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Mormon Doomsday Prepper Cult Ends In Tragedy Christine Marie from the Netflix documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet dives into Mormon doomsday, the Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell case, and murder cults. In this episode of Cults, Culture, and Coercion, Dr. Steven Hassan interviews Christine Marie on her lived experience inside a coercive belief cult and how ordinary people can be manipulated into extreme actions. Christine Marie is a cult survivor and media psychology scholar whose work focuses on trauma, public shaming, and misrepresentation. Drawing on both her personal experience and academic research, she explains how psychological coercion operates in the mind, how charismatic authority figures exploit belief systems, and why even intelligent, educated individuals can fall under powerful psychological control. In this conversation, originally recorded in 2016, Dr. Hassan and Christine explore dynamics that have since gained widespread attention through cases like Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, helping viewers better understand the real psychological mechanisms behind headlines now resurfacing in Trust Me: The False Prophet. Key Topics We’ll Cover: - What Trust Me: The False Prophet on Netflix reveals about modern cults and coercive systems - How leaders like Samuel Bateman gain psychological control over followers - The role of fear, obedience, and “prophetic authority” in high-control cult environments - How Christine Marie helped expose abuse from inside the FLDS community - The psychological impact of public shaming and narrative distortion - Warning signs of coercive control in religious, political, and personal contexts - How cult mind control overrides identity, values, and critical thinking - What recovery and post-traumatic growth can look like for survivors The episode also explores Christine’s doctoral research on media psychology, including how public shaming and misrepresentation can deeply impact cult survivors' identities, their mental health, and their long-term well-being, especially for those working to deprogram themselves from coercive control. This conversation is essential viewing for anyone trying to understand cults, mind control, and the psychological dynamics behind cases like those featured in Netflix's Trust Me: The False Prophet. 🔔 Subscribe for expert analysis on cults, undue influence, coercive control, media manipulation, and psychological recovery. 🌐 For more of Christine's work: https://christinemarie.com 🔔 Subscribe for expert analysis on cults, undue influence, coercive control, media manipulation, and psychological recovery. Chapters: 00:00 Intro: Can Cult Mind Control Happen to Anyone? 00:31 The Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Case 01:12 Christine Marie on Her Mormon Background & Personal Cult Experience 05:18 How Chad Daybell Influenced Lori Vallow 06:29 Christine Marie on Being Told to Give Up Her Children 07:15 Apocalyptic Beliefs, Abraham Sacrifice & Religious Manipulation 07:54 Doomsday and End Times Control Tactics 10:25 Parents, Cults, and Extreme Obedience: Lessons from Jonestown 16:56 The Fundamental Attribution Error & Why People Misjudge Cult Victims 19:55 Why Anyone Can Fall for Cult Mind Control 21:13 How to Spot a Cult: The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control 22:10 Christine Marie on Media Psychology, Trauma, & Public Shaming 25:49 Final Thoughts on Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell #TrustMeTheFalseProphet #ChristineMarie #StevenHassan #Cults #MindControl #Mormons #LoriVallow #ChadDaybell #CultSurvivor #CultPsychology #CultDynamics #TrueCrime #MindControl #Brainwashing #BITEmodel ******************************************** Learn more at: https://freedomofmind.com/ Subscribe to The Influence Continuum podcast: https://freedomofmind.com/podcast-3/ Enroll in our courses - https://courses.freedomofmind.com/collections Download a .pdf of the BITE model here! https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Subscribe to the Freedom of Mind newsletter: https://freedomofmind.com/subscribe/ Read or listen to Dr. Hassan's books: https://freedomofmind.com/books/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ-ikof3Ka0