Sins of Our Mother is a true crime documentary, and you should prepare yourself to be shocked.
Crimes involving children are always shocking. But, when the crime comes from their own mother… it's unbearable. How can a mother do something like that? Why? How crazy must she be?
Religion
Fanaticism and a belief in the Apocalypse seem to be the reason why Lori Vallow allegedly murdered her two children and conspired to murder her ex-husband. Doom day, zombies, dark spirits… a macabre tale of a mother no one deserves to have.
Blind faith (no matter the religion) kills and destroys. This case is one more example of how that assessment is true.
Testimonials
This kind of documentary always involves testimonials from friends, family, and other people close to the happenings. In this case, some of them are pretty shocking.
I truly felt for Lori's mother. She wanted so desperately to believe her daughter wasn't a monster. I can't even imagine how that woman was feeling. Also, Lori's eldest son, who lost his siblings, and the mother he thought he had, will live with this for the rest of his life. It is not something that will disappear.
The end is not the end
The documentary is good, but the end is weak. Documentaries like this are supposed to give us an actual ending. Justice being served, the complaint of lack of justice, or something else. But here, you have nothing.
Lori and her new husband were arrested and are waiting for trial. Perhaps the production should have waited for the case's conclusion to release the documentary.
Other than that, it's an interesting documentary, but I must warn you - it is truly painful to watch. There is no explanation for such crimes. Something or someone failed these children.
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