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| lori vallow childhood: The Doomsday Mother John Glatt, 2022-01-18 In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves—until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori’s children back in Idaho—Tylee and JJ—who hadn’t been seen alive in five months. For years, Lori Vallow had been devoted to her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori’s children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori’s third and fourth husbands, her brother, and Chad’s wife. In June 2020, the gruesome remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad’s property, and the newlyweds were arrested and charged with murder. And in a shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the couple’s fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had become zombies--a belief that may have led to their deaths. Bestselling author and journalist John Glatt takes readers deeper into the devastating story of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple. |
| lori vallow childhood: My Crazy Radio Life Adam Cox, 2019-04-17 Have you ever been investigated for a death? I was, I couldn't believe why. It's all in the book. If you have ever listened to a DJ on the radio, this book will change the way you listen! I was fired, lost everything, dealt with depression, and still came out on top! Adam Cox is from southern California and now lives in Wichita, Kansas. He has been in radio for 30 years! He's married to wife, Nicole and they have a 19 year old son Zac. He loves playing basketball 4 days a week, plus playing ping pong with his wife, loser has to do dishes. His family all live in Arizona, mom and dad, brother and 2 sisters. He has 2 dogs Reece and Molly, and they treat them like children, they sleep in the bed with them, sometimes there is no room for Lukas. Life is good! |
| lori vallow childhood: When Time Stopped Ariana Neumann, 2020-02-04 In this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist, starred review). In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving, finding meaning, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. A “beautifully told story of personal discovery” (John le Carré), When Time Stopped is an unputdownable detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly ninety years and crossing oceans. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life, and this “gripping, expertly researched narrative will inspire those looking to uncover their own family histories” (Publishers Weekly). |
| lori vallow childhood: The No-Nonsense Guide to Divorce Lori A. G. Hellis, 2022-03-15 A straight-talking book about the realities of divorce-- |
| lori vallow childhood: A Bad Day's Work Nora McFarland, 2010-08-03 Lilly Hawkins is having one of those days. . . . The last thing she needs is a murder to solve. Nothing seems to be going Lilly’s way. A TV news photographer at her hometown television station, she’s one of the hardest working shooters there, but her pit-bull personality and a series of unlucky blunders have put her job in jeopardy. So when an urgent story breaks in the middle of the night, Lilly is determined to turn her bad luck around and get the respect she deserves. But the pressure is on; either she delivers amazing video or she’s fired. After busting her butt and dodging the cops, Lilly has what could be the biggest scoop of her career—exclusive video of a murder scene. Or does she have it? Lilly is stunned when the tape played in front of the entire newsroom is nothing but dead air. Soon she’s on the run from criminals and police, both of whom claim Lilly’s video is the key to solving the murder and think she pocketed the real tape. Can she escape her pursuers long enough to catch the killer, or will she end the day as the next victim? Lilly’s bad day just keeps getting worse, but the one thing she knows for sure is that she’d like to live to see more of them. . . . |
| lori vallow childhood: House of Evil John Dean, 2008-07-29 ***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come... When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others—including some of Baniszewski's own children—participated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL |
| lori vallow childhood: Blind Passion John Glatt, 2011-04-01 The Beauty She was a gorgeous swimsuit model. He was a charming Greek sailor. They met on a cruise in November of 1997 and soon thereafter began a clandestine love affair. Little more than a year later, thirty-one-year-old Julie Scully left her millionaire ex-husband and three-year-old daughter behind, and moved to Greece to be with twenty-four-year-old George Skiadopoulos. The Beast But there was trouble in paradise. Julie, tired of Skiadopoulos' jealous and controlling nature, and badly missing her young daughter, decided to return to the States. Skiadopoulos wouldn't have it. When she told him of her plans to leave-and take her $600,000 divorce settlement back with her- Skiadopoulos took Julie to a remote area and strangled her to death. Then, to cover up his deed, her burned her lifeless body and tried to stuff the charred corpse into a suitcase. When it wouldn't fit, Skiadopoulos delivered the final blow-he chopped off her head and tossed it into the Aegean Sea. The Brutal Murder ow, find out the stunning inside story on a murder case that made national headlines, as acclaimed true crime writer John Glatt lays bare a shocking story of greed, betrayal, and... |
