Lauren Drain, Part 1: Joining The Westboro Baptist Church

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

English - January 11, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 22.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 224 ratings
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Next Episode: Lauren Drain, Part 2: Life After Westboro

Banished author, fitness model, and registered nurse Lauren Drain joins Lola and Meagan to talk about her upbringing in the Westboro Baptist Church. They'll discuss the group's hateful and cruel picketing of public events, how Lauren's family joined after her dad intended to make a mockumentary about the church, how tightly controlled everyday life was, the very normal thing that got her kicked out, and the tragic end days of the founder Fred Phelps.

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