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In The Shade Episode 5

Learn about the Incestuous Patriarch, Marcus Wesson.

Wesson was convicted of the murder of nine of his children/grandchildren because he believed that he was Jesus and that if anyone tried to separate the family, then Marcus Wesson said “we would all go to heaven”.

Sources:

ABC News, Family Brainwashed by Dad Struggles to Heal (https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648)

ABC News, Family Secrets: The Marcus Wesson Story (https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/slideshow/family-secrets-marcus-wesson-story-11076409/image-11076430)

All That's Interesting, He Turned His Family Into An Incestuous Cult – Then Marcus Wesson Killed Nine Of The Children (https://allthatsinteresting.com/marcus-wesson)

Fresno, CA courts, The People of the State of California vs. Marcus Delon Wesson (https://www.fresno.courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/fresno/default/documents/5-12-04%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss%20Counts.pdf)

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