffs, I Wish they'd ALL "leave him', live their lives with "intimacy for 1-person, as the divine Expression of Love" . Namaste'❣🎶🕊🕊

[@kelhori1494]

Warren jeff lie as fault

[@TimJSwan]

No. Just be proud you weren't his wife at all??

[@sushi6608]

I’m so happy you had the chance to interview the former wife. I love how she’s turned the house into a safe haven.

[@teresapren3266]

A very interesting lady....i think W,Jeff is a deranged person ,,he is in a safe place no one will bother him there.......

[@BikesBobbers]

They're funded and aided by dream city, a big multicampus church down here in Phoenix. There's a lot of restoration happening up there!

[@Love2nurse93]

@@BikesBobbersSadly it’s true 😢I used to work there it was Called Short Creek Dream Center. It’s basically saving them from one cult and putting them in another.

[@BikesBobbers]

@Love2nurse93 I don't think that'd a fair comparison, but I can totally understand why you'd feel that way- especially compared to the small community church ministry in the valley

[@BeefSnot]

@@BikesBobbers They are redoing that area and coming back? Warren Jeffs gets out on parole in 14 years

[@ohyesitsjess3634]

Whoa!! I felt so bad for him when he talked about his 18 year old sister marrying an 80 year old prophet. I wish they could reunite ❤

[@dan_youtube]

29:11 Time stamp for the story

[@bianchaesson1441]

Live in a PURE way????

[@tritchie6272]

Don't seem like he was does i​@@bianchaesson1441

[@johnr3696]

I personally could not imagine marrying an 80 year old.

[@GlenFarmer-c6i]

Now imagine 100's of millions living like this under Islam in Africa and middle east... 13year old girls marrying 80 year old men!!

[@Mariebeme]

I see women here in Utah at Walmart or shopping around my town dressed the same and I feel so bad for them because they look so sad every time i see them. Glad this man broke free

[@monicanso2304]

Feel bad about yourself. Their culture is still 💯 more better than that western bs culture where people don't even know their gender anymore

[@coldwar45]

Saint George by any chance? It could be them or it could be other fundamentalists that aren’t part of the FLDS

[@JB23669]

Lmao just cuz the woman doesn’t want half her boobies and cleavage showing or her butt being put on display doesn’t mean you have to feel bad for her. Some ppl still believe in modesty :)

[@tattoofthesun]

I don’t get why they can’t just take Christianity and admit Joseph Smith was a con man

[@justicekanortetteh2027]

What​ has this got to do with Joseph Smith by the way@@tattoofthesun

[@botanicalitus4194]

Fun fact: A little while ago a similar community in the US actually kicked out hundreds of the young men in their community, specifically because the older guys didnt want to compete with the young guys for young girIs. This should be cracked down on by the Iaw

[@johngayfer6873]

It was this very one! Warren Jeffs is the one that excommunicated them all.

[@DrAlexisM]

I hope the girls won.

[@matildamarmaduke1096]

What community in what state would that be in?

[@kerryalfaro9437]

Colorado city Utah ​@@matildamarmaduke1096

[@GlenFarmer-c6i]

This is normal in 100's million people under Islam in the middle east and Africa, that's why 90% of men flooding into Europe are young men, they are looking for women/girls... the r@pe rates has massively exploded throughout Europe especially against underaged girls!! And the EU is dead fast on it to import more and more of these people, once western civilization collapse like many others it's all over for western women mostly...

[@hershmysson]

This guy has such an unbelievable energy, love to see him really reconstructing himself and talking about it all.

[@OSinghGyallll]

He does

[@lolitanolita9107]

It takes a strong mind to be able to escape a cult when you are born into it.

[@mariaa9635]

He has a KZbin channel with his wife. He often talks about his experience.

[@jaymerogers8612]

Mormons post-caffeine discovery is a special kind of energy

[@elizabethmorton9974]

I get a creep vibe from him.

[@monospaperbag]

i feel so bad for the women in that cult

[@drewbinsky]

Same.

[@euphemiathomopulos2221]

Same

[@da---536]

he was having fun making babies

[@hewhobringsthenight9907]

wait until he finds out about muslim women in 3rd world countries

[@larsstougaard7097]

😢

[@stevenpayne850]

100% fascinating. I am so glad I get your feed. I've traveled and have been through my share of dicey adventures, but your "armchair travel" always has me on the edge of my seat on my old-man Barcalounger. My own travels informed every sinew of my 63 year old soul.

[@questm30]

Kudos to the strong woman at the end of video, the former wife, that managed to escape and is willing to speak up.

[@seguefischlin]

She has more balls than most men I know. that's some serious courage and strength what she pulled off

[@lav707]

Son bien tontos, porque el libro de mormón habla en contra de que el hombre tenga otras esposas y dice específicamente que solo tendrán una sola, es increíble que crean más en Smith que en su propio libro.

