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Leah Sottile

Leah Sottile
Leah Sottile is the author of When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow Chad Daybell, and A Story of Murder, Wild Faith and End Times and Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age. Her investigations, features and essays have been published by The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and High Country News. She is the host of the investigative podcasts Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, and Bundyville. She lives in Oregon.


Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult

The Author of “Blazing Eye Sees All” Shares a Cautionary Tale of Online Indoctrination
March 26, 2025  By Leah Sottile
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