Last April I was in an episode of Discovery ID's Deadly Devotions. The episode will air on Monday August 24th at 9pm est.
An excerpt from that blog post describes my episode:
The episode that I shot was about Ervil Lebaron, the leader and prophet of The Church of the Lamb of God. According to Wikipedia, Lebaron
"initiated a series of killings which ultimately resulted in his being sentenced to life in prison. Before his death in prison, LeBaron wrote a document which he called The Book of the New Covenants. This document listed a number of people who had been disloyal and "deserved to die." Copies of this list fell into the hands of LeBaron's followers, who proceeded to administer what they called "blood atonement" to the individuals listed."
The story focused around Lebaron's eventual split with the church he grew up in and then used his followers, along with members of his own family and the two sons of Bud Chynoweth, Mark and Duane to carry out his murderous revenge schemes.
Again according to Wikipedia Lebaron's Mormon sect was
"After The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) officially abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890, some polygamous Mormons moved south to Mexico to continue the practice without the interference of U.S. law enforcement. Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr., was one of these people, and in 1924 moved his family, which included his two wives and eight children, to northern Mexico. There, the family started a farm called "Colonia LeBaron" in Galeana,Chihuahua.[1]
"initiated a series of killings which ultimately resulted in his being sentenced to life in prison. Before his death in prison, LeBaron wrote a document which he called The Book of the New Covenants. This document listed a number of people who had been disloyal and "deserved to die." Copies of this list fell into the hands of LeBaron's followers, who proceeded to administer what they called "blood atonement" to the individuals listed."
The story focused around Lebaron's eventual split with the church he grew up in and then used his followers, along with members of his own family and the two sons of Bud Chynoweth, Mark and Duane to carry out his murderous revenge schemes.
Again according to Wikipedia Lebaron's Mormon sect was
"After The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) officially abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890, some polygamous Mormons moved south to Mexico to continue the practice without the interference of U.S. law enforcement. Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr., was one of these people, and in 1924 moved his family, which included his two wives and eight children, to northern Mexico. There, the family started a farm called "Colonia LeBaron" in Galeana,Chihuahua.[1]
When Alma died in 1951, he passed the leadership of the community on to his son Joel LeBaron. Joel eventually incorporated the community as the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] Joel's younger brother, Ervil LeBaron, was his second in command during the early years of the church's existence.[3] The group ultimately numbered around 30 families who lived in both Utah and a community called "Los Molinos" on the Baja California Peninsula."
Ervil's murderous rampage to eliminate the rival sects last throughout the 70s.
Ultimately, Ervil was caught and sentenced to life in prison. However, many of the church members continued to murder former members that had left Ervil's church, including the Chynoweth brothers.
Much of the episode's focus is spent on not only Ervil's break with his brother, Joel, and eventual violent spree but also on converting the Chynoweth brothers, especially Mark.
The actor/director Nick Rafter played Ervil Lebaron, and Bryan Manley Davis played the older version of Mark Chynoweth. I played the older version of Duane Chynoweth.
In April, I wrote about the experience with behind the scenes pictures that can be linked to here:
Unlike many of the other re-enactment shows I've done, Deadly Devotions is structured to spend the whole episode on one story, so there should be plenty of chances to see me.
Apparently, Discovery ID is all re-enactment shows now, so I'm sure there will be plenty of other chances to see me on TV if you miss that first airing.
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