| lori vallow childhood: Children of Darkness and Light Lori Hellis, 2024-09-24 In this gripping work of true crime, a criminal lawyer takes readers inside the notorious Lori Vallow case and the devastating doomsday murders. A blonde beauty queen, missing children, six suspicious deaths, and the twisted Mormon doomsday writings of her fifth husband are only the beginning of a tragic crime saga that gripped Americans and instigated frantic searches all over the country. It all started when Lori Vallow met Chad Daybell at a doomsday prepper event. Their story grew like a wildfire that creates its own weather, and what happened next will shock even the most experienced true crime reader. Clinging to and manipulating one another, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell believed the return of Jesus Christ was imminent and that God had chosen them to lead the 144,000 and usher in the new millennium. When the people closest to them began dying, it became clear they would stop at nothing to be together and fulfill their mission. When the bodies of Lori’s missing children—J.J. and Tylee—were discovered in Chad’s backyard, the strange and complex story of their fundamentalist Mormon beliefs were revealed in all their true horror. Author Lori Hellis, a retired criminal lawyer, had just moved to Arizona when news of J.J. and Tylee's disappearance broke, and there were reports about these missing children that linked them to a neighboring community. She began to follow the case closely, trying to understand this perfect storm of people and circumstances that culminated in the death of innocents. In Children of Darkness and Light, Hellis digs deep into the investigation, trial, and verdict to craft a haunting narrative that illuminates one of the most confounding crimes in recent memory. |
| lori vallow childhood: I Am The Ancestor S. Monique Smith, 2015-06-29 I Am the Ancestor is a book written by a 46, 47 or 48-year-old woman who is the genesis, the beginning of her family. Known as Symbolie Monique Smith - sometimes - the author undoubtedly believes that she was abducted around the tender age of two and, as a result, has no accurate records of herself. After 15 years of endlessly searching for answers, Smith decided to tell her story before in an attempt to leave behind a true legacy for her four children. I Am the Ancestor is an inspirational account of the life of one living in a world with no links, no attachments and no real existence. Symbolie Monique Smith said, This book will not only be a way for me to share with my children the life's identity of their mother, it will make them aware of our unidentifiable past while touching the soul of every possible role player! Author Monique Smith, or so she is called, recently discovered that the woman she has known to be her mother throughout her life is of no relation to her. On her quest to find answers, Monique found no trace of her biological parents or possible siblings and no concrete leads from police officials. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Murders of Christopher Watts Cheryln Cadle, 2023-03-22 On August 13, 2018 Christopher Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two toddler daughters. Cheryln Cadle contacted him and started visiting him in prison. Christopher started writing her letters from his prison cell in Wisconsin. These letters had his confessions of things he had never told anyone else. Now she shares the letters and the truth about what happened that fateful night in Frederick Colorado to Shanann, Nico, Bella and Celeste Watts at the hands of their father. Was he just a monster or was it truly his girlfriend that he wanted to start a life with the reason he was willing to kill his family? |
| lori vallow childhood: X-Men Ed Piskor, 2018-04-04 Collects X-Men: Grand Design #1-2. Over six tumultuous decades, the X-Men have carved a singular place in comic book lore and popular culture. From their riotous birth in the 60s, to their legendary reboot in the 70s, to their attitude adjustment in the 90s, to their battle against extinction in the 00s, the X-Men have remained unquestionably relevant to generations of readers, the ultimate underdogs in an increasingly complicated world. Now, New York Timesbest-selling author Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything youve ever experienced before, an intricate labor of love that stitches together hundreds of classic and obscure stories into one seamless X-Men masterpiece! This volume also includes 1963s X-MEN #1, masterfully recolored by Ed. |
