Escaping Polygamy

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  • 2015-07-15T02:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 2d 23m (56 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • RIVR Media
  • Documentary, Reality
A&E presents “Escaping Polygamy,” a new original documentary series that follows the work of three sisters who left the Kingston clan, a secretive polygamist group based in Salt Lake City, Utah known as the Order, as they help both loved ones and strangers break free of polygamy. The series follows three sisters – Andrea, Jessica and Shanell – who, over 10 years ago, bravely escaped polygamy. Now, their mission in life is to help other young men, women and children escape the abusive polygamous lifestyle into which they were born and raised, and manage their new lives on the outside.

70 episodes

Three sisters who escaped from the polygamous cult known as the Kingston clan as young women are now helping other young men, women and children to escape, preferring to face hell than spend another day inside.

2014-12-31T03:00:00Z

Special 2 Escaping Polygamy

Special 2 Escaping Polygamy

  • 2014-12-31T03:00:00Z45m

This 2-hour special focuses on the dramatic work of three sisters who escaped from the polygamous cult known as the Kingston clan as young women and now help other young men, women and children to escape, preferring to face hell than spend another day inside.

Five people who left polygamous cults share the difficulties of living on the outside. Sisters Ariel and Vanna reveal a shocking secret, Amanda’s brother Eskel discovers a new calling in life, and Shanell’s aunt Kathy faces a dramatic custody battle for her children. Meanwhile, Lizzy finds herself back in the grips of the cult and Leah, who left the AUB group, has embraced a new attitude on love and life.

Follow up with four people who left polygamous cults on Escaping Polygamy

Special 5 After the Escape: Yolanda

  • 2018-06-26T02:00:00Z45m

Yolanda needs the girls' help to escape from the FLDS compound in Colorado City, Arizona. While they are familiar with the cult's principles, practices, and prophet Warren Jeffs, the girls are hundreds of miles away from home. With a plan in place to get Yolanda out, the biggest hurdle they face is to remain as under the radar and out of sight as possible. An update is presented on where Yolanda is today.

Special 6 After the Escape: Kathy

  • 2018-07-03T02:00:00Z45m

Shanell's aunt Kathy has decided to leave the Order after raising 16 children in view of the cult. Kathy's youngest daughter is now of age in the Kingston Clan and ready to be married off. Shanell must intervene and get her family into hiding.

Special 7 After the Escape: Melanie

  • 2018-06-19T02:00:00Z45m

One of the sisters, Melanie, contacts the girls about needing to leave the Order. Originally planning to wait for the most opportune moment to quietly get their sister out, plans quickly change and the escape attempt must happen amid a chaotic and violent backdrop. An update is presented on where Melanie is today.

A 17-year-old girl must go to Nevada to escape polygamy and Utah's runaway laws. With a failed escape before, Priscilla is adamant about leaving but seeks the help of her friends outside the Order. Many risks are in play, so Priscilla must escape quickly.

Jessica and Kollene receive word that two sisters want to escape the FLDS polygamist cult headquartered in Colorado City, at the border of Utah and Arizona.

Special 10 After the Escape: Eskel

  • 2018-07-24T02:00:00Z45m

Amanda's younger brother wants to leave the group as he refuses to live a polygamist lifestyle. Amanda enlists her sister Rachel to help their brother and avoid suspicion, but their mother figures out the plan and confronts him with an emotional plea to stay.

Special 11 After the Escape: Fred

  • 2018-08-07T02:00:00Z45m

A former Order member reaches out fearing that the life of her elderly father, Fred, is in danger. As Fred's health rapidly declines, Jessica and Kollene must figure out how to convince this devoted Order man to accept help from outsiders. Other members in the cult go to extreme lengths to halt their plan. Later, an update is provided on where Fred is today.

Special 12 After the Escape: Lizzie

  • 2018-08-14T02:00:00Z45m

Andrea and Shanell get a tip that Lizzy, a young mother, is in an abusive situation and needs help. The girls track Lizzy down, but Lizzy won't leave without her daughter, who was taken and hidden from her by members of the church. Ultimately, the girls are faced with the harsh reality of what brainwashing can do to a family when the escape takes a dramatic and emotionally charged turn.

