In 1976, a quiet home in Yakima, Washington, became the center of a case that would haunt everyone connected to it.
In The Back Bedroom, bestselling true-crime author Gregg Olsen investigates how a deeply isolated household fell under the influence of self-proclaimed prophet Leon Cunningham. Convinced that the end of the world was near, Leon’s followers increasingly trusted his interpretations of faith over their own judgment.
At the center of the story was 3-year-old Davey Weilbacher, whose behavior was gradually recast as evidence of something sinister. As fear, loyalty, and spiritual manipulation intensified, the adults around him stopped questioning what was happening.
Decades later, survivor Tina Cunningham finally shares what she witnessed and the regret she carried with her.
Read the Instaread summary of The Back Bedroom to discover how belief, control, and isolation transformed an ordinary household into the setting of an unforgettable true-crime case.
