‘Doomsday Cult’ Mum’s Chilling Prison Message to Son Sparks Mystery and Fear

Imagine receiving a message from a mother locked behind bars, who was convicted of the unthinkable—murdering two of her own children. Lori Vallow Daybell, infamous as the doomsday zombie cult mum, not only faces multiple life sentences for these heinous crimes but also keeps weaving eerie narratives from prison, reaching out to her surviving son with cryptic biblical references. Is this a desperate mother’s last attempt at connection, or simply another twisted chapter in a saga fueled by beliefs in dark spirits and possession? As her surviving son, Colby Ryan, publicly distances himself, the chilling paradox of love and horror unfolds—a grim reminder that sometimes truth is far stranger and darker than fiction. Dive into the bizarre and haunting story that blurs the lines between faith, fanaticism, and family tragedy. LEARN MORE

The mum who was found guilty of murdering two of her children has sent an eerie message to her surviving son from behind bars.

Lori Vallow Daybell, the doomsday zombie cult mum, was convicted in 2023 for the murders of her two children – seven-year-old Joshua ‘J.J.’ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan – in 2019.

She was also convicted for conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell.

Lori was given multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole.

The former Arizona resident was in her fourth marriage to Charles Vallow when he was shot dead in July 2019, the same year he filed for divorce.

Lori’s brother, Alex Cox, pulled the trigger but was never charged after dying of natural causes in December of that year.

And just two months ago, Lori was sentenced to two more life sentences after plotting to kill Charles and ex-nephew Brandon Boudreaux. She gave a chilling statement in court.

After Charles’ death, Lori moved with her children to Idaho, where she married Chad Daybell, a doomsday author who has written books loosely based on Mormon religious teachings.

Lori Vallow Daybell murdered two of her children in 2019 (Rexburg Police Department)

Chad is awaiting a death sentence in Idaho for the murders of the two children and his wife from the time when his affair began with Lori.

The murders were committed as part of the couple’s belief that people in their lives had come to be possessed by evil spirits.

“[T]he term ‘zombie’ refers to an individual whose mortal spirit has left their body and that their body is now the host of another spirit,” Rexburg Police Department Lt. Ron Ball wrote in an affidavit obtained by People.

“The new spirit in a ‘zombie’ is always considered a ‘dark spirit’.”

It comes after Colby Ryan, the surviving child, appeared on a panel at CrimeCon 2025 in Denver over the weekend.

Her other son Colby wasn’t buying into his mother’s message (Netflix)

Host and journalist Nate Eaton said Colby’s mother found out about the appearance and sent him a message to share with Colby.

“If you talk to Colby, please tell him that ‘I love you very much, no matter what,'” the message read, “You can ask him about [Bible verse] Matthew 25.”

Colby thought that the message was a sign of her trying to act ‘godly’.

“It’s her trying to talk about the wicked and the good being sifted apart, basically. So it’s her way of trying to say she is still good and, basically, godly,” he said, telling the audience that her message was a parable of ‘the wheat and the tares, and the parable of the 10 virgins, I believe.’

People reports that when Colby was asked if he wanted to talk about his mother again, his response was, ‘No’.