[@mereanochheart7050]

testifying against the prophet in Federal Court is definitely not keeping sweet

[@AbeBarlow-i9s]

That former wife of Warren Jeffs is a traitor and an adulterer.

[@peterproxy]

True dat. Yet you can see how much she is STILL traumatized by the events and its like talking about it helps her.

[@zollar98]

These two women were the most honest I've ever heard talk about their experience in the church.

[@ziontours5893]

Why do you say women? One was a guy.

[@jaymerogers8612]

You should talk to more people

[@braniefanie4938]

This is not a church experience. Any bad person can use religion as a disguise

[@jaymerogers8612]

@@braniefanie4938 Usually churches don't exist without a religious reason

[@Comen_glutamate]

The polyamory wasn’t wrong but the s*x crimes are

[@_sav_age]

For what he went through, he seems so well rounded, well spoken, and educated.

[@Alonenotlonely000]

Amazing is the resilience of the human spirit in rising above great adversity.

[@_sav_age]

@@Alonenotlonely000 absolutely

[@zackarykasprzak3073]

Kinda miraculous. You spoke my exact thoughts

[@DogLover-x2h]

I have friends tell me they didn't believe me that I grew up in an abusive cult until I showed them proof bc I was "too normal and successful." This is devastating. What other choice did I have? Same for the gentleman in the video. This line of thinking that all victims are automatically going to be damaged needs to end.

[@BikesBobbers]

One of my friends is there ministering to those affected and sharing the true gospel and has been successful so far. I pray continuously that people realize the truth about FLDS and can heal from the trauma it's left in the community.

[@tattoofthesun]

And Mormonism as a whole!!! Christianity is the truth, leave Joseph Smith out of it. That’s what I say. Smith made up his stories using speakers, literature including pamphlets and other sources from the religious revival happening in my city, Rochester NY and Palmyra

[@bluescoobysnack9791]

Lol

[@Username0467]

“True gospel”

[@BikesBobbers]

@@Username0467 unadulterated, unfiltered, unashamed

[@tattoofthesun]

@@BikesBobbers what kind of ministry? Interesting

[@dawngreene6145]

Sams eyes watered when talking about his sister. Much respect for how he handled everything. Drew, I Love the way you are respectful in all situations. 💞💞💞💞

[@CountDankula0]

The tapped phones for the whole city or area is insane all from his own house

[@RealLimerickman]

All our phones and communications today are tapped today and you gave our privacy away to governments and other cults organisations like Google, Microsoft etc.

[@guillermom8536]

In the video it was mentioned that he owned everything there. How it is crazy for him to want to know what is happening in hes property? Lol

[@meln4214]

I hope he was charged for tapping people's phones. Isn't that a crime?

[@guillermom8536]

@@meln4214 It is legal to tap your own phone in Colorado, USA. According to the search results, if one party to the conversation knows that the conversation is being recorded, it is not illegal. Therefore, if someone records a phone call or conversation involving themselves and another person, even one who is unaware of being recorded, that’s legal in Colorado.

[@boogie05]

@@guillermom8536 Are you one of them 😂Yk ppl can see your other comments on a video. Saying older men should be with young ladies and girls become woman when they get their period is weirdo behavior

[@coldwar45]

Thanks so much for featuring Sam here. I’ve been a viewer of his and Melissa’s channel for a long time!

[@drewbinsky]

He’s a legend !!!

[@rosariorossetti7170]

wow, the most in depthe of all the Warren Jeffs community documentaries I've seen. Unquestionably informed and revealing like no other. Good job.

[@cdes1776]

I can't fathom the horror of realizing you are IN your own wedding ceremony, and that you're fully expected to acquiesce to a sexual life *directly after* not of your chosing. The photo of him kissing his youngest wife is vomit-inducing.

[@Forevergreenclover]

I’m sick with food poisoning and I literally threw up when that photo appeared. Not even kidding.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

It is very very messed up. I could be wrong but I think the same thing has happened in India, when it comes to a culture around "arranged marriages"

[@joeterra.t]

@@Forevergreenclover Username checks out.

[@purplespaceship2417]

@@benmcreynolds8581 I mean arranged marriages have existed just about everywhere including Western civilization. This ugly experience is not a novel or rare one for women. But yes India is the modern day stronghold for arranged marriages....my first boyfriend was Indian, his mom was living in India so she didn't know about me and when she found out she told him "you know we're arranging your marriage right." Lol then he immediately started treating me like shit so I said you know what good riddance to you and your arranged marriage 😂We were 16! Pretty sure to this day he never got that arranged marriage plus he did a lot of way way worse stuff to disappoint his parents....whoops 🤣

[@hannahhester8376]

Oh, yeah no, there was actually a freaking recording of him raping his 12 year old "wife" that got him thrown in prison

[@ohHeyDere]

So glad I left the ‘church’ officially about 3 years ago. Happy apostate here 😊

[@maryodonnell5760]

glad you escaped! Anyone who gets out of something like this must have a big story - there's a channel that interviews people who get out, it's called Cults to Consciousness...