The insider sends the sisters a tip that federal agents are targeting the polygamous group in a raid on their businesses, and sends a desperate plea for help when they suspect leaders have figured out their identity.

Special 14 After the Escape: Lorie

  • 2018-07-31T02:00:00Z45m

Amanda's mother, Lorie, can no longer stay trapped in the Order, but getting the wife of an influential Order man out is a challenge, as her home is surrounded by Order members tasked to keep watch over her. Later, see where Lorie is today.

Series Premiere

2015-07-15T02:00:00Z

1x01 Melanie

Series Premiere

1x01 Melanie

  • 2015-07-15T02:00:00Z1h 22m

The girls face a challenge when one of their sisters, Melanie, contacts them about needing to leave the Order. Originally planning to wait for the most opportune moment to quietly get their sister out, plans quickly change and the escape attempt must happen amid a chaotic and violent backdrop.

2015-07-22T02:00:00Z

1x02 Kathy

1x02 Kathy

  • 2015-07-22T02:00:00Z40m

Shanell's aunt Kathy has decided to leave the Order after having raised sixteen children under the umbrella of the notorious cult. Kathy's youngest daughter is now of age in the Kingston Clan and ready to be married off, so Shanell must intervene and get her family into hiding as quickly as possible.

2015-07-29T02:00:00Z

1x03 Rachel

1x03 Rachel

  • 2015-07-29T02:00:00Z41m

Rachel is in desperate need of breaking free from the Order. Rachel's two sisters escaped the polygamous cult years ago and now Rachel wants to leave too. But Rachel is torn between leaving other brothers and sisters behind and losing her mother's love along the way. With an extremely small time frame, the girls must plan a quiet, middle-of-the night escape while Rachel's family sleeps.

2015-08-05T02:00:00Z

1x04 Priscilla

1x04 Priscilla

  • 2015-08-05T02:00:00Z41m

A seventeen-year-old girl must flee from Utah to Nevada to escape from the clutches of polygamy and Utah's runaway laws. Having unsuccessfully attempted to escape before, Priscilla is adamant about leaving once and for all, but knows she needs the help of her friends outside the Order. With the threat of getting caught at any second by Order members or law enforcement, Priscilla's escape attempt must happen quickly.

2015-08-12T02:00:00Z

1x05 Little Sister

1x05 Little Sister

  • 2015-08-12T02:00:00Z41m

Shanell receives a letter from her fourteen-year-old half-sister crying out for help and threatening suicide. The sister is struggling with her life inside the Order and desperately wants out by any means.

2015-08-19T02:00:00Z

1x06 Yolanda

1x06 Yolanda

  • 2015-08-19T02:00:00Z40m

The girls learn of a girl named Yolanda needing their help to escape from the notorious FLDS compound. With a plan in place to get her out, the biggest hurdle they face now is to remain as under the radar and out of sight as possible.

Season Finale

2015-08-19T02:00:00Z

1x07 Yolanda

Season Finale

1x07 Yolanda

  • 2015-08-19T02:00:00Z41m

The girls learn of a girl named Yolanda needing their help to escape from the notorious FLDS compound. With a plan in place to get her out, the biggest hurdle they face now is to remain as under the radar and out of sight as possible.

Season Premiere

2016-07-11T02:00:00Z

2x01 Father's Wrath

Season Premiere

2x01 Father's Wrath

  • 2016-07-11T02:00:00Z42m

In the second season premiere, the women help one of their sisters escape, but the plan goes awry when they stop at The Order bank and face a dramatic confrontation about finances.

2016-07-18T02:00:00Z

2x02 Not Without My Sister

2x02 Not Without My Sister

  • 2016-07-18T02:00:00Z42m

Two sisters get help to escape an FLDS polygamist cult in Colorado City, but things take a dangerous turn when the Bishop's office learns of their plan.

