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Apr 2021
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“Taking Elizabeth Smart” Wanda Barzee Pt...

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After abducting Elizabeth Smart in 2002, Barzee and Mitchell — known to each other as Hephzibah and Immanuel — fashioned her into a sister-wife, systematically abusing her into submission. It would be nine months before Elizabeth was rescued by police in Utah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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