Entering America's Only Polygamist Town
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2024
- This is one of the strangest stories I've ever told, and ironically, it takes place in my home state of Arizona.
The story takes place in a small rural town called Colorado City, where the FLDS church rules the land (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) -- And I was guided by former member, Sam, who runs the amazing CZcams channel @GrowingUpinPolygamy.
In Colorado City, it's acceptable for men to be polygamists, or have multiple wives. Many have 3 or 4 wives, but the ruler of the community who is a God-like figure named Warren Jeffs, had 85 wives until he was thrown in prison on a life sentence for sexual assault on minors (among other charges).
Through Sam, I was able to get special access to this community and the things that I experienced will leave you speechless. I was even able to interview Warren Jeff's 65th wife -- who shares things that she never before shared on camera.
I'd love to hear from you in the comments down below. What do you think about Colorado City, Warren Jeffs, and the FLDS Church?
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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 🙏🏼
Nice! Glad to see you are still interested in learning about other peoples lifestyles. I love all your videos.
Hello Drew ❤ Mr Mike King from Profiling Evil knows EVERYTHING about cults. He is from Utah, a former police Chief 😊
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.
It's a cult where child abuse and sexual abuse rules the day.
Ive wondered why you havent already 😂
It's a cult, I don't care how anyone tries to sugar coat it.
I don’t think anyone except FLDS members would say it’s not a cult
I suppose it's all comes down to how you define cult. In the broadest sense, we are all part of cults.
@@johnnymonoxide9220 No it's not. There are pretty precise definitions of a religious cult.
I said the same things after the Mennonites episode and I still haven't been convinced otherwise
@@johnnymonoxide9220 Satan's cult
So glad that sick man is behind bars. The amount of trauma he inflicted on hundreds of families is horrible. Those poor children.
WHAT kind of Trauma! Why would you get trauma for having a husband who has no multiple wife's?
He is still doing it
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307the rape and abuse of children
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 did you watch the video?
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 Overlap perhaps? Think MAGA.
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 ❤
29:11 Time stamp for the story
Live in a PURE way????
Don't seem like he was does i@@bianchaesson1441
I personally could not imagine marrying an 80 year old.
Now imagine 100's of millions living like this under Islam in Africa and middle east... 13year old girls marrying 80 year old men!!
i feel so bad for the women in that cult
Same.
Same
he was having fun making babies
wait until he finds out about muslim women in 3rd world countries
😢
This guy has such an unbelievable energy, love to see him really reconstructing himself and talking about it all.
He does
It takes a strong mind to be able to escape a cult when you are born into it.
He has a CZcams channel with his wife. He often talks about his experience.
Mormons post-caffeine discovery is a special kind of energy
I get a creep vibe from him.
These two women were the most honest I've ever heard talk about their experience in the church.
Why do you say women? One was a guy.
You should talk to more people
This is not a church experience. Any bad person can use religion as a disguise
@@braniefanie4938 Usually churches don't exist without a religious reason
The polyamory wasn’t wrong but the s*x crimes are
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!
I agree ! He’s the best!
@@drewbinsky I mean the polyamory isn’t wrong in my opinion, it was the fact it was a cult
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.
The reason the homes were not finished was because everybody had to build then with cash, no mortgages were allowed
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.
They didn't have guns. You were just being paranoid.
@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.
@@vjs4539 How do you know they didn’t have guns? Are you one of them?
This is literally a HAREM. Not just a cult. It's a harem.
Those children were ,straight up, trafficked to pedophiles.
It’s a harem horror anime plot but in The States
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
@@DMp-xp6mj how do you know.
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
It was this very one! Warren Jeffs is the one that excommunicated them all.
I hope the girls won.
What community in what state would that be in?
Colorado city Utah @@matildamarmaduke1096
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...
The tapped phones for the whole city or area is insane all from his own house
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.
I love this style of video. Great job on this!
Thank you so much! it’s a lot more raw than usual but I like it too
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 CZcams these days...)
Thanks so much for featuring Sam here. I’ve been a viewer of his and Melissa’s channel for a long time!
He’s a legend !!!
It's so funny that Colorado City is on the border of two states, and neither one is Colorado
Then why is it called Colorado City?
Truth
@@terminallove3531It’s named after the Colorado River
It’s also funny that Jamaica is a neighborhood in Queens New York and it is nowhere close to near to the real Jamaica🇯🇲
@@langstonreese7077 There’s a Russia in NY as well. Upstate in the Adirondacks
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.
I’m sick with food poisoning and I literally threw up when that photo appeared. Not even kidding.
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"
@@Forevergreenclover Username checks out.