| lori vallow childhood: Sunshine Girl Julianna Margulies, 2021-05-04 Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply personal look at a young woman making sense of the world against a chaotic and peripatetic childhood.”—Katie Couric As an apple-cheeked bubbly child, Julianna was bestowed with the family nickname “Sunshine Girl.” Shuttled back and forth between her divorced parents, often on different continents, she quickly learned how to be of value to her eccentric mother and her absent father. Raised in fairly unconventional ways in various homes in Paris, England, New York, and New Hampshire, Julianna found that her role among the surrounding turmoil and uncertainty was to comfort those around her, seeking organization among the disorder, making her way in the world as a young adult and eventually an award-winning actress. Throughout, there were complicated relationships, difficult choices, and overwhelming rejections. But there were also the moments where fate, faith, and talent aligned, leading to the unforgettable roles of a lifetime, both professionally and personally—moments when chaos had finally turned to calm. Filled with intimate stories and revelatory moments, Sunshine Girl is at once unflinchingly honest and perceptive. It is a riveting self-portrait of a woman whose resilience in the face of turmoil will leave readers intrigued and inspired. |
| lori vallow childhood: Rhapsody Judith Gould, 2000 Misha Levin is a man who seems to have everything. A world-famous pianist nurtured by loving Russian parents for whom no sacrifice was too great, he has a devoted wife, an adoring son, and the adulation of millions. Then, on a street in Vienna, only hours before his most important concert, he sees the woman he loved and lost eight years efore. Desperate to reclaim the happiness he has denied himself for so long, Misha begins a secret affair that will jeopardize all that he has accomplished and force him to choose between two women. From the fairy-tale city of Prague to the romantic boulevards of Paris, from the nightspots of London to a glittering Manhattan penthouse, a searing drama of passion, deception, and betrayal is played out on an international stage - as the lives of Misha, Vera and Serena will change forever... |
| lori vallow childhood: Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony Keith Ablow, 2011-11-22 The trial of twenty-five year old Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee was the most sensational case in America since O.J. Simpson's—with a verdict every bit as stunning. After being acquitted in July 2011, Ms. Anthony instantly became one of the most infamous women in the world. Dr. Keith Ablow distills tens of thousands of pages of documents he has obtained, his behind-the-camera, one-on one interviews, and his decades of experience in the world of forensic psychiatry to make sense of a woman whose defense attorney described as an innocent victim of childhood sexual abuse, but the state insisted was a cold-blooded murderer. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony delivers an incisive, riveting way of understanding this troubled young woman. |
| lori vallow childhood: One Foot in the Grave Chad Daybell, 2019 Unless you plan to live forever, you've got to read this book! This is a collection of true graveyard stories you won't be able to put down--or ever forget. Join a real cemetery sexton as he introduces you to such characters as: Eddie, a lock-picking ghost; Pamela, an error-prone psychic; A relentless, coffin-chasing cow; Grandmas who steal decorations; Brazen graveside lovers; A rock band's memorable visit; Mrs. Robinson and her buried leg. These and many other memorable characters--both dead and alive--are found within these pages. The author shares his own cemetery blunders and bizarre experiences, along with his dealings with meddling spirits. He even gives tips on how to outfox the Grim Reaper. This is a must-read for anyone who isn’t in the ground already. |
| lori vallow childhood: Subconscious Power Kimberly Friedmutter, 2020-09-01 Activate the raw power of your subconscious to create the life you’ve always wanted, using six essential lessons from one of the world’s most renowned hypnotherapists in this “nourishing and healing book” (Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Spiritual Liberation). Unsatisfying careers. Volatile, unhealthy relationships. Unfulfilled dreams. Too many of us are living lives that fall short of what we truly desire. But as celebrity hypnotist Kimberly Friedmutter explains in this life-changing book, not only is it possible to design the life of your dreams, but the power to do so already lies within you, in your subconscious mind. The subconscious is the root of your true power and desire; it’s your inner child, your authentic self. It is the honest compass that will lead you to a life of happiness, so long as you are able to follow its direction. We all have the power to access it but as we grow up we’re taught to stop daydreaming and to follow society’s rules, which makes us disconnect from our subconscious, often with tragic results. In Subconscious Power, Kimberly guides you through six principles that bring your conscious mind in line with your subconscious desires. She shares practical, three-minute exercises that will help you transform your relationships, find true love, lose weight after years of struggling with the scale, overcome addictions, and achieve new career successes and heights. Featuring inspiring success stories and the practical tools you need to make meaningful change, Subconscious Power gives “you a pathway to achieve your goals and dreams in an effective and easily understandable manner. This book will improve your life in ways you never thought of” (David Zelon, producer of Soul Surfer). |
