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The Exorcism Confession: Murder… or Something Else? | Bethany Deaton

4/6/20261 hr 8 min

On a warm August day in 2012, 26-year-old Bethany Deaton married the man she believed she’d build her future with, but just two months later she was found dead inside her minivan in a quiet area that didn’t match the circumstances of her final moments. What was first described as her taking her own life began to raise questions as details emerged that didn’t quite align, and people close to her started pointing to changes in her behavior and the influence of those around her. As investigators took a closer look, the situation became harder to explain, with n...

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  1. Annie Elise· Host0:00

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  2. Speaker 10:29

    Sheriff's deputies found Bethany Deaton's body in a car at Longview Lake with a plastic bag over her head. To her, Tyler was someone who seemed to be passionately pursuing God and pursuing a meaningful life.

  3. Boze Herrington· Soundbite0:43

    Some of the things he was saying were, were incoherent and borderline insane. This is when I would say it became a full-blown cult, and a very dangerous cult. Something wasn't quite right.

  4. Speaker 10:53

    You've been described as a cult leader.

  5. Boze Herrington· Soundbite0:55

    Okay.

  6. Speaker 10:56

    True?

  7. Boze Herrington· Soundbite0:57

    I don't think so, no.

  8. Annie Elise· Host0:58

    [upbeat music] Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all new episode of Serialously. [upbeat music] Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all new

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