[@are_you_a_noahide_yet]

Escape is beyond difficult. People don't understand how dangerous it is to even try.

[@theandersonsfamilyfunshow862]

Proud of you !

[@KingArthurWs]

I hope you find a more loving church that is actually true to the Gospel!

[@abdulhamidozturk]

Proud of you brother/sister, wishing you all the best in your future life. Hope you will live a life away from the both church itself and anything it left within you.

[@katewilliams4876]

What a nice, articulate, honest young man. A refreshing look at a cult that continues to confound us. Thank you Drew. Well done!

[@brendaanneckelsamgc5583]

A big huge thank you to the woman who runs the recovery center!

[@thewakakeboarder]

I've been researching this stuff for a while and this has some of the best content I've seen as far as personal experiences. Thank you for recording and sharing this

[@electra424]

Omg it's Sam from Growing Up In Polygamy!!! He is awesome and definitely the best person you could find to interview about the FLDS. This was a great video, keep up the good work!

[@drewbinsky]

I agree ! He’s the best!

[@Comen_glutamate]

@@drewbinsky I mean the polyamory isn’t wrong in my opinion, it was the fact it was a cult

[@dreameva1400]

@@Comen_glutamate I bet if a woman were to have alot of men, ya'll would call her all types of names.....

[@Comen_glutamate]

@@dreameva1400 I wouldnt as I am polyamorous and bisexual

[@TiffinyHarrington]

I’m watching because he’s having Sam Zitting Wyson guide him and give the real story. Growing Up in Polygamy is an excellent source of in-depth information on the FLDS.

[@jadejadarockagreen7271]

He had 85 wives & ruined so many lives they all thought he was wise, but he was just the devil in disguise

[@mitchellgaskins5545]

Bars

[@_sav_age]

^^ sounds like a banger

[@louannesteward276]

🤣

[@danielschneider3680]

​@mitchellgaskins5545 stole the word right out of my mouth

[@PatrickThreewit]

Brigham Young was the second Mormon prophet and he had 56 wives.

[@SternDrive]

My sister was in a polygamous cult that they called Zion. She lived in a type of commune with a bunch of other sister wives in Missouri. Things went South, and she is now divorced from much of it. Now she is able to talk a bit more, but it was all a big secret hush hush about ten years ago. I was not even allowed to visit her back then. We're on good terms now.

[@BH195829]

That young man (Sam) featured, is so well adjusted considering his upbringing…good job moving on with love for your unavailable family members still in the cult. 🙏💕😊

[@0523c]

He and his wife have a channel called Growing up in Polygamy. I love following their story.

[@mnmspecial]

Last time I was in Colorado City was in the late 90's and it was scary as a teen. We had men with guns in trucks following us to make sure we left town, and the women kept looking at us like we were trash. Most of the homes weren't finished on the outside to receive tax breaks. I've never felt so uncomfortable, unwelcome, and scared in all my travels across the US. I'm glad there are big changes happening there. It looks very different after 26 years away from that place. Thanks for highlighting places and people that are different from normal every day most of us experience.

[@barlowike9814]

The reason the homes were not finished was because everybody had to build then with cash, no mortgages were allowed

[@michelelove]

I’ve driven through this town as well somehow got turned around coming out of Zion Natl Park. And it was the most eerie bizarre experience. Not knowing all the evil that was going on there I still seriously got bad vibes.

[@vjs4539]

They didn't have guns. You were just being paranoid.

[@mnmspecial]

@vjs4539 definitely wasn't being paranoid. They had shotguns riding in the back of the trucks. They never pointed them, it was just super uncomfortable having them follow from the restaurant, to the grocery store and then out of town.

[@michelelove]

@@vjs4539 How do you know they didn’t have guns? Are you one of them?

[@Aight7]

That woman is still partially brainwashed. She didn't even straightforwardly answered to the "isn't it weird to have 85 wives"... Sad... May she realise, because I can see she's in a battle within herself.

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

@Aight7 she is, but I’m not sure she’s even left the FLDS based on the things she said, so it makes sense.

[@OctavianAsix]

bc she knows she isn't "allowed" to say it's fine and in that specific case, the dude was a creep who hurt children.. but in a vaccum, like she explained, she thinks it's totally ok which it is why must she be brainwashed if she has a diff opinion than yours?

