Aimee Semple McPherson was a religious leader with a broad following. She built the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles to hold her theatrical services and was one of the the first women to buy a broadcast license. This was a typical service with Aimee officiating: This is the parsonage she built behind the temple, note the radio tower: This is the retreat she built in Lake Elsinore: Her life was punctuated by scandal, land swindles, failed movie deals and legal […]

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