@@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 🤣
Oh, yeah no, there was actually a freaking recording of him raping his 12 year old "wife" that got him thrown in prison
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.
Related how crazy and crazier!??
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! 👍🤩🙏
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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.
What a nice, articulate, honest young man. A refreshing look at a cult that continues to confound us. Thank you Drew. Well done!
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.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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!
This is so sad to watch! My heart goes out to those people, I hope they heal and get the protection they need. I am LDS, (NOT FDLS - very difficult cultures), and it breaks my heart to know so many are forced to endure such trauma because of a religious belief. 🙁
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. 💞💞💞💞
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.
Yes they’re the best!!
Thousands of American strangers were "married" by South Korean guru cult leader Sun Young Moon. They became Moonies.
So glad you met up with Sam, he's such an amazing guy.
I was just about to write that. His podcast with his wife is really good.
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.
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.
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..
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
I love the way Sam explains and talks through everything. Super engaging and informative. What a cool guy
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.
I visted this town 10 years ago. I was a groomsmen and my buddy gets married in moccasin Arizona which is close by. At some point during the day, me, a female friend of the family, and two other guys decide to check out the town. We walk into this general store and naturally we get stared at. Later we joked that they must have thought the female friend had three husbands.
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!
He had 85 wives & ruined so many lives
they all thought he was wise, but he was just the devil in disguise
Children shouldn’t be “wives” they’re victims.
Such a great video, Drew! It’s clear people feel comfortable opening up around you
INCREDIBLE video, Drew! I had never heard of this specific cult before. Thanks for highlighting such an underreported issue!
This was an incredible video! Outstanding work and thank you.
Your Channel is so special. Everytime when i want to search about a country' i just write country name and your name.
Appreciate That!
Excellent documentary. Thank you for putting this together.
He has the same eyes as Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. The man looks spooky. I have no idea what these women are seeing.
There are other places in the United States just like this one that are still very active but are small enough to not draw the same kind of attention that Jeffs did. That's what is messed up about the whole thing is that it is still happening in this country.
Where 😮
Thank you for doing this Drew.
Fascinating, probably my favourite video from your channel.
This is Drew's best work to date! 🙏
Video posted a minute ago but I guess you already watched it all
Thanks bro!! And the edit is FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
@@geox8485he edited it
@@drewbinsky Ohhh that’s awesome
@@geox8485 I'm the lead editor for Drew haha, I've see it many times! Hope you enjoy it!
Nice video, thanks to everyone that contributed towards it.
This is the most interesting one you've done, that I've seen! I like that it's shown as it is. Well done!!
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. ❤
Thank you!! My CZcams channel is exactly my own TV show :) I appreciate your feedback!
@@drewbinsky I'll rephrase that. Your show is TV quality. Not many achieve such a high standard on CZcams. You really have set the bar high for anyone wanting to follow in your footsteps. Take care and stay safe out there 🙂
Yes Drew,I heard this on Peter Santenello's video "Escaping polygamist cult-inside the dangerous world of the FLDS,6 months ago.
He is not original. He coppies other CZcamsrs
He even copied indigo traveler
Ya there are quite a few videos on the FLDS. Theyre all equally as interesting (imo anyway).
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you drew. You are an asset to the world.
Much love brother drew have blessed weekend fam 🙏🙌
The way she's able to compare herself and her congregations to animals when asked about if having one husband and multiple wives is weird.. Lady.. there's a reason we consider ourselves different from the animal kingdom.
Which is ironic because you can also find homosexual behavior in animals as well, yet they would condemn that fully.
@@tryphenarose384 Infanticide of another males' offspring is also very common.
Homosexual behavior in non human primates is practiced to force social dominance.
While "rape" is common for both sexes, in several species, infanticide is a guy thing.
#Brainwashed
Here in Italy and all over Europe polygamy is punished 'cause it's forbidden and illegal
Polygamy is illegal in all 50 US states. Rarely prosecuted, but prosecution just makes them go deeper into hiding. This community is not the only polygamous settlement in the US.@@emanuelamattioli6743
Love the new type of video, hope to see more content like this but overall you did a great job on the video!
This is so sad to watch, I feel so bad the women there. I hope they all heal 🙏
great stuff mate. quality content love the long format. also Sam is amazing, gave you excellent insight / tour. cheers
Religion is the best way to control the population of your nation or clan.
i would say 'man made religions' to emphasize the 'flaws' and 'false' of this sinister political tool to mankind..
Fr I feel like people made a religion out of Jesus death when he just wants us to have a relationship with him but it’s because humans aways try and twist what the word of God says
Oooh My God thank you for Showing Us Diversity of Cultures in the World..Also you inspired me to begin a CZcams Channel..Aint giving up Drew ..Am from East Africa Kenya
Yesss, now THIS is a proper Drew Binsky video! Fascinating story
Who knew this could be in Drew's home state. I love Arizona but never knew this cult existed.
