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10 Famous Cold Cases That Could Be Solved In 2021 In the late 70s, the Golden State Killer launched a reign of terror that terrified residents in California. The serial killer committed at least 12 murders and 120 residential burglaries—then he disappeared without a trace. That was until 2018 when Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested and identified as the serial killer. DeAngelo was caught when his third cousin uploaded their genetic profile to 23andMe and using familial DNA, police were able t...

. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox weekly. Unlike most talks given at BYU by church leaders, the landmark response of a Latter-day Saint apostle to the murderous spree of forgings and bombings by Mark Hofmann recently featured in “Murder Among the Mormons” can’t be found on speeches.byu.edu. There’s a simple reason for that, and it has nothing to do covering up church history. In fact in his talk at BYU, then-Elder Dallin H. Oaks issued a scathing reprimand to a major new...

50:08 For the second part of our Mark Hofmann coverage, we take a closer look at one aspect of Hofmann’s strange story: his dealings with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  When Hofmann “found” what became known as the Salamander Letter in 1984, it sent shockwaves through the LDS church. The letter, which was supposedly written by early church figure Martin Harris, talked of church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. getting the golden plates from a white, talking salamander. As res...

How Murder Among the Mormons gets away with promoting stereotypes about our faith Daryl Austin © Provided by NBC News One of the most audacious and devious forgers in U.S. history, Mark Hofmann spent the early 1980s deceiving (and ripping off) individuals and organizations with never-before-seen documents and letters. His victims included the Library of Congress, other parts of the U.S. government, scores of private collectors, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a...

REVIEW: This three-part series unwinds the so-strange-it-can-only-be-true story of master forger Mark Hofmann.

October 15, 1985 was one of those idyllic Salt Lake City fall days: deep blue skies, trees covered in red and gold leaves. And then, two pipe bombs

click to enlarge There are many things special about being a native Utahn. We were not only born here, but we stay here despite all the reasons a good number of other Utahns give us to leave. Many of us, myself included, have Utah roots that date to the earliest pioneers. Despite the fact that too many of those, myself excluded, have forgotten that they were not the first inhabitants here, nor the first to settle, we remain. And w...

Murder Among the Mormons has gripped viewers with its eye-opening three episodes. The documentary tells the shocking true story of the 1985 bombings in Salt Lake City which shocked the nation and threatened the sanctity of the Mormon Church as a whole. One of the leading figures at the centre of the scandal was Mark Hofmann, a former document dealer within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church (LDS Church), and many are wondering where he is now. Heres what we know… Loading t...

As you know by now, Netflix is streaming a new three-part series called Murder Among Jack Mormons. Authorities from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints objected on account of the Lord told them he doesnt like the term "Jack." Its all quite embarrassing. The documentary focuses on Mark Hofmann who, in 1985, killed two people with bombs. Hofmann, who was a closeted Jack Mormon and a master forger, kept "finding" old documents that seemed to undermine the church, founded by Joseph Smi...

Fascinated by Mark Hofmann's fraud in 'Murder Among the Mormons'? Then stream 'Made You Look,' a true crime documentary about fake art.