[@realstatistician]

I think she may not have agreed that he had that many, which probably caused hesitation.

[@adamluce1901]

She could just be poly

[@OctavianAsix]

@@adamluce1901 "nah, it's a woman she couldn't POSSIBLY be happy in that dynamic she MUST be brainwashed" says the feminist

[@cathymiller4489]

Sam and Brielle are so brave and strong to stand up against this cult. They speak humbly and not full of anger or bitterness that they may have felt. What great people!

[@LeOlamVaed]

The guy who is taking you around has an amazing podcast, news, audiobook and program presenter news voice!!!

[@kwagigi]

This man has such big Jeff Goldblum energy and I am here for it. So glad he escaped the cult so we could all know he exists.

[@LaurieAnnCurry]

I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who thinks Sam has the Jeff Goldblum vibe! I made a comment on that before I read yours

[@thisissamantha]

If you dont know yet, Sam and his wife Melissa have their own youtube channel Growing Up In Polygamy. Talking about many different aspects of his life growing up out there. I love their channel.

[@thisissamantha]

18:50 just saw they tagged their channel. 😂

[@Squeakslacombe]

yes, the way he talks and all

[@clairebear89100]

Sounds like him and yes that was the first thought that came to mind lol!!

[@juanis8219]

I love the way Sam explains and talks through everything. Super engaging and informative. What a cool guy

[@nalafischer9163]

He has a podcast with his wife Melissa. It's called Growing up in Polygamy

[@marcymccann901]

I loved him too...❣💜🙏

[@aidenabrahamyan8891]

it’s truly such a huge accomplishment that Sam was able to visit and talk about that cult that was an enormous part of his life. At the same time it’s frustrating to see that so many people are still supporting the views that Jefferson shared. I love how you showed all the diverse parts of the town and all the opinions the people share. It’s important to know there’s improvement, even though the contrast of lives is so clear. Thank you for the dive into this case.

[@ryanzarmbinski7446]

It's so funny that Colorado City is on the border of two states, and neither one is Colorado

[@terminallove3531]

Then why is it called Colorado City?

[@drewbinsky]

Truth

[@coldwar45]

@@terminallove3531It’s named after the Colorado River

[@langstonreese7077]

It’s also funny that Jamaica is a neighborhood in Queens New York and it is nowhere close to near to the real Jamaica🇯🇲

[@coldwar45]

@@langstonreese7077 There’s a Russia in NY as well. Upstate in the Adirondacks

[@magrebtraveler]

Children shouldn’t be “wives” they’re victims.

[@WindellGreen]

Juze can marry THREE YEAR OLDS. That is why Hollywood is so pedo.

[@myronbourne6937]

Define children

[@SDS-ee9js]

@@myronbourne6937 People that are under the age of 18.

[@myronbourne6937]

@@SDS-ee9js why 18?

[@santiagodavidsaliva1309]

@@myronbourne6937 pedo alert

[@giannishen]

Drew's videos are thought-provoking every time, they're really great! I hope that the regrets that happened at FLDS Church will never happen again! God bless Arizona! You did a really great job, thanks a lot for sharing! 👍🤩🙏

[@drewbinsky]

❤❤❤

[@giannishen]

@@drewbinsky ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CarolSchenkl]

There are pologonists in my town. Concho az but some are also in Flagstaff az. In A fenced area. They live quiet lives. I've noticed a few from that Colorado city in snowflake az. Too. They need the Lord. Even if they think they have lived fir him. No. They just made adultry ok. Through fake RELIGION not faith. Huge difference. Usually pretty kind folks though.

[@jame8618]

OMG I live like 20 minutes from Colorado City AZ, its sister cities with its immediate neighbour of Hildale UT and theyre both very polygamist and honestly a terrifying place for ANY outsiders

[@annmeacham5643]

My late husband would visit family members there, sometimes taking my seventeen year old daughter with him. She said everyone was really nice to her. She had been accepted to attend Brigham Young University so they said she was welcome to come spend any school holidays with them. Fortunately she never went there by herself since she wasn’t sure she would ever get out again. So creepy! 🤢🤮🤯🤬🤨

[@OctavianAsix]

and you let her go??

[@annmeacham5643]

@@OctavianAsix I knew nothing about it until years later and was absolutely appalled when she told me.

[@OctavianAsix]

@@annmeacham5643 damn, maybe my mom is different when we was kids, she would alwasy make sure to know where we was that's just me tho

[@annmeacham5643]

@@OctavianAsix Naturally, I agree wholeheartedly with your mother. I, too, wanted to know where they were & with whom. As they grew older, they earned more freedoms. Spending time with their father was rare. He traveled frequently for work, leaving me as a virtual single mom.

