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Chad Daybell’s “Ghost Letter”: Inside the Mind of a Murderous Prophet

Chad Daybell’s “Ghost Letter”: Inside the Mind of a Murderous Prophet

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 In this chilling segment of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski reads and dissects Chad Daybell’s Letter #7 — a rambling, supernatural account written years before the doomsday murders that would make him infamous.

In the letter, Daybell claims that while working as the sexton of a Utah cemetery, he was haunted by the ghost of a petty thief named Eddie — a spirit that supposedly opened gates, picked locks, and moved padlocks onto pegs. He writes that he eventually told Eddie to “go toward the light,” and that the disturbances stopped.

Then the letter descends into something far darker. Daybell describes being electrically jolted and shoved by an unseen force while probing a “haunted grave.” He calls it a demonic attack and connects it to the same “evil legions” described in 19th-century LDS texts. To him, it wasn’t psychosis or imagination — it was confirmation of his divine purpose.

From there, he recounts hearing a dozen disembodied voices outside his window shouting, “We hate your books!” and claims this was proof that Satan opposed his writing. For Chad, it all fit the narrative: he wasn’t an aspiring author with an obsession — he was a spiritual warrior under attack.

That mindset — the blending of fantasy, religion, and grandiosity — would become the foundation of his later relationship with Lori Vallow, the “prophetess” who believed their murders were part of God’s plan.

Tony breaks down how this letter foreshadowed everything that came next:

  • The God complex behind Chad Daybell’s self-anointed mission.

  • His habit of reframing delusion as divine validation.

  • The chilling psychological progression from “I saw a ghost” to “I’m chosen to cleanse the world.”

It’s one of the most haunting pieces of writing from any modern-day killer — not because of its ghost story, but because of the mind telling it.


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