Part 1 of 2. The women help the daughter of an FLDS prophet escape from a remote South Dakota compound.

Conclusion. A snowstorm inhibits the team's efforts and the women fear they've been spotted while trying to help the daughter of an FLDS prophet escape from a remote South Dakota compound.

2016-08-08T02:00:00Z

2x05 Trouble for Mom

2x05 Trouble for Mom

  • 2016-08-08T02:00:00Z42m

The women help a young man escape, but must confront his emotional mother after she makes a plea for him to stay.

2016-08-15T02:00:00Z

2x06 Not Without My Daughter

2x06 Not Without My Daughter

  • 2016-08-15T02:00:00Z42m

The women help a young mother in an abusive relationship, but need to find her daughter before they can escape the FLDS cult, leading to a dramatic and emotional rescue.

2016-08-22T02:00:00Z

2x07 Fight Like a Mother

2x07 Fight Like a Mother

  • 2016-08-22T02:00:00Z42m

The women help a mother escape a group that forces mothers to cut ties with children who have left, but must overcome other members assigned to watch her at all times.

2016-08-29T02:00:00Z

2x08 The Cost of Temptation

2x08 The Cost of Temptation

  • 2016-08-29T02:00:00Z42m

Two siblings of Jessica and Shanell are tempted back to The Order by their father.

2016-09-05T02:00:00Z

2x09 Honor thy Father

2x09 Honor thy Father

  • 2016-09-05T02:00:00Z42m

The father of a former member gets help when his daughter worries he is in danger under The Order's watch.

2016-09-12T02:00:00Z

2x10 The Insider

2x10 The Insider

  • 2016-09-12T02:00:00Z41m

An insider provides a tip about a possible raid of The Order, but risks getting caught in the process.

Five people who left polygamous cults share the difficulties of living on the outside. Sisters Ariel and Vanna reveal a shocking secret, Amanda's brother Eskel discovers a new calling in life, and Shanell's aunt Kathy faces a dramatic custody battle for her children. Meanwhile, Lizzy finds herself back in the grips of the cult and Leah, who left the AUB group, has embraced a new attitude on love and life.

Four people who left polygamy share their stories about life on the outside. Andrea and Jessica's younger sister Jennifer has a shocking new attitude towards The Order since her escape, while their brother Joe deals with his mother's death and finding a new family of "outsiders". Rachel Jeffs shares the truth about her father with FLDS women, and Amanda angrily confronts her mother Lorie about her drastic choices since leaving The Order.

Season Finale

2017-02-22T03:00:00Z

2x14 After the Escape: Broken Family

Season Finale

2x14 After the Escape: Broken Family

  • 2017-02-22T03:00:00Z7h

Four people share their stories of life in and out of ploygamous groups. Melanie is faced with an impossible decision. while shirley struggles to server.

Season Premiere

2017-08-08T02:00:00Z

3x01 Family Under Fire

Season Premiere

3x01 Family Under Fire

  • 2017-08-08T02:00:00Z42m

Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the polygamous group known as the AUB--a group that all but forces their members into a life of polygamy. As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past in the group is revealed and puts the entire team in danger. Suddenly everyone not only fears for the success of the mission, but they fear for their lives.

Jessica and Kollene must brave the threatening FLDS town of Colorado City, AZ when Suzette, a mother who escaped the infamous polygamist cult, reaches out for help to save the two daughters she left behind. After a cult insider reveals the eldest daughter's secret location, group members become suspicious as the team races against the clock in a risky, near-impossible mission to reunite a mother with her daughter.

Jessica and Kollene continue the dangerous mission of helping Suzette find her daughter, Rosie, who years ago chose the religion over her very own mother. Complications develop when they realize Suzette’s manipulative and potentially violent sister-wife is guarding Rosie’s every move. Meanwhile, Jessica takes a public and political stance against polygamy in a controversial hearing before Utah legislature.