[@OctavianAsix]

@@annmeacham5643 interesting that in 3 replies you haven't taken accountability a single time but I'm sure that has nothing to do w why your daughter never told you, until years later, as you said yourself pondering this will only benefit your family AND yourself, if family is not enough talmbout virtual single mom XD SAD!

[@joeygarrison92]

This was an incredible look inside. Drew, since the chase has been completed, you excel with these types of stories! Now I want more!

[@gacchan]

So glad you met up with Sam, he's such an amazing guy.

[@jamie9364]

I was just about to write that. His podcast with his wife is really good.

[@stephenmusisi2429]

This is why KZbin is my favorite social media platform. Thanks Drew and your team

[@lynncarrington2744]

The ratio of males to females is almost 1:1, so what happens to the other 84 guys that want a wife?

[@petrabraham9512]

1/3 of men date 2/3 of women. Between 1/3 to 1/2 of men are single while very few women are single. Just do the math and you will see how the world works.

[@bobbyerico9962]

Men were allowed to leave once they hit 18. In some cases, they would kick them out softly by refusing to let them participate in activities or receive any support from the community. This was necessary to maintain the gender balance in the FLDS

[@travisjones9010]

Depends how much your liked, the prophet tell you who to marry

[@sailorres]

Throw a lemon party.

[@are_you_a_noahide_yet]

​@@bobbyerico9962allowed to leave!? Are you high? Try truth - father took son to the edge of civilization, handed brother barely enough money and food to make to the next edge of any other civilization - no map, no phone/GPS and not one clue. Our brothers disappeared

[@ronnie-lynn]

I feel Warren Jeffs has been so talked about. I wish someone would Look into Winston Blackmore, from Bountiful, British Columbia. He has 150 children. No joke. A few of his younger children our age have been open to interviews about their lives. It’s next level. The two “families” are connected.

[@matildamarmaduke1096]

Related how crazy and crazier!??

[@Bewefau]

Genghis Khan has him beat. So much so if your white there's a good chance you have is blood line in you that's how many kids he had :3

[@meln4214]

Is he Mormon too?

[@lilae1872]

@@meln4214 He used to be FLDS I believe, now the sector up in BC is called "Church of Jesus Christ (Original Doctrine) Inc." There are also some FLDS members who moved up there after Warren's arrest. The whole Bountiful community is nearly all fundamentalists.

[@PatrickThreewit]

There has been a group in BC for a long time. 50 years ago there was one in Darby, Montana. There is a family some 5 miles from me. I used to know the husband and his first wife, a very prominent lady in this community. There are a lot more around than you think.

[@Netti103]

This last chick is hiding even more than she is saying. She seems truly traumatized. I TRULY hope the best for her. I do fear for her.

[@JamalJohnson177]

No bitches left

[@youthofdestruction]

Look up her story. Brielle decker. Its very sad.

[@DeborahPrimo]

It's unbelievable how bizarre this is. This is so sad to hear and watch but is very important to show how the things working that. 😢

[@allybraue7661]

Great video!! I've read so many book's on people who grew up in FLDS. It's truly mindblowing that this is still occuring in our backyards. You should explore more FLDS survivors stories! Make it a series or something!

[@travelescapesOFFICIAL]

I love this style of video. Great job on this!

[@drewbinsky]

Thank you so much! it’s a lot more raw than usual but I like it too

[@StephanosBlack]

Agreed. Much better than overproduced or overly clickbaity sensationalist content. I hope you keep going in this direction (especially with your China videos. Please don't fall into the "Xinjiang is SO peaceful and developed!" or "Chongqing is the biggest city you've never heard of!" nonsense that's prevalent on KZbin these days...)

[@blueparadise15]

This was very well done. Super thorough and a lot of footage/features that haven’t already been highlighted

[@qbxy4629]

Man, I’m really enjoying Drew‘s new form of content now that he’s basically hit up the entire world longer form episodes, and more in depth, W.

[@davids5710]

This is wild, I watched the netflix documentary on this randomly last night and was so curious if/ how they are still operating today. Awesome timing, thanks for the video Drew!

[@talibandit1938]

Still operating but barely. So many finally have left!

[@vinceneuwirth568]

How can we let this abuser let go so far ? This should never happen.

[@chirikotoji]

North Korea?

[@JonHop1]

Because they isolated themselves well. In the US, we have freedom of Religion, so it is a touchy subject. Cops cant just bust the doors down based on rumors. They need hard proof, and getting hard proof of crimes from a cult is incredibly hard because no one is willing to talk. I mean just look at that KZbinr mom that abused her kids with that LDS psychiatrist woman. When they finally rescued the boy and the girl, the girl sat there in silence for almost 4 hours and refused to say a word. It was wild.

