November 27th, 1990. Geraldo Rivera on his namesake talk show brings us this introductory segment on ‘Polygamy’, or America’s modern-day harems.
“ok…the teachings, the structure, the reasons for polygamy. What you really did is say hey, I wanna have four wives. I want to have women waiting on me hand and foot. I want to have sex with a different woman every day…”
We meet the in-studio guests; John Williams who has four wives and 25 children, Irene who was one of 10 wives with a total of 58 children in the family, Donna who is one of those 58 children, Ginny who was one of 26 children, Verna who broke down hearing her husband making love to another woman, and David who foiled his 18-year-old daughters plot to be one of four wives.
The secret world of polygamy exposes its secrets as we hear the details of John Williams relationships and how they came to be. He claims that fundamentalist Mormonism is the basis for these relationships, despite not being born into a Mormon family.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.