S5 E1 - What Lies Beneath

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. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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S5 E1 - What Lies Beneath is an episode from WTOP’s American Nightmare Series by Gamut Podcast Network.

This episode is 00:50:24 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2026.

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