[@fiedel]

People whose sometimes extreme religious beliefs or customs made them rather incompatible with their surrounding neighbours in Europe made up a big part of the first settlers in America. Huge influence also on the constitutional rights any cult that convincingly selfdefines as religious group in America can enjoy. The one thing I truely don’t get is how any father left with at least half a ball cannot violently intervene when some ghastly old dude makes an attempt to snitch away his young daughter. Afghanistan tier.

[@victorsanchez9978]

Porque tú lo digas!!

[@Odinoian]

Fantastic video. Simply calm, direct, natural, curious documentation, where you let people talk, and you paint a picture from the start till the present

[@ashleyrosales8752]

This guy is seriously so awesome! I am glad he has gotten to find himself and now is able to educate others on this topic.

[@misardrgz]

Religion, fear, and lack of knowledge is a dangerous combination. As someone who is living nearby in Utah this was a good video representation of these people. Aside from the polygamy theyre some very nice, hard working people.

[@justinberber9848]

polygamy really wasn't the problem. I'm sure many of them were perfectly happy in polygamous relationships. The problem was using "God's will" as a way of dictating the lives of community, including the forced marriages and abuse of underage girls.

[@koilamaoh4238]

Thats the thing about "conservatism" with religion and without religion(you can still be conservative like asians for example), as it exists world wide.. it features "obedient" /hardworking behavior and sadly tends to lead to dictatorships, fascism and authoritative regimes, when left unchecked. It also comes with shaming sexuality which leads to these types of perverted crimes, which are quite common among these cultures; in which their cultures they won't shame against; they never shame against their own; its why its always allowable and forgivable. Quite common world wide, same behavior, they all share; human behavior doesnt vary or differ that greatly, when religion is involved. Child abuse cases among them, are quite scary, when you look at our court cases, and how frequent and common it is among religious groups. Its not really "strangers" you should worry about with your kids.. Its your own relatives, that pose dangers, when they are raised like that..

[@deswill2737]

@@justinberber9848 Polygamy will never work in the end there are too many issues with it even outside religion. If you've ever read the novel Brave New World you might see how dystopian it can get.

[@justinberber9848]

@@deswill2737 it's up to adults to decide how they want to live their life. If they enjoy polygamy, so be it. It's not the governments job to tell adults how to live their lives.

[@punishanpika]

​​@@deswill2737 Jealousy is not an unpleasant emotion. It just makes you want to do malevolent things. The reason humans are so against it is because they attach so much of their ego to allegedly being a "good person." If they overcome that ego, it is not a major concern. Also, Brave New World has present paradigms which make it worse for no reason. Like why do humans bother with all the issues of having biological sexes if everyone is made from artificial wombs? Just be mono-gender like dogs 🐕 (dogs have the sexes be indistinguishable by appearance and personality) and without biological sex.

[@jaybird6984]

Hi Drew, I just started watching this video and really has touched me. I feel so bad for the wives that Warren Jeffs was married to and the abuse that the children had to endure. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@mommabearmaryann8106]

This was a fantastic yet sad video. Jeffs is one sick individual. I'm glad he's behind bars and can't hurt anyone else.

[@yusufjawaid6216]

Another eye-opening documentary-esque vid, Drew, I can't believe communities such as these existing so widely in the States, it's crazy to me how they actually BEGIN these cults and gain following, and manage to keep them so closed off.

[@prairiemark4084]

I visited this town a time or two when I was working for the Navajo Nation in the same state. I just drove around slowly and looked at the apartments and buildings. But it didn't take long for the police to come and tell me to leave. I was quite aware of the group and some of their basic beliefs and practices before I came. But I learned very little by being there. Thanks for posting this tour and the discussion too!

[@Morbid_God]

Go back now and it's a completely different experience.

[@tattoofthesun]

So glad they didn’t try to make you a Mormon. Joseph Smith used to dig up Algonquin and Seneca Native American burial grounds and sell whatever he found with his father just because they weren’t skilled farmers

[@prairiemark4084]

@@Morbid_God Yes, it was about 2009 when I was there. I am sure it changed a lot.

[@bluescoobysnack9791]

Bs 😂

[@andrewmiller3834]

This community was on my route as a Coca-Cola salesman/driver/delivery guy out of Cedar City, Utah. I delivered to the grocery store and all I saw was children and old women working in it. I never saw much of the population. Tons of mystery. This was 98/99 and I didn’t last long because the work was brutal (124 accounts covering most of the small stores in southern Utah.) I got answers to many questions watching this so, thanks for sharing. Great questions and enlightenment!

