In 1928, a terrified 21-year-old delivered her first sermon in a Boise pool hall after her brother-in-law failed to show. Decades later, Kathryn Kuhlman was a national television star whose viewers were convinced she had miraculously healed them, even as she faced medical scrutiny and a lawsuit from her own administrator.

This deep dive maps her factual trajectory from Midwest tent revivals to Los Angeles celebrity, examining how she built a massive operation, navigated a scandalous marriage, faced formal medical investigations, and ultimately shaped the modern charismatic movement.

• Her self-taught path to ordination and her gift for relatable storytelling over academic theology
• The secret, ruinous marriage to divorced evangelist Burroughs Waltrip that nearly ended her career
• Her mastery of television intimacy and ...