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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints releases statement on inaccurate, harmful depictions of the Church in media
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints newsroom released a statement on historical accuracy in media following the ...
‘American Primeval’ and the Utah War — a historian’s take on the real men, real militias and real massacres
Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, ...
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The real massacre was ‘so much more brutal’ — ‘American Primeval’ and the truth about Mountain Meadows
Bullets fly and arrows whiz amid screams of agony during the chaos that is the “American Primeval” treatment of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a merciless attack carried out in southern Utah ...
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There’s a true story behind American Primeval—and it’s just as grisly
The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a brutal attack on more than a hundred emigrants en route to California in the 1850s. The wagon train party was attacked by Mormon militias at Mountain Meadows ...
American Primeval includes brutal displays of Mormon violence, but the reality was arguably worse
On January 24, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, penned a ...
Why even gun-shy Sweden has to deal with mass-shootings
The worst school massacre in US history was not at Columbine or Newtown or Parkland, as horrifying as those episodes were.
What the tired tropes of ‘American Primeval’ get wrong about Brigham Young, early Latter-day Saints
The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church ...
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American Primeval and the bloody truth about the Mormon massacre of 1857
The events of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which took place in early September 1857, and came to their horrific conclusion on the 11 September, have been called “the darkest deed of the 19th ...
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The shocking truth behind Netflix’s new massacre drama
Furthermore, it will also surprise nearly every viewer that the slaughter carried out in the series is based on truth, known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and remains one of the darkest ...
Mormon church responds to 'deceptive' depiction in Netflix's show 'American Primeval'
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken issue with a Netflix series it calls "dangerously misleading." ...
‘American Primeval’ Director Peter Berg on Finale Deaths, the Prequel Spinoff He’s Considering and ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot
Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross when it came to violence depicted in the events surrounding the Mountain ...