Cult Leader Pretend: Alex Joseph and His Many, Many Wives
Ridiculous Crime12 Jul 2022

Cult Leader Pretend: Alex Joseph and His Many, Many Wives

Alex Joseph was a lot of things: accountant, school teacher, author, US Marine, postal worker, private investigator, music manager, health food purveyor, mayor, pirate, polygamist, cult leader. He loved living just outside the law, amassing wives (some of questionable age) and squatting on government land. And unlike many of the ridiculous criminals profiled, he managed to stay one step ahead of the law until his last breath.

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