[@javieraherrera495]

Me encantó este video! Es difícil encontrar documentales o entrevistas en donde se cuenten los acontecimientos de una manera objetiva y mostrando solo hechos, experiencias personales y opiniones de las mismas personas que han vivido esas situaciones sin la necesidad de tomar una postura totalitaria. A veces las personas buscamos encontrar culpables o criticamos a las mismas víctimas por no ser "conscientes" de los abusos que vivían pero olvidamos que esa fue su realidad prácticamente desde que nacieron. Muchas gracias por compartirlo con amor.

[@prescotthancock5907]

Drew, do more of these please!

[@BurningQuestionLLC]

Well done, Drew. Sad but important to share

[@cosmicXcrab]

I absolutely was not expecting to see Drew, my favorite traveling ginger-Jew, and Sam, my favorite apostate from the channel GUIP, teaming up together on a video- but here we are! So cool to see them in a video together! I’ve learned a lot about people all over the world from Drew, and a lot about the FLDs and other high demand religions from Sam and his wife Melissa. Both are such great channels with amazing people behind them.

[@drewbinsky]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JonHop1]

Ginger Jews are a super rare breed!

[@ryanbyrne2472]

@@JonHop1it’s interesting. Growing up in the Northeast. I’ve met a lot of Jewish people. Even growing up on the other side of the country, you can tell Drew is Jewish immediately.

[@JonHop1]

@@ryanbyrne2472 Yeah because of his facial features. He's def got the honker.

[@boogermaiden]

This is literally a HAREM. Not just a cult. It's a harem.

[@elizabethmorton9974]

Those children were ,straight up, trafficked to pedophiles.

[@ADJackD]

It’s a harem horror anime plot but in The States

[@DMp-xp6mj]

It's worse than a harem because in the harem the women learned valuable skills and actually had the chance to move up socially whereas here the women are pretty much captives in poverty

[@michaelheery6303]

​@@DMp-xp6mj how do you know.

[@kizarumelon2477]

lol how do i join

[@kumailsoomro]

Recently watched the documentary on Netflix called 'Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey' and learned about it.

[@gabijoanna1110]

Same!

[@ninz5250]

Such a great video, Drew! It’s clear people feel comfortable opening up around you

[@MoonFlower721]

He has the same eyes as Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. The man looks spooky. I have no idea what these women are seeing.

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

Most of them were forced into it, the ones who weren’t were completely brainwashed. None of them would have even known who Ted Bundy or Charles Manson was. They had no reference of life outside the cult. (I was also raised in one, though not the same one.)

[@WindellGreen]

Judaizm encourages sex with THREE YEAR OLDS. Hello Hollywood!

[@coldwar45]

They’re raised to believe he’s a prophet of god. They’re brainwashed frankly

[@oliviariv]

They're seeing the same thing as you. It's just that women in their cult are not allowed to choose for themselves and the girls are raised from a young age to see creepiness as every day normal.

[@Shalompaz-m7w]

The thing is, many are forced in to it by their own Father's, and I know that for a fact.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Been a fan of Yours for a while and About 8 months ago, I found Sam and Melissa's Channel. While I've never been LDS or FLDS, they have helped me learn about these Groups from a perspective we rarely see, Ex Member yet Fairly Neutral. It's helped me deconstruct a bit from a similar, yet not as controlling religious experience as a former Evangelical.

[@pamelapostma8890]

The man that was taking us through his last life is amazing.. Thank him for sharing this with us! So happy he has gotten out of this cult situation...

[@hamzazaman18]

The man sharing his story, who experienced it all first-hand, and him being capable of sharing it the way he is, is crazy.

[@PatrickThreewit]

Polygamy is not that unusual in America.

[@Low_Joe]

That was some North Korean Handmaids’ Tale stuff right there. I love travel. It is my passion, but this is my favorite video from Drew.

[@drewbinsky]

Yes they’re the best!!

[@davidcollin1436]

Thousands of American strangers were "married" by South Korean guru cult leader Sun Young Moon. They became Moonies.

[@CobraRedstone]

North Korea most certainly doesn't tolerate anything like this. Quite bizarre to bring it up.

[@jake751]

Sounds like apartheid Israel

[@bluescoobysnack9791]

Oh good grief 🙄

[@FPVMike]

this video was truly captivating. i started watching and then 50 minutes had gone by. really incredible stories. Well done.

[@realworldtefl]

I really love the direction you've taken your channel. Hard hitting documentaries and connecting with people in different places. It's so good.

[@GeneralGrandmas]

I love Brielle, I am so happy she got free and can help others get free. She's a beacon of hope for that poor community. I hope more people can wake up and break free from the control.

[@DogWithHangover]

This was an incredible video! Outstanding work and thank you.

[@AhmadshahFarooqi-d3v]

Your Channel is so special. Everytime when i want to search about a country' i just write country name and your name.

[@drewbinsky]

Appreciate That!

