Without a Prayer
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Teenager Lucas Leonard made shocking admissions in front of the altar―he'd practiced witchcraft, conspired to murder his parents, and committed unspeakable crimes. The confessions earned him a brutal beating by a gang of angry church members, including his parents and sister. Lucas was brought to the hospital dead, awakening the sleepy community of Chadwicks, New York, to the horror that had been lurking next door.
Nine members of Lucas' church would eventually find themselves facing murder-related charges. But how did they get to that point? And what made Lucas confess? The full story has never been told—until now.
Emmy-nominated journalist Susan Ashline delves deep into the Leonard family history, the darkness within the Word of Life Christian Church, and what led Lucas, his family, and his community to that fateful night.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t Stop Listening
I could not stop listening, I was just so compelled. I first heard about this case from the show How I Escaped My Cult. The author was one of the people interviewed for the show. This is much more of a deep dive into not just the case, but the church, and the Leonard family. It is very well written, and I really enjoyed the discussion of how Lucas’s and Christopher’s father deconstructed from the cult and started to realise the truth about his former church. I feel like the true perpetrator of every atrocity that ever happened in that church, Tiffanie, got off with one of the lightest sentences. Neither of their parents would have ever touched their sons had it not been for her madness. Don’t even get me started on the debacle that was the death of Tiffanie’s father, Jerry.