“Warren Jeffs’ most hated wife” is definitely a title I would wear proudly. Good for her!
Oh crap,I planned on buying land in Colorado City,guess I gotta scrap that idea..
Nah, go through with it and help it rebuild and bury the past.
Beautiful work and production man. Peace n love
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
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.
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!
Jeffs went to jail 13 years ago. The towns have changed dramatically since then. FLDS isn't completely gone but, they have moved to other areas.
This isn't the "only" town in America but, likely the most famous one.
It's a lot different on the border now.
Great video Drew. Keep sharing.
I loved this video! I love the stories you tell about ways of life that aren't the "usual" I hope you do more of these!
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.
the FBI needs to do more reserch on the FLDS beacouse I really think there is more going on there
yea the fact that warren still has phone privileges and visitors etc is mind boggling. This cult will never end if he still does
It's also been speculated that it's not Warren giving the orders anymore because he is so incapacitated from being in solitary (for his own safety) for so long.
you would love to destroy the Constitutional rights? How precious.
Oh Drew! Thanks for vlogging this Polygamy community of Warren Jeffs. I’ve just seen it on tv before. And now I’ve learned more about it. It’s very interesting but it’s crazy! Incredible horrible person he was and his forefathers who wrongly raised him like that. Always watching from Canada.🇨🇦 #🇵🇭
I love this video drew thank you ❤
Great video Drew! I actually saw Warren Jeffs on the Top 10 Most Wanted List before on Wikipedia, thought he was just another crazy cultist. But I didn't know the deep "lore" (as you can say) behind him and the cult he ran.
Great mini documentary!
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.
this video was truly captivating. i started watching and then 50 minutes had gone by. really incredible stories. Well done.
Omg I saw this story on a TV show like 10 years ago I had so many questions. I'm glad you covered this!!! It's so bizarre!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
19:56 "Mother Ivan" should probably be spelled "Mother Yvonne."
that guy is a treat he is so well spoken
great vid youtube is healing💗
Really fascinating to watch. Thank you Drew. I look forward to more amazing journeys
Also I do remember when this was in the news
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.
that place is surrounded by such a beautiful landscape though. I really wonder what they were hiding in that mountain if no one was allowed to go there
Same
considering that Sam didn’t see anything there it’s probably the corpse of anyone who rebeled
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!
Great work Drew ❤ I always enjoy watching your videos!
Always love your videos✌️
You’re wrong that is not America’s only polygamist town
but the title brought you here and he still got credit for the click.... he won
I live in southeast Idaho and I see them up here all the time.
@@hannajones0106 same i live on the utah Idaho border
Who cares man
This was a great subject Thanks ,Well done
This was such an interesting insight.
Thank you for this video. This was a true breath of fresh air hearing him talk about his experiences in this cult.
Hopefully he will talk and maybe reconnect with his siblings at some point.
i can't help but to see Dax Sheppard seeing and watching him talk lol
Another great vid
Great work as always Drew glad you were able to connect with Sam after Peter, he clearly has a great sense of humour and a heart and passion for exposing this to the world. Respect and hope you both take care and find many blessings ahead . All the best !
I love learning about things that are happening in the world! I hope to travel one day too and learn more about the world. Thank you for all the research and time you put into your videos Drew! 🙏💗
You can tell how good of a heart Sam has❤
He’s the best!!!
One of your best vids in a long time
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.
I really enjoyed watching this video, hope you will continue doing videos like this
Amazing how 1 man could convince 1000s (men & women) that he was sent by God......
The wives are as young as 14 and hes in jail… hes a pdf file
Yes
Apparently 12...
And they aren't his wives. They're closer to concubines by historical definition, since legally he cannot marry multiple at once. That's the law. Regardless, this disgusting man deserves life in prison.
@@iamanactualcatyes a lot of them got married as soon as they hit puberty
14 is actually the age of consent in many countries.
Excellent documentary 👏👏👏
This is such a good story. I usually hate “long” videos like this (to me, anything more than 20 mins is long) but I enjoyed it very much.
Such a horrible and unatural story. Our hearts go out for the innocents involved in this tragic situation.
He was using religion to build a cult. That is what had happened here and there are many people like him around the world! :( This is, for all intents and purposes, is a cult.
Like the Fauci cult.
Hi Drew, this was a very great video, different from normal and very interesting. I had seen a documentary before, but never with the experience of ex-community people. I was actually supposed to go to sleep, but then i saw that you had a new video so i had to watch it. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Very Interesting Video Drew! Keep them up 👏👏