Season Finale

2017-08-29T02:00:00Z

3x04 The Prophet's Son

Season Finale

3x04 The Prophet's Son

  • 2017-08-29T02:00:00Z42m

Jessica meets with Raymond Jeffs, son of Warren Jeffs, the notorious leader and prophet of the FLDS polygamist cult. Raymond pleads for their help getting his only brother, Isaac, out of the group. The team quickly discovers the prophet’s son is being closely monitored by a group of FLDS men who are taught to fight outsiders at all costs, and tensions flare when the plan to break him out is exposed.

2017-09-12T02:00:00Z

3x05 Forbidden Love

3x05 Forbidden Love

  • 2017-09-12T02:00:00Z1h

Jessica and Amanda receive a vague message from Megan, a young girl who recently escaped the FLDS polygamist cult, asking for help getting her boyfriend, Chris, out. The girls enter into unknown FLDS territory so Megan can convince Chris to choose her over the harsh religion that has torn them apart. When things don't go as planned and Chris starts behaving suspiciously, the girls worry they may have endangered Megan more than they've helped her.

Season Premiere

2018-06-19T02:00:00Z

4x01 Exposing the Cult

Season Premiere

4x01 Exposing the Cult

  • 2018-06-19T02:00:00Z41m

Jessica and Andrea get a call from their sister, Jennifer, who is being forced to marry someone she doesn't love; everyone must act quickly to get Jennifer out of town before The Order figures out yet another Kingston daughter is leaving. A last minute stop at The Order bank leads to a dramatic confrontation with its members over their corrupt financial system.

2018-06-26T02:00:00Z

4x02 Escaping Wedlock

4x02 Escaping Wedlock

  • 2018-06-26T02:00:00Z42m

A young girl is desperate to escape the Kingston clan to avoid an unwanted marriage to her older cousin. But her status as a minor presents legal hurdles that work against her mission to break free.

2018-07-03T02:00:00Z

4x03 The Prophet's Daughter

4x03 The Prophet's Daughter

  • 2018-07-03T02:00:00Z41m

Rachel Jeffs, daughter of Warren Jeffs of FLDS, reaches out to Jessica and Amanda for their help in rescuing her sister from a remote, hidden compound. Meanwhile, Ava, a former Kingston clan member, fights to legally sever ties with her polygamous parents who want to marry her off to an older cousin.

2018-07-10T02:00:00Z

4x04 Rebel With a Cause

4x04 Rebel With a Cause

  • 2018-07-10T02:00:00Z42m

Shanell and Kollene get word that a young FLDS woman, Mattie, needs their help. Caught for breaking the cult's harsh rules, Mattie is living in isolation and wants to escape the religion to avoid an impending move further into seclusion. However, with neighbors monitoring her every move and the threat of her strict father dropping by at any time, a quick and clean escape may be impossible.

2018-07-17T02:00:00Z

4x05 Sons of the Prophet

4x05 Sons of the Prophet

  • 2018-07-17T02:00:00Z42m

Raymond Jeffs, son of the infamous FLDS prophet, Warren Jeffs, pleads for the girls' help with getting his only brother, Isaac, out of the group. The team quickly discovers Isaac is closely monitored by a group of men who are taught to fight outsiders at all costs, and tempers flare when the plan to break him out is exposed. Later, Mattie, a young woman who recently escaped the FLDS, reunites with the mother she left behind in the group.

2018-07-24T02:00:00Z

4x06 A Risky Reunion

4x06 A Risky Reunion

  • 2018-07-24T02:00:00Z42m

Shanell and Jessica are contacted by Isaac Jeffs, son of FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs, as he asks for help finding his mother, who was ripped away from him by the religion.

2018-07-31T02:00:00Z

4x07 Forbidden Love

4x07 Forbidden Love

  • 2018-07-31T02:00:00Z41m

An escapee from the FLDS polygamist cult asks Jessica and Amanda for help in getting her boyfriend out; the trip into unknown FLDS territory does not go as planned.

