A new documentary details how a beloved children's TV show led to murder, suicide and abuse

The most shocking revelation is that of David Joyner, who played 'the body' of Barney for ten years and is currently working as a Tantric sex guru in Los Angeles The doc also examines how members of the Barney cast were subject to a torrent of abuse and 'violent and explicit' threats; one man said he received an email that threatened 'dismemberment' of his family As Barney became a world-wide sensation, the success of the show drove a wedge in the Leach family, culminating in divorce, suicide, and Patrick's 2013 arrest for shooting his neighbor through the chest Barney was originally created in 1988 as low budget home videos by a small town Texas housewife named Sheryl Leach, who was looking for something to occupy her rambunctious to-year-old son, Patrick 'Barney & Friends' was a juggernaut in children's television programing that captivated youngsters around the world with its titular character, Barney — a lovable, spongey dinosaur that sang syrupy sweet songs and extolled the virtues of inclusion, love, generosity and kindness. But not all was perfect in the preternaturally positive world of Barney, and soon he became the ire of parents and adults world wide Its creator, a small town housewife from Texas named Sheryl Leach, told a talk show at the time: 'He's become, at least in popularity, on the level of Elvis for the pre-school set.' The show's runaway success led to fractures in her family, divorce, her husband's eventual suicide and later, Patrick's wayward descent into marijuana addiction, which culminated in 2013 when he was arrested for shooting his neighbor through the chest Sheryl Leach was a small town housewife from Allen, Texas who created Barney in 1988 as a way to occupy her rambunctious toddler. The organization's leader, Sean Breen explained that 'The Jihad' was an early internet role-playing collective fighting a 'shadow war' against Barney who they believed 'was 'a minion of Satan' Speaking in old footage Sheryl tells the National Press Club in 1993: 'Can you imagine what the odds are, that not from New York, not from L.A., but from a little town called Allen, Texas, a group of people came up with an idea that is now the number one most watched children's program?'