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Mark Hofmann’s notorious and deadly legacy will always be inextricably tied to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but the impact of his machinations spread far outside of Utah and the church. The new documentary about the case, Murder Among the Mormons, was one of the most-watched shows on Netflix the week it dropped. The three-part series explores how Hofmann fooled a nationwide community of scholars, investigators and collectors, the bombings that killed two people and, finally, the mistakes he made that led to his capture.  The documentary makers, Jared Hess ( Napoleon Dy...

fame) and Tyler Measom ( An Honest Liar) detail—one replete with greed and different flavors of deception—could easily fill another handful of installments. (This being the era of competing docuseries on the same compelling subject, though, means we could very well see another streamer or network’s exploration of the same unsettling, sometimes impenetrable, events that gripped Salt Lake City, Utah in the mid-1980s.) Advertisement If the name Mark Hofmann or the term “the Salamander letter” immediately ring bells, then you have a road map for the twists and turns Murder Among The Mo...

SALT LAKE CITY — "Nobody is immune to deception. And we're all vulnerable to it, we're all susceptible to it." Those are words from director Jared Hess that ring more true than ever before after watching his latest project, "Murder Among the Mormons." Hess co-directed the three-part Netflix documentary with Tyler Measom. The series retells the story of Mark Hofmann and three bombings that killed two people, rocked Salt Lake City and ultimately ruined multiple lives in 1985. The true crime documentary series premieres today on the streaming service. This story will discuss some minor spoiler...