Netflix viewers have been left feeling 'physically sick' by a 'disturbing as hell' true crime documentary.
Docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey lifted the lid on the accounts of women in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) led by Warren Jeffs.
The series first aired on Netflix back in 2022 and has left watchers gasping at the tales revealed about Jeffs, who reportedly had more than 70 wives and 24 of those were underage when he was arrested in 2008.
He was put behind bars for life plus 20 years after he was convicted of two felony counts of child sexual assault for having sex with two girls aged 12 and 14 in 2011.
The documentary delves into the abuse some women who lived in the FLDS church experienced and includes harrowing testimonies from former members.
In the polygamous cult, women and girls are expected to dress in certain ways, pray every hour and some marry men much older than themselves who already have multiple wives.
Netflix viewers have been left feeling 'physically sick' by a 'disturbing as hell' true crime documentary
Docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey lifted the lid on the accounts of women in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) led by Warren Jeffs, pictured
The series first aired on Netflix back in 2022 and has left watchers gasping at the tales revealed about Jeffs, who reportedly had more than 70 wives and 24 of those were underage when he was arrested in 2008
If a woman refused to marry, they could be kicked out of the community and receive no support.
Some viewers of the series were shocked by the revelations the series aired and took to social media to share their views.
According to Lad Bible, one posted on X: 'Just watched Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey. I'm sick, this was so traumatising to watch.';
'I recently watched keep sweet, obey and pray or something like that on netflix. Very disturbing at times but a good doc.';
'True crime and cult documentaries are my guilty pleasure but this new ' Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' doc on Netflix is disturbing as hell.';
'Watching on Netflix. So disgusting, abusing kids in the name of god.';
'I'm watching keep sweet: pray and obey on Netflix, and I feel physically sick.';
'Keep sweet, pray & obey. literally destroyed me.';
'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey literally saw it two years ago and think about it every other day.';
Some viewers of the series were shocked by the revelations the series aired and took to social media to share their views
'I'm sorry but who the hell has 65 wives? Anyone else seen keep sweet: pray and obey on Netflix? It's mental!'
The series also looks into the life of FLDS leader Rulon Jeffs who had 20 wives and approximately 60 children when he passed.
One of his former wives, Rebecca, spoke out about her forced marriage, describing the moment she had to have sex with the then-octogenarian for the first time while she was still just a teenager.
Many of Rulon and Warren's victims have spoken out about the terrible abuse that they faced while growing up in the cult, as part of the four-part Rachel Dretzin-directed docuseries.
Other former FLDS members detailed how they were not allowed to have any contact with the outside world and how they were made to believe that the prophet could read their thoughts - and that if they didn't obey him they would die.
Polygamy was renounced from the Mormon religion in 1904, when the then-president of the church said it would no longer be allowed in a declaration known as the Second Manifesto.
However, some members of the community didn't want to stop the practice since they believed that 'the more wives and children you have, the higher in Heaven you'll be,' according to the documentary.
Rebecca Wall (pictured) opened up about the horrors she faced growing up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS)
In the polygamous cult, women and girls are expected to dress in certain ways, pray every hour and some marry men much older than themselves who already have multiple wives
Rebecca and Elissa grew up on one of FLDS' bases in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their father had two wives throughout their childhood - his first wife was a woman named Myrna, who had nine kids, and his second wife was a woman named Sharon, who was their mom and had 12 other kids.
'We didn't really leave our property in Salt Lake City. We didn't go to the movies, we didn't go to theme parks, or any large gatherings,' Elissa said in the doc.
'There wasn't a lot of exposure to the outside world, we just did activities within our group.
'As time went on, we got further and further away from society, and all of us knew that our way of life had to be concealed.'
Elissa explained that they were taught that the prophet was a 'representation of God on Earth,' and that he 'would never die.'
She added: 'We believed the prophet knew everything we did, every thought we had. He knew our dreams, knew our wishes, our desires. He was also the one that created all the arranged marriages.'
Some former FLDS members detailed how they were not allowed to have any contact with the outside world and how they were made to believe that the prophet could read their thoughts - and that if they didn't obey him they would die
Rebecca and Elissa grew up on one of FLDS' bases in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are pictured as children with some of their siblings
According to Rebecca, when a girl was 'ready to get married,' her parents would bring her to the prophet and say, 'Here's my daughter, do with her as you will. Whatever is God's will.'
When Rebecca was 19 years old, she was told that she had to marry Rulon, who was the ruler of FLDS and was 85 at the time.
'My dad was so excited. For any man in the FLDS, to have their daughter marry into the prophet's family was a massive honor,' she recalled. 'But I was just like, 'Ew.''
Rebecca said that she was told her 'soul purpose' was to 'be with Rulon Jeffs, to pray, and to be obedient - to be adoring at all times,' adding, 'They didn't let us work, they didn't let us go to school.'
Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey is available to stream on Netflix now.