[@monicagrorud2225]

The interviewee is so respectful to the others in the cult and how he refers to them. Well adjusted person.

[@annenjagi555]

Yes Drew,I heard this on Peter Santenello's video "Escaping polygamist cult-inside the dangerous world of the FLDS,6 months ago.

[@billgeorge2986]

He is not original. He coppies other KZbinrs

[@billgeorge2986]

He even copied indigo traveler

[@Lemonade_Stand_]

Ya there are quite a few videos on the FLDS. Theyre all equally as interesting (imo anyway).

[@seguefischlin]

Thinking about that one woman who said she would be fine with sharing a husband with other women, it seems to me what Sam and that woman miss is the feeling of living in a 'village', in a community. And a polygamy cult was the only way they had experienced that. So it seems that what is missing is the community/village aspect of sharing, not a closed cult like situation isolated from the outside world by fear.

[@officialaprilnicole]

I wish we had normal villages like this in the world without being in a cult or being pim***. I lived with 6 women at one point in my life and it was by far my favorite experience, have longed for it since. Minus the brainwashing and giving up everything we owned. 😪

[@ameliasingleton1166]

@@officialaprilnicoleyou would share one man with 6 other woman? Hes exchanging bodily fluids with different woman every day you would be fine with that ?

[@Kerazzy.]

Wow, Drew. What a brilliant documentary. It is so interesting, and like always, people always open up to you due to your respectful, kind, and non threatening nature. I really think that you could have your own TV show. Your channel just keeps growing stronger. Thank you for sharing these interesting stories with us. ❤

[@drewbinsky]

Thank you!! My KZbin channel is exactly my own TV show :) I appreciate your feedback!

[@Kerazzy.]

@@drewbinsky I'll rephrase that. Your show is TV quality. Not many achieve such a high standard on KZbin. You really have set the bar high for anyone wanting to follow in your footsteps. Take care and stay safe out there 🙂

[@MouldySponge]

Hearts out to anyone leaving these situations. Be brave! You can start again and find your place here, the world isn't as spiritually evil as they have you believe, and there are lots of us out here who do understand what you went through. You're not alone, even if it feels like it sometimes.

[@emmashook1555]

Thank you for covering this.... I have been learning about it this year for the first time and I was in shock this IS and COULD happen in America today. We can't stop what we don't know so it's important your spreading the awareness

[@Undomaranel]

Don't look into Hollywood or how the cartels use migrants as cover to traffic children... The USA is made of humans, which means human corruption. The difference is that the USA allows us to fight against it, unlike other countries and laws that force complicit activity.

[@PatrickThreewit]

I don't understand how you could have missed it.

[@yungglocc]

Sam was a great guide! It was very interesting listening to him while seeing this stuff. Appriciate the humor and banter between you guys aswell, that joke at 10:50 really cracked me up!

[@mickeys3220]

I was aware… but now I’m enlightened! Thank you for this video! The stress/anxiety I feel coming through the screen as watch it…. Ik does NOT compare to theirs!!! #Bravery

[@knudsongaming7169]

I was in this cult. I have 2 moms and 18 siblings. My mom has 54 siblings and my dad had 62. If you would like to know more about the Flds I would love to do interviews

[@NegativeAccelerate]

That's insane. Do you mind me asking wgat you think of Warren now?

[@madamgoogoo]

that guy is a treat he is so well spoken great vid youtube is healing💗

[@vastcore]

Nice video, thanks to everyone that contributed towards it.

[@kevinnlogan1425]

Excellent documentary. Thank you for putting this together.

[@wawer8846]

As a member of the LDS church (NOT FLDS) this is sad. Men and women should not be treated like this whatsoever

[@seancollins1267]

This is the most interesting one you've done, that I've seen! I like that it's shown as it is. Well done!!

[@lyndsay8793]

Yesss, now THIS is a proper Drew Binsky video! Fascinating story

[@ericdebruin4615]

We lived in St. George, Utah for a couple years (very near Colorado City). We saw the FLDS women in those dresses almost every time we went to a store!

[@bluescoobysnack9791]

And?

[@valdouroux]

Sam, I appreciate your open honest interview. You're awesome

[@birkinb5119]

That lady was generous to actually sit and share her experience without animosity

[@ItsGage]

This is Drew's best work to date! 🙏

[@geox8485]

Video posted a minute ago but I guess you already watched it all

[@drewbinsky]

Thanks bro!! And the edit is FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

[@drewbinsky]

@@geox8485he edited it

[@geox8485]

@@drewbinsky Ohhh that’s awesome

[@ItsGage]

@@geox8485 I'm the lead editor for Drew haha, I've see it many times! Hope you enjoy it!

[@hermaeusmora2945]

Wow, this was so fantastic! That 50 minutes went by in no time!