| lori vallow childhood: Secrets in the Cellar John Glatt, 2009-03-03 Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their family--though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been lost to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance... For twenty-seven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with sound-proof paneling and code-protected electric locks. There, she would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josef's children. One died in infancy--and the other three were raised alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day. Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth's children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the nineteen-year-old girl had ever gone outside--and soon, the truth about her background, her family's captivity, and Josef's unspeakable crimes would come to light. John Glatt's Secrets in the Cellar is the true story of a crime that shocked the world. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Gideon Chronicles Taylor Brandwyn, 2021-07-10 A thousand-year journey of humanity's expansion into the universe...A tale of empires forged, civilizations lost, and entire worlds ultimately reborn again... All seen through the eyes...Of a machine...The Gideon Chronicles: Memoirs of a Machine is the first chapter of the science fiction epic series centering around Gideon, a robot who is unwittingly thrust into the conflicts of his creators while searching for his own true purpose and a greater sense of meaning in the cosmos beyond.After awakening on the war-torn colony world of Tontra, Gideon finds himself in the company of the crew of The Mara: a militia patrol unit under the service of the Colonial Reclamation Front. As the colonial tensions against the corrupt and tyrannical International Extra-Solar Colonial Commission continue to escalate, Gideon soon finds himself at the center of the main theater of war.But beyond the brutal human conflict at hand, a mysterious alien presence on Tontra begins to stir in the shadows. While the elusive extraterrestrial species seems to initially pay little mind to the warring human factions, new discoveries come to light regarding the true history of Tontra colony and threaten to further unravel the colonial efforts as a whole across all of human- controlled space.The Gideon Chronicles: Memoirs of a Machine is a tale of sacrifice, honor, loss, loyalty, liberty, and the true nature of what it means to be a family through the underlying universal ties that bind us all together. |
| lori vallow childhood: An Impossible Dilemma Netta Newbound, 2017-02-03 Would you choose to save your child if it meant someone else had to die? Victoria and Jonathan Lyons seem to have everything--a perfect marriage, a beautiful daughter, Emily, and a successful business. Until they discover Emily, aged five, has a rare and fatal illness. Medical trials show that a temporary fix would be to transplant a hormone from a living donor. However, in the trials the donors die within twenty-four hours. Victoria and Jonathan are forced to accept that their daughter is going to die. In an unfortunate twist of fate Jonathan is suddenly killed in a farming accident and Victoria turns to her sick father-in-law, Frank, for help. Then a series of events present Victoria and Frank with a situation that, although illegal, could save Emily. Will they take their one chance and should they? A Sinister and Darkly Compelling Psychological Thriller Novel, this book is intended for mature audiences and contains graphic and disturbing imagery. |
| lori vallow childhood: Unspoken Legacy Claudia Black, 2018 A far-ranging examination of addiction and trauma in the family and how its effects can reverberate for generations. |
| lori vallow childhood: Bag Man Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, 2020-12-08 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon’s White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come—with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow’s Peabody Award–nominated podcast “Both a thriller and a history book, Bag Man is a triumph of storytelling.”—Preet Bharara, New York Times bestselling author of Doing Justice and host of the podcast Stay Tuned with Preet Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody’s paying attention? And for that scandal to be all but forgotten decades later? The year was 1973, and Spiro T. Agnew, the former governor of Maryland, was Richard Nixon’s second-in-command. Long on firebrand rhetoric and short on political experience, Agnew had carried out a bribery and extortion ring in office for years, when—at the height of Watergate—three young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes and launched a mission to take him down before it was too late, before Nixon’s impending downfall elevated Agnew to the presidency. The self-described “counterpuncher” vice president did everything he could to bury their investigation: dismissing it as a “witch hunt,” riling up his partisan base, making the press the enemy, and, with a crumbling circle of loyalists, scheming to obstruct justice in order to survive. In this blockbuster account, Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz detail the investigation that exposed Agnew’s crimes, the attempts at a cover-up—which involved future president George H. W. Bush—and the backroom bargain that forced Agnew’s resignation but also spared him years in federal prison. Based on the award-winning hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew’s scandal and its lasting influence on our politics, our media, and our understanding of what it takes to confront a criminal in the White House. