Days Of Our Wives: 4-Star Review for Documentary on Texas Polygamists and their baby graveyard

NY Post ^ | April 28, 2008 | Linda Stasi

[metmom]

The local Sheriff says he had infiltrated the cult for 2 years.

Wrong again. It wasn't the sheriff, it was an informant and it was 4 years not two.

And he wasn't allowed access to what he needed the most.

[stlnative]

DISHNETWORK - CHANNEL 128 WE
8pm Central Time
Show Title: Secret Lives of Women
Description: Polygamy Cult Education (2008)
Women and children recount their experiences with a controversial polygamist cult. (New)

[stlnative]

The title of the show on WE is probably “Secret Lives of Women”.

here is the Dishnetwork info I have

DISHNETWORK - CHANNEL 128 WE
8pm Central Time
Show Title: Secret Lives of Women
Description: Polygamy Cult Education (2008)
Women and children recount their experiences with a controversial polygamist cult. (New)

[nomorelurker]

Wrong again metmom. No informant inside the cult (much less El Dorado location). Informant was confidential but not undercover in the cult. I believe it was Carolyn Jessup. She left the cult some years ago.

[metmom]

Woman describes ‘escape’ from polygamy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24009286/

About halfway down in the article the procedure called *breaking the baby* is described.

[metmom]

Where are the charges of child abuse or statutory rape?

Warren Jeffs, which you keep ignoring on every thread you ask that question on.

Good evidence that NOTHING that's found in a court of law will convince you.

The kids should have been taken when Jeffs was convicted. This is way overdo.

[greyfoxx39]

Thanks.

[metmom]

No informant inside the cult (much less El Dorado location). Informant was confidential but not undercover in the cult. I believe it was Carolyn Jessup. She left the cult some years ago.

Nope. You haven't been reading the threads.

Do either of you greyfoxx or pm, have links to the articles discussing the informant?

[metmom]

You really think the First Amendment was written to protect illegal behavior just because someone decides to call it religion?

Many religions practiced child sacrifice for thousands of years. By your reasoning, that would be protected too.

Is that what you think?

[Tax-chick]

That’s the same source, though: Carolyn and/or Flora Jessop. The question remains, is there corroboration or physical evidence.

[metmom]

Carolyn and Flora ARE corroborating each others stories.

[Politicalmom]

The informant is mentioned in the second search warrant affidavit.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0410081polygamy3.html

[stlnative]

here is another one with some polygamy subject in it this week.

DISHNETWORK - CHANNEL 128 WE
4 pm Central Time 4/30/08
Show Title: 20/20
Description: A Different Love (2008)
Polygamy; a high-school teacher falls for a student; falling in love with a cousin; a 14 year old marries her 22 year old boyfriend.
Originally Aired 4/23/08

[metmom]

Perhaps if the exhume the graves and determine the cause of death, they might find water in the babies lungs. But that’ll take time and I have no idea if they’re planning on doing that. I can’t believe that all the babies survived that.

Why isn’t their word good enough?

[Tax-chick]

They seem to be together.

[metmom]

Down in the last paragraph on this page nomorelurker

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0410081polygamy3.html

[pandoraou812]

The method he would use with infants was a form of water torture,” Jessop said of her former husband. “He would spank the baby until it was screaming out of control, and then he would hold the baby faceup under a tap of running water so it couldn’t breathe. He would do this repeatedly. Sometimes, it would go on for an hour, until the baby was so exhausted it couldn’t cry anymore. This method he called ‘breaking them.’”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24009286/

[metmom]

You think they made it up? Why do you have reason to imply that they’re lying. They were married to the same man, I beleive; they likely saw the same treatments.

[Tax-chick]

Have authorities found the graveyard? The impression I got from the article is that either Carolyn or Flora (sorry, I’m getting their different stories mixed up) claims to have seen a graveyard, not that anyone else has.

And why their word isn’t good enough is because sometimes people who say things aren’t telling the truth deliberately, or are telling what they believe is the truth but actually isn’t. Other times, of course, the statements are true. I don’t know whether to believe these accusations, which is why I’m asking if there are corroborating witnesses or other evidence.

[stlnative]

Sorry...

CORRECTION: it is at 9 pm central and not 8 pm central

DISHNETWORK - CHANNEL 128 WE
9 pm Central Time - Tuesday 4/29/08
Show Title: Secret Lives of Women
Description: Polygamy Cult Education (2008)
Women and children recount their experiences with a controversial polygamist cult. (New)

it is repeated again at 12 am central...

DISHNETWORK - CHANNEL 128 WE
12 am Central Time - Wednesday 4/30/08
Show Title: Secret Lives of Women
Description: Polygamy Cult Education (2008)
Women and children recount their experiences with a controversial polygamist cult.