They Convinced Me My Father Was the Leader of a Torturous Satanic Cult

Lydia Knight grew up in a pioneer stock Mormon (LDS) family, but layered on top of that was a twisted, fabricated reality that her father was actually the leader of a Satanic cult who had v*olently ab*sed her as a baby. Lydia’s mother said she had received revelations of these horr*fic things and Lydia’s grandmother capitalized on this by gaining love and adoration from the LDS church members by appearing as a savior to the ab*sed chiIdren. Kidn*pped from Lydia’s father by her mother at 2 years old, she was told he was always searching for her so he could continue his Satanic practices.

Not only was Lydia dealing with these imposed traumas, she was told if she ever broke the rules of Mormonism or told someone about her past, her whole family would be tracked down by the Satanists and k*lled. Fear and terror ruled her life until she finally decided to look for the evidence. What she found crumbled her entire reality and she began the search to reconnect with her father.

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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:32 Lydia Shares the Background of Her Charismatic Grandmother (Rac*sm)

00:08:04 CW: Mentions of CA, Lydia Shares About Her Family Dynamics Amidst the Satanic Panic

00:12:41 CW: Mentions of CA & CSA, Lydia Explains the Satanic Panic of the 80's and Her Early Memories

00:16:45 CW: Mentions of R*pe, CA & CSA, Lydia Shares the Manipulation and Mental States of Her Mother and Grandmother

00:22:03 Lydia Shares the Harm Caused by Her Mother's Obscure "Revelations"

00:27:59 Lydia Shares About the Interactions Between Mormonism and The Satanic Panic

00:33:18 CW: CA, Lydia's Talks about Her Grandma's Manipulation and Need for Importance

00:39:09 Lydia Expands on Her ChiIdhood Isolation and Other Difficulties Growing Up

00:43:59 CW: Mentions of R*pe & CSA, Lydia Shares the About Her Mormon Baptism & the Made Up Stories of Her Ab*se

00:48:11 Lydia's First Time Out of The House Attending BYU & First Contact with Her Father

00:53:13 Lydia's Mother's Extreme Measures to Protect Her & Beginning to Doubt

00:58:16 CW: Mentions of R*pe, Lydia Decides to Uncover the Truth and Exposes the Lies

01:03:55 Lydia Confronts Her Mother and Grandmother & Contacts Her Father

01:07:28 Lydia's Beautiful Reunion with Her Father After 25 Years

01:11:24 Lydia's Healing Journey & Helping Others

01:16:26 Lydia Shares How She Ensures She Won't Repeat the Cult Cycle with Her Coaching

01:18:58 Final Thoughts & Lydia's "Linda, Listen"

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