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Perfect Father John Glatt, 2020-07-21 In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on social media—but the truth would lead to a vicious and heartbreaking murder. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family’s safe return. But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: he had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family’s Facebook accounts was slipping—and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, and boiling rage. In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Renewed Earth Chad Daybell, 2011-04 The Saints await the resurrection of the righteous dead and the return of the City of Enoch as they prepare to meet their King and usher in the Millennium. But a showdown is looming in Jerusalem and plagues continue to be poured out on the inhabitants of the world. |
| lori vallow childhood: Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End Sophie Aldred, 2020-02-06 Past or future, which path do you choose? Past, present and future collide as the Thirteenth Doctor meets classic Doctor Who companion Ace – in the first epic novel from the woman who played her, Sophie Aldred. Once, a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor – until, in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company. Decades later, she is known as Dorothy McShane, the reclusive millionaire philanthropist who heads global organisation A Charitable Earth. And Dorothy is haunted by terrible nightmares, vivid dreams that begin just as scores of young runaways are vanishing from the dark alleyways of London. Could the disappearances be linked to sightings of sinister creatures lurking in the city shadows? Why has an alien satellite entered a secret orbit around the Moon? Investigating the satellite with Ryan, Graham and Yaz, the Doctor is thrown together with Ace once more. Together they must unravel a malevolent plot that will cost thousands of lives. But can the Doctor atone for her past incarnation’s behaviour – and how much must Ace sacrifice to win victory not only for herself, but for the Earth? |
| lori vallow childhood: Let the People Pick the President Jesse Wegman, 2020-03-17 “Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with... —Publishers Weekly The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose? Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question—and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—find that their votes didn't matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president. Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed—now. Isn't it time to let the people pick the president? In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count—and restore belief in our democratic system. |
| lori vallow childhood: Crazy Love You Lisa Unger, 2024-01-23 “It’s crazy good.” —Associated Press New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger is “one of the brightest stars in the game” (Dennis Lehane) and she is at the top of her game with Crazy Love You, a tale that is both “mesmerizing and unnerving from its first pages to its stunner of an ending” (Megan Abbott, author of The Fever). “The pages fly by as Ian, the most unreliable narrator since Nick Dunne in Gone Girl leads us on a wild ride in this superb psychological thriller.” —Booklist (starred review) Darkness has a way of finding Ian when he is with Priss. Even when they were kids, playing in the woods of their small upstate New York town, he could feel it. Still, Priss was his best friend, his salvation from the bullies who teased him mercilessly and from his family’s deadly secrets. Now that they’ve both escaped to New York City, Ian is no longer the tortured victim. He is a talented and successful graphic novelist, and Priss…Priss is still trouble. The booze, the drugs, the sex—Ian is growing tired of late nights together trying to forget the past. Especially now that he’s met sweet, beautiful Megan, whose love makes him want to change for the better. But Priss doesn’t like change. Change makes her angry. And when Priss is angry, terrible things begin to happen… |
| lori vallow childhood: The Mormon People Matthew Bowman, 2012-01-24 “From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street Journal With Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book that pulls back the curtain on more than 180 years of Mormon history and doctrine. He recounts the church’s origins and explains how the Mormon vision has evolved—and with it the esteem in which Mormons have been held in the eyes of their countrymen. Admired on the one hand as hardworking paragons of family values, Mormons have also been derided as oddballs and persecuted as polygamists, heretics, and zealots. The place of Mormonism in public life continues to generate heated debate, yet the faith has never been more popular. One of the fastest-growing religions in the world, it retains an uneasy sense of its relationship with the main line of American culture. Mormons will surely play an even greater role in American civic life in the years ahead. The Mormon People comes as a vital addition to the corpus of American religious history—a frank and balanced demystification of a faith that remains a mystery for many. With a new afterword by the author. “Fascinating and fair-minded . . . a sweeping soup-to-nuts primer on Mormonism.”—The Boston Globe “A cogent, judicious, and important account of a faith that has been an important element in American history but remained surprisingly misunderstood.”—Michael Beschloss “A thorough, stimulating rendering of the Mormon past and present.”—Kirkus Reviews “[A] smart, lucid history.”—Tom Brokaw |
