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Deseret Drama

On Oct. 26, 1866 non-Mormon Dr. John k. Robinson was taken from his home and brutally murdered by a gang of Mormon men in the heart of Salt Lake City. In Season One of Deseret Dramas, criminal prosec... Read more

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S1 Prologue: Something Wicked This Way Comes

S1 Prologue: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Are Mormons more violent than other religious groups? Was frontier Utah a dangerous place? Join Lindsay and John as they... Read more

29 Apr 2020

33mins

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S1E1: Pick Your Poison

S1E1: Pick Your Poison

Was Samuel Smith poisoned to clear the way for Brigham Young to succeed as leader? Did Emma Smith really try to poison J... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr 18mins

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S1E2: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even

S1E2: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even

Join Lindsay and John as they talk with Joe Geisner about the famous murder of Parley P. Pratt. Pratt was murdered by th... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr 23mins

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S1E3: Daughters of Zion

S1E3: Daughters of Zion

Lindsay and John start to discuss the murder of Dr. Robinson and the fall out it caused throughout the country, includin... Read more

30 Apr 2020

22mins

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S1E4: In Abraham’s Bosom

S1E4: In Abraham’s Bosom

Lindsay and John continue their discussion of the murder of Dr. Robinson and the lynching of Thomas Coleman. They are jo... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr

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S1E5: Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

S1E5: Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

The legal system in frontier Utah was as wild as the wild wild west. Lindsay and John discuss the decades long battle be... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr 8mins

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S1E6: Ark of Bulrushes

S1E6: Ark of Bulrushes

Lindsay and John head north to southeastern Idaho to discuss the murder of Gobo Fango. Fango was a freed African, probab... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr 18mins

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S1E7: Back Door Parole

S1E7: Back Door Parole

In the final episode Lindsay and John show the evolution of the Utah criminal justice system through a prison escape. Mu... Read more

30 Apr 2020

31mins

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S2E1: The Body Count Is Piling Up: Writing Joseph Smith’s History

S2E1: The Body Count Is Piling Up: Writing Joseph Smith’s History

Season Two: The History of Mormon HistoryHistoriography—We are doing it....Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters B... Read more

9 Oct 2020

27mins

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S2E2: Mama, Don’t Let Your Histories Grow Up to Be Published: The Saga of History of the Church

S2E2: Mama, Don’t Let Your Histories Grow Up to Be Published: The Saga of History of the Church

Season Two: The History of Mormon HistoryHistoriography—We are doing it....Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters B... Read more

9 Oct 2020

26mins

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