Madman or Messiah?: An Investigation into the Crimes & Charisma of Cult Leader Joseph D. Jeffers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798264604836)

Joseph D. Jeffers was a preacher, a prophet, and a master manipulator. For more than fifty years, he incited riots, swindled millions, exploited women, and even evaded justice for murder. Yet today, almost no one knows his name.

In the 1930s, his sermons sparked violence in Arkansas. By the 1940s, he was making lurid headlines for wild parties in Los Angeles. In the 1950s, his wife was brutally murdered-a case that remains unsolved. In the decades that followed, he prophesied about UFOs, gambled away church funds, and even built a pyramid to survive the apocalypse. Through it all, Jeffers thrived on charisma, chaos, and deception.

How did this self-proclaimed messiah get away with so much for so long? And why has history forgotten him?

Madman or Messiah? uncovers the chilling story of Joseph D. Jeffers-a cult leader who defied the law, outwitted his critics, and left behind a legacy of crimes buried in the shadows of American history.