| lori vallow childhood: Whatever Mother Says... Wensley Clarkson, 1995-03-15 The author of seven books, including the bestselling Doctors of Death, now tells a shocking true story of murder and madness. Soft-spoken Theresa Knorr was arrested in October 1993 for the torture murders of her two daughters, committed by her sons--at her insistence. |
| lori vallow childhood: Why They Kill Richard Rhodes, 2000-10-10 Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, brings his inimitable vision, exhaustive research, and mesmerizing prose to this timely book that dissects violence and offers new solutions to the age old problem of why people kill. Lonnie Athens was raised by a brutally domineering father. Defying all odds, Athens became a groundbreaking criminologist who turned his scholar's eye to the problem of why people become violent. After a decade of interviewing several hundred violent convicts--men and women of varied background and ethnicity, he discovered violentization, the four-stage process by which almost any human being can evolve into someone who will assault, rape, or murder another human being. Why They Kill is a riveting biography of Athens and a judicious critique of his seminal work, as well as an unflinching investigation into the history of violence. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Prince of Paradise John Glatt, 2013-04-16 Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ‘50's and ‘60's, and when the family business went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau. But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room—a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up—when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation—when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police. John Glatt tells the whole story of this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost, in Prince of Paradise. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Lost Girls John Glatt, 2015-04-14 A New York Times Bestseller! New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement. The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for over a decade by Ariel Castro, and their amazing escape in May 2013, which made headlines all over the world. The book has an exclusive interview and photographs of Ariel Castro's secret fiancé, who spent many romantic nights in his house of horror, without realizing he had bound and chained captives just a few feet away. There are also revealing interviews with several Castro family members, musician friends and several neighbors who witnessed the dramatic rescue. |
| lori vallow childhood: A Greater Tomorrow Julie Rowe, 2014-05 In 2004, Julie Rowe was a happy wife and mother. Then her health took a turn for the worse. While in a weakened state, her spirit left her body and entered the Spirit World. An ancestor named John greeted her and showed her many wonderful places there. He also allowed her to read from the Book of Life, which showed her a panorama of the earth's past, present, and future. |
| lori vallow childhood: Visions of Glory John M. Pontius, |
| lori vallow childhood: Hanging Softly in the Night Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra, 2020-11-08 A QUESTIONABLE SUICIDE... A DETECTIVE'S SUSPICION... AND A DESPERATE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER BEFORE MORE VICTIMS ARE FOUND. New York Police Department's Sixteenth Precinct in Manhattan is under siege by the flu, and Detective Nick Larson and his partner, Detective Victor Sacco, are up to their armpits with work overload. The captain's cigar is seriously chewed, and everyone is working around the clock. To complicate matters, on a personal level, things aren't going smoothly, either. Laura Howard, the woman Nick loves, is also having issues with a psycho twin sister who is doing everything to ruin Laura's business and her life. Then Nick's captain assigns a new case, a suicide. From the moment Nick steps on scene, however, something doesn't feel quite right, especially when, upon investigating the case further, the supposed suicide looks more and more like an actual homicide. Immediately, Nick's instincts kick into gear, but rev into overdrive when similar, questionable suicides pop up around the area. And with the way things have been going lately, it would just be Nick's luck to have a serial killer on the loose. Set in New York City, Hanging Softly in the Night is a story of murder, mental illness, determination, dedication, perseverance, and, ultimately, justice. |
