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S5 E1 - What Lies Beneath

American Nightmares - Gardens of Evil: Inside The Zion Society Cult

Gamut Podcast Network

February 3, 2026

Show Notes

Welcome to a new season of American Nightmares!

A pristine neighborhood in Ogden, Utah hides something rotten. When a couple moves into Northwood subdivision in 1981, they’re welcomed with free landscaping, shared supplies, and a sense of family - until the community’s leader, Arvin Shreeve, reveals a secret doctrine of polygamy and sexual manipulation.

Nearly a decade later, on July 9, 1991, a woman walks into the Weber County Attorney’s Office and confesses to detective Mike King that she was part of the Zion Society, a cult she says was abusing children.

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