A look at the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith. Scott Martelle. It didn’t last long, but for a short time in the 1840s the Mississippi River town of Nauvoo was the largest city in Illinois.

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The documentary “Who Killed Joseph Smith?” — now available for streaming for free on Vimeo — is an earnest but deeply misleading attempt to understand the assassinations of Joseph and ...

(RNS) — A new documentary recycles old conspiracies about the murder of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Jana Riess January 21, 2022 ...

The prosecutor in the celebrated murder trial of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith in 1845 was Josiah Lamborn, the attorney general of Illinois from 1840-43. Brilliant, brooding and enigmatic, Lamborn ...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learn early on about the murder of their faith’s founder, Joseph Smith. They know that, on June 27, 1844 (179 years ago this month), he ...

"American Crucifixion: The murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon Church" by Alex Beam, Public Affairs, 334 pages, $26.99 ...