October 26th, 1990. Geraldo Rivera on his namesake talk show brings us the story of Jeffrey Lundgren, then facing the electric chair.
“Dennis and Cheryl Avery along with their three young daughters were attracted to Lundgren’s church because it upheld what they believed to be a fundamentalist view of the Mormon religion…”
The story of Jeffrey Lundgren’s Latter Day Saint based movement is recapped, along with the convincing followers a blood sacrifice must be made to get to the promised land. Other cults and killings related to them are mentioned.
Keith and Kevin, former members of Mr. Lundgren’s cult are in studio and speak about how they joined the movement in Kirtland, Ohio, an important spot for Mormons. We learn about Jeffrey’s progression into ‘prophet’ and ‘seer’ and how it led to the murder of an innocent family.
Jeffrey Lundgren was executed in 2006 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.