| lori vallow childhood: Golden Boy John Glatt, 2022-07-26 In Golden Boy, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the handsome and charming New York socialite accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and Deerfield Academy, summers in a sprawling seaside mansion in the Hamptons. With his striking good looks, he moved with ease through glittering social circles and followed in his father’s footsteps to Princeton. But Tommy always felt different. The cracks in his façade began to show in warning signs of OCD, increasing paranoia, and—most troubling—an inexplicable hatred of his father. As his parents begged him to seek psychiatric help, Tommy pushed back by self-medicating with drugs and escalating violence. When a fire destroyed his former best friend’s Hamptons home, Tommy was the prime suspect—but he was never charged. Just months later, he arrived at his parents’ apartment, calmly asked his mother to leave, and shot his father point-blank in the head. Journalist John Glatt takes an in-depth look at the devastating crime that rocked Manhattan’s upper class. With exclusive access to sources close to Tommy, including his own mother, Glatt constructs the agonizing spiral of mental illness that led Thomas Gilbert Jr. to the ultimate unspeakable act. |
| lori vallow childhood: The Silly Adventures of Petunia and Herman the Worm Sam Baker, 2018-04-28 An act of kindness. A friendship! An accident. A surprising friendship! In The Silly Adventures of Petunia and Herman the Worm author Sam Baker weaves a tale of adventure starring a creative worm who is befriended by a young girl who lost her mother. Laugh along with the adventures and The transformation of the hungry Herman and his best friend, Petunia. |
| lori vallow childhood: My Sweet Angel John Glatt, 2017-10-03 |
| lori vallow childhood: Recovering Agency Luna Lindsey, 2014-07-16 In 2012, Mormon General Authority Marlin K. Jensen acknowledged that members are leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in droves. Access to the internet is often credited and blamed for this mass exodus, where members learn about problematic doctrines and cover-ups of LDS history. Many are happy as Mormons. And many are not. Those who leave, and those doubters who stay, face struggles that few others can understand. Much of this suffering is caused by manipulative and controlling techniques pervasive throughout LDS doctrines and culture. Understanding these techniques will help recovering Mormons overcome the effects of belonging to a high-demand group. As a former Mormon, Luna Lindsey experienced this coercive persuasion firsthand. Recovering Agency presents years of research into social psychology and the science of cult dynamics, to describe 31 mind control techniques, alongside examples of their use in Mormon scripture, lessons, and from the pulpit. Even if you have never been Mormon, chances are that coercive influence techniques have been used to manipulate you at some point. Turn the pages and learn the answers to longstanding questions about this unique American religion and about the human mind. |
| lori vallow childhood: Lost in Hollywood John Glatt, 1995 Drawing on interviews with Hollywood insiders, friends, colleagues, and family members, the author explores the tragically short life of actor River Phoenix and reveals the confusion, private demons, and destructive path that led to his death |
| lori vallow childhood: Counterpoint-Point Jim Davis, 2024-07-03 Are Satan and his minions active around mankind through the world, the flesh, and the devil? Is the enmity between his seed and the seed of the woman real and on display? Can humans do anything to protect themselves from this real threat? Does God provide protection and answers for these threats? Join Jim Davis, in the style of C.S. Lewis and Frank Peretti, in exploring and answering all these questions with a year-long daily review of actual Yahoo News headlines of 2023 presenting this spiritual warfare examination with the face of the reality of evil and the promises and hope of a Savior. |
Lori Daybell: 'Doomsday Mom' found guilty in final Arizona trial
4 days ago · Lori Daybell has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in her second and final trial in Arizona. In April, Daybell was found guilty of plotting the fatal shooting of her fourth …
Lori Name, Meaning, Origin, History, And Popularity - MomJunction
Feb 12, 2025 · Lori is a charming name loved by parents for its casual vibe. It is generally considered a diminutive of Laura and Lorraine and means ‘laurel,’ derived from the Latin word …
Lori Daybell found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder AZ jury …
4 days ago · PHOENIX — Lori Daybell has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder by a jury in her second trial in Arizona. In this case, Daybell was accused of conspiring to kill her …
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Jun 4, 2025 · Lori Vallow Daybell is on trial in Maricopa County, Arizona, on one charge of conspiracy to commit the murder of Brandon Boudreaux, her former nephew-in-law. Nate …
Lori - Name Meaning, What does Lori mean? - Think Baby Names
What does Lori mean? L ori as a girls' name is pronounced LORE-ee. It is of English and Latin origin, and the meaning of Lori is "laurel". Modern variant of Laurie and Lora; diminutive of …
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Meaning of Lori - What does Lori mean? Read the name meaning, origin, pronunciation, and popularity of the baby name Lori for girls.
