Co-authors of the new book “Vengeance Is Mine” explore the aftermath of the bloodiest stain on LDS history, including how church leaders in southern Utah tried to cover up the crime, how ...

Mountain Meadows. Courtesy: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Although Joseph Smith was no pacifist—he preached an aggressive self-defense against the Mormon Church's many ...

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Netflix‘s new show American Primeval has no problem showing the true brutality of life in the Old West. The very first episode of American Primeval crescendoes with the horrific events of the Mountain ...

The Mountain Meadows Massacre, unleashed by LDS militiamen, claimed 120 lives 164 years ago. on Sept. 11, 1857.

Three new books -- including Jon Krakauer's latest -- take a look at some dark moments in the history of Mormonism and the violent effects of sexually rooted religious hysteria.