2018-08-07T02:00:00Z

4x08 A Father's Secret

4x08 A Father's Secret

  • 2018-08-07T02:00:00Z42m

Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the AUB polygamous group. As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past is revealed and puts the entire team in danger. Meanwhile, former FLDS members, Megan and Chris, discuss the highs and lows of a life outside the group.

2018-08-14T02:00:00Z

4x09 Confronting the Faith

4x09 Confronting the Faith

  • 2018-08-14T02:00:00Z42m

Andrea and Amanda receive word from Lorin, a young FLDS man looking to escape the group. Lorin disagrees with the strict rules banning marriage and wants to leave for love, but his highly confrontational plan to escape during a crowded church service concerns everyone involved.

2018-08-21T02:00:00Z

4x10 A Daughter's Revolt

4x10 A Daughter's Revolt

  • 2018-08-21T02:00:00Z42m

MaryAnn, a rule-breaking FLDS woman, reaches out to Jessica and Amanda about leaving the polygamous group. However, when MaryAnn's family receives word of her plan to escape, the girls must take action sooner than expected.

2019-04-02T02:00:00Z

4x11 My Cousin, My Lover

4x11 My Cousin, My Lover

  • 2019-04-02T02:00:00Z42m

Jessica recruits Rachel Jeffs, daughter of notorious leader Warren Jeffs, to help FLDS member, Carole, to escape a "house of repentance."

2019-04-09T02:00:00Z

4x12 Mommy Dearest

4x12 Mommy Dearest

  • 2019-04-09T02:00:00Z42m

Andrea and Jessica receive word from Ethel, a young woman desperate to break free from the FLDS polygamous group. As a child, Ethel's mother was ripped away from her by the church and she's had a void in her life ever since.

Rosie, a young FLDS woman, reaches out to her older sister and former member, Yolanda, for help leaving the group behind. The decision is painful as once Rosie leaves, ties with her beloved mother will be severed due to the religion's teachings that anyone who escapes is considered an enemy of the church. With Jessica and Yolanda's help, Rosie tries to secretly escape, but the situation begins to fall apart when the team realizes Rosie's mother may have caught onto the plan.

2019-04-23T02:00:00Z

4x14 Top Ten Escapes

4x14 Top Ten Escapes

  • 2019-04-23T02:00:00Z1h

Sisters Andrea, Jessica and Shanell relive past escapes, unveil never-before-seen moments and catch up with the people who have escaped polygamy and are now living a life away from the polygamous group they so bravely left behind.

2018-08-07T02:00:00Z

4x15 A Father's Secret

4x15 A Father's Secret

  • 2018-08-07T02:00:00Z1h

Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the AUB polygamous group. As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past is revealed and puts the entire team in danger. Meanwhile, former FLDS members, Megan and Chris, discuss the highs and lows of a life outside the group.

2018-08-07T02:00:00Z

4x16 After the Escape: Fred

4x16 After the Escape: Fred

  • 2018-08-07T02:00:00Z1h

A former Order member reaches out fearing that the life of her elderly father, Fred, is in danger. As Fred's health rapidly declines, Jessica and Kollene must figure out how to convince this devoted Order man to accept help from outsiders. Other members in the cult go to extreme lengths to halt their plan. Later, an update is provided on where Fred is today.

2018-08-14T02:00:00Z

4x17 Confronting the Faith

4x17 Confronting the Faith

  • 2018-08-14T02:00:00Z1h

Andrea and Amanda receive word from Lorin, a young FLDS man looking to escape the group. Lorin disagrees with the strict rules banning marriage and wants to leave for love, but his highly confrontational plan to escape during a crowded church service concerns everyone involved.

Season Finale

2018-08-14T02:00:00Z

4x18 After the Escape: Lizzie

Season Finale

4x18 After the Escape: Lizzie

  • 2018-08-14T02:00:00Z1h

Andrea and Shanell get a tip that Lizzy, a young mother, is in an abusive situation and needs help. The girls track Lizzy down, but Lizzy won't leave without her daughter, who was taken and hidden from her by members of the church. Ultimately, the girls are faced with the harsh reality of what brainwashing can do to a family when the escape takes a dramatic and emotionally charged turn.

