005: BRENDA AND ERICA LAFFERTY (PART 2)

The horrific murders of Brenda and Erica Lafferty in 1984 rocked the tiny town of America Fork, Utah. Brenda and Erica were the victims of Ron and Dan Lafferty who justified their murders by claiming they were a revelation from God, inspired by an abandoned Mormon doctrine known as Blood Atonement. Ron and Dan were raised in the Mormon church and excommunicated for their extreme beliefs and were seeking revenge against Brenda for standing up to them. The Lafferty case was the first thing that came to my mind when I learned about the murders of Charles and JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan because of the twisted religious beliefs used as justification in both cases; including the role of "revelation" and "blood atonement."

In part two, we'll discuss the murders of Brenda and Erica at the hands of Ron and Dan Lafferty and go into the long abandoned "Blood Atonement" doctrine from the early days of the Church that Ron used as his justification for the murders (which we all know is bullshit).