Elizabeth Vargas: Orange You Grateful for the OC‪?‬ Criminality

It was just a matter of time until Rebekah covered a cult. But before she leads (not in a culty way) Melissa to Arizona and Missouri, she takes a minute to appreciate the splendor and entertainment mecca, Orange County, California. Rebekah then tackles the confession Elizabeth Lyn Vargas, of RHOC, made to Braunwyn last season. She didn’t give a lot of details, but Rebekah was determined to uncover everything she could - and what she found includes wild stories about Elizabeth’s grandmother, Dorothy Mae Bell, and her leadership of two fringe family cults and crimes including concealment of a dead body, and kidnapping charges. This is an episode of Criminality unlike the others.
 
What are we watching? Melissa pleads for a second chance to sell us on “Better off Ted” and is currently enjoying the sketch comedy show, “I Think You Should Leave.” Rebekah is enjoying the delightful Netflix teen dramedy, “ Never Have I Ever” and believes it is the perfect antidote to ELITE.
 
Melissa stumps Rebekah (as per usual) with these three clues for the next episode: Big Brother, Brazil, and Butterfly!
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Episode Sources:

EPISODE SOURCES:

THE PRESCOTT COURIER:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=886&dat=19760119&id=V7taAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641%2C5141133&hl=en

THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24514631/cult-corpse/

The OC REGISTER
https://www.ocregister.com/2009/02/23/housewives-star-slade-smiley-speaks-out-after-his-arrest/

ALL ABOUT THE TEA
https://allaboutthetea.com/2020/12/17/elizabeth-vargas-grandmothers-church-forced-members-to-give-up-checks/

The HOUSTON HERALD
https://www.newspapers.com/image/178693230/?terms=kidnapping%20dorothy%20mae%20bell&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/178692715

THE DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9102291/Elizabeth-Lyn-Vargas-alleges-molested-men-growing-religious-cult.html

STARS OFFLINE
https://starsoffline.com/elizabeth-lyn-vargas-wiki-net-worth-married-boyfriend/

PEOPLE
https://people.com/tv/alexa-curtin-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-multiple-criminal-charges/

https://people.com/tv/rhoc-elizabeth-lyn-vargas-claims-molested-by-men-situations-cult-grew-up/

NY POST
https://pagesix.com/2018/04/17/how-a-kid-from-housewives-landed-in-jail-for-attempted-murder/

TASTE OF REALITY
https://tasteofreality.com/real-housewives-arrested/

WONDERWALL
https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/tv/biggest-scandals-real-housewives-history-3020109.gallery

CRUNCHBASE
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/edge-music-network

WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The

BRAVO TV.COM Audio clip RHOC

https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/season-15/episode-11/videos/elizabeth-lyn-vargas-admits-she-0
BOOKS
Cults Inside Out by Rick Alan Ross

PODCASTS REFERENCED:
FBI Casefile Review with Jerri Williams
Behind the Velvet Rope


Special thanks to Cult expert, Rick Alan Ross, Retired FBI agent, Jerri Williams, Reddit user lopsided pizza 4206, and Elizabeth Lyn Vargas.
 
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