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After returning home to Los Angeles in the summer of 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother testified in a grand jury hearing about catching her kidnappers. But when the hearing devolved into an investigation of Aimee, the evangelist went on the offensive—with her supporters committing perjury, blackmail, and even attempted homicide.
After returning home to Los Angeles in the summer of 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother testified in a grand jury hearing about catching her kidnappers. But when the hearing devolved into an investigation of Aimee, the evangelist went on the offensive—with her supporters committing perjury, blackmail, and even attempted homicide.
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