Bloodline and Blind Faith: Reflecting on the Kirtland cult killings 35 years later скачать в хорошем качестве

Bloodline and Blind Faith: Reflecting on the Kirtland cult killings 35 years later

After arrests were made and trials were finished, Jeff Lundgren’s group was destroyed. In total, 13 Kirtland cult members went to prison. “At first, I had a horrible time,” Damon remembered. “I did not do well; I got in fights constantly. We were socially awkward because we were secluded or cut off from the rest of the world. I didn’t have the mental capability yet to live on my own, to be my own person.” It wasn’t until years after their sentencing that Damon and Danny both ended up in the Mansfield Correctional Institution, the facility where 3News investigator Peter Fleischer visited and interviewed both over the course of several months. Damon says seeing a familiar face changed the course of his life. “I needed somebody who was better than me to force me to be better than myself,” Damon reflected upon being reunited with Kraft. “I grew up, I quit being an idiot, I quit being an inmate and started acting like an adult.” The two say they began sharing a cell in the mid-1990s. According to disciplinary records and several conversations Fleischer had with various prison staff, they’ve found a way to live behind bars. They’re both active in Mansfield’s work programs. They create art and work on music. Copies of the prison’s newspaper confirm some of their proudest stories: helping to build Habitat for Humanity homes and repairing thousands of toys so that families on the outside can enjoy a holiday. “That was something I could be proud of,” Damon smiles as he looks back on the work he’s done behind bars. “It was the first time in my life I ever had things I could be proud of. It was something that I did that improved the world around me and made life better for other people.” Read: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/inv...