Escaping Polygamy: MaryAnn loses her faith in ‘pedophile’ Warren Jeffs and wants a better life for herself

Escaping Polygamy: MaryAnn loses her faith in ‘pedophile’ Warren Jeffs and wants a better life for herself

ByAmelia Cunningham

On the season finale of Lifetime’s moving show Escaping Polygamy, MaryAnn reaches out to the show to build a new life for herself outside of her oppressive FLDS religion. Her family wholeheartedly believes in their leader Warren Jeffs, but MaryAnn’s questioning and curiosity has led her to look for the truth behind why he’s behind…

Escaping Polygamy Season 3

VIDEO Escaping Polygamy Season 3 preview trailer, returns August 7

ByAsa Hawks

Sisters Andrea, Jessica and Shanell continue to try to help others escape fundamentalist polygamy groups in a a third season of A&E’s dramatic Escaping Polygamy docuseries. The third season premieres on August 7, and in the preview trailer released by A&E, we meet some of the people trying to get out — including a son…

Escaping Polygamy: Three sisters leave The Kingston Group

ByKiki

Polygamist families have had a bit of a “coming out” in the last few years with The Browns, The Williams, and The Darger families showing up glimpses into their complicated, but pretty normal lives via reality television and memoirs. Part of why these families have been so open is to combat perceptions about polygamists sects…