2018-08-21T02:00:00Z

4x19 A Daughter's Revolt

4x19 A Daughter's Revolt

  • 2018-08-21T02:00:00Z45m

MaryAnn, a rule-breaking FLDS woman, reaches out to Jessica and Amanda about leaving the polygamous group. However, when MaryAnn's family receives word of her plan to escape, the girls must take action sooner than expected.

The insider sends the sisters a tip that federal agents are targeting the polygamous group in a raid on their businesses, and sends a desperate plea for help when they suspect leaders have figured out their identity.

4x101 After the Escape: Melanie

  • 2018-06-19T02:00:00Z45m

One of the sisters, Melanie, contacts the girls about needing to leave the Order. Originally planning to wait for the most opportune moment to quietly get their sister out, plans quickly change and the escape attempt must happen amid a chaotic and violent backdrop. An update is presented on where Melanie is today.

4x102 After the Escape: Yolanda

  • 2018-06-26T02:00:00Z45m

Yolanda needs the girls' help to escape from the FLDS compound in Colorado City, Arizona. While they are familiar with the cult's principles, practices, and prophet Warren Jeffs, the girls are hundreds of miles away from home. With a plan in place to get Yolanda out, the biggest hurdle they face is to remain as under the radar and out of sight as possible. An update is presented on where Yolanda is today.

2018-07-03T02:00:00Z

4x103 After the Escape: Kathy

4x103 After the Escape: Kathy

  • 2018-07-03T02:00:00Z45m

Shanell's aunt Kathy has decided to leave the Order after raising 16 children in view of the cult. Kathy's youngest daughter is now of age in the Kingston Clan and ready to be married off. Shanell must intervene and get her family into hiding.

A 17-year-old girl must go to Nevada to escape polygamy and Utah's runaway laws. With a failed escape before, Priscilla is adamant about leaving but seeks the help of her friends outside the Order. Many risks are in play, so Priscilla must escape quickly.

Jessica and Kollene receive word that two sisters want to escape the FLDS polygamist cult headquartered in Colorado City, at the border of Utah and Arizona.

2018-07-24T02:00:00Z

4x106 After the Escape: Eskel

4x106 After the Escape: Eskel

  • 2018-07-24T02:00:00Z45m

Amanda's younger brother wants to leave the group as he refuses to live a polygamist lifestyle. Amanda enlists her sister Rachel to help their brother and avoid suspicion, but their mother figures out the plan and confronts him with an emotional plea to stay.

2018-07-31T02:00:00Z

4x107 After the Escape: Lorie

4x107 After the Escape: Lorie

  • 2018-07-31T02:00:00Z45m

Amanda's mother, Lorie, can no longer stay trapped in the Order, but getting the wife of an influential Order man out is a challenge, as her home is surrounded by Order members tasked to keep watch over her. Later, see where Lorie is today.

2018-08-07T02:00:00Z

4x108 After the Escape: Fred

4x108 After the Escape: Fred

  • 2018-08-07T02:00:00Z45m

A former Order member reaches out fearing that the life of her elderly father, Fred, is in danger. As Fred's health rapidly declines, Jessica and Kollene must figure out how to convince this devoted Order man to accept help from outsiders. Other members in the cult go to extreme lengths to halt their plan. Later, an update is provided on where Fred is today.

2018-08-14T02:00:00Z

4x109 After the Escape: Lizzie

4x109 After the Escape: Lizzie

  • 2018-08-14T02:00:00Z45m

Andrea and Shanell get a tip that Lizzy, a young mother, is in an abusive situation and needs help. The girls track Lizzy down, but Lizzy won't leave without her daughter, who was taken and hidden from her by members of the church. Ultimately, the girls are faced with the harsh reality of what brainwashing can do to a family when the escape takes a dramatic and emotionally charged turn.

The insider sends the sisters a tip that federal agents are targeting the polygamous group in a raid on their businesses, and sends a desperate plea for help when they suspect leaders have figured out their identity.

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