Lori - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity
5 days ago · The name Lori is a girl's name of English origin meaning "from Laurentium or bay laurel". Lori, with this sleek modern spelling, was an extremely popular name in the middle of …
Meaning, origin and history of the name Lori - Behind the Name
Apr 5, 2022 · Diminutive of Laura, Lorraine and other names beginning with Lor. This name rapidly rose in popularity in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, peaking in the 8th spot for …
Lori - Girl Name Meaning and Pronunciation - Ask Oracle
Lori is a Girl Name pronounced as LOH-ree and means laurel, bay tree. Lori is of Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the name Laura.
Lori - Meaning, Nicknames, Origins and More | Namepedia
The name "Lori" is often considered a short form of the name "Lorelei," which has German origins and is derived from the combination of the Old Germanic elements "lauz" meaning "laurel" and …
Lori Daybell: 'Doomsday Mom' found guilty in final Arizona trial
4 days ago · Lori Daybell has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in her second and final trial in Arizona. In April, Daybell was found guilty of plotting the fatal shooting of her fourth …
Lori Name, Meaning, Origin, History, And Popularity - MomJunction
Feb 12, 2025 · Lori is a charming name loved by parents for its casual vibe. It is generally considered a diminutive of Laura and Lorraine and means ‘laurel,’ derived from the Latin word …
Lori Daybell found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder AZ jury …
4 days ago · PHOENIX — Lori Daybell has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder by a jury in her second trial in Arizona. In this case, Daybell was accused of conspiring to kill her …
LIVE UPDATES: Jury selection underway in Lori Vallow Daybell …
Jun 4, 2025 · Lori Vallow Daybell is on trial in Maricopa County, Arizona, on one charge of conspiracy to commit the murder of Brandon Boudreaux, her former nephew-in-law. Nate …
Lori - Name Meaning, What does Lori mean? - Think Baby Names
What does Lori mean? L ori as a girls' name is pronounced LORE-ee. It is of English and Latin origin, and the meaning of Lori is "laurel". Modern variant of Laurie and Lora; diminutive of …
Lori - Meaning of Lori, What does Lori mean? - BabyNamesPedia
Meaning of Lori - What does Lori mean? Read the name meaning, origin, pronunciation, and popularity of the baby name Lori for girls.
Lori - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity
5 days ago · The name Lori is a girl's name of English origin meaning "from Laurentium or bay laurel". Lori, with this sleek modern spelling, was an extremely popular name in the middle of …
Meaning, origin and history of the name Lori - Behind the Name
Apr 5, 2022 · Diminutive of Laura, Lorraine and other names beginning with Lor. This name rapidly rose in popularity in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, peaking in the 8th spot for …
Lori - Girl Name Meaning and Pronunciation - Ask Oracle
Lori is a Girl Name pronounced as LOH-ree and means laurel, bay tree. Lori is of Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the name Laura.
Lori - Meaning, Nicknames, Origins and More | Namepedia
The name "Lori" is often considered a short form of the name "Lorelei," which has German origins and is derived from the combination of the Old Germanic elements "lauz" meaning "laurel" and …
