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The murders sent further shockwaves through the community when a trove of early Mormon letters and diaries were found destroyed in the vehicle of the third victim, Hofmann, who was a renowned collector of rare documents including the infamous White Salamander Letter - an artifact whose contents threatened to shake the very foundations of Mormonism.
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The synopsis from Netflix sets the scene back to Salt Lake City in 1985, when a series of pipe bombs killed two people and severely injured another, jolting the epicenter of the LDS Church. The allure and infamy of the story - the bombings, the Salamander Letter, Mark Hofmann - seem more relevant today than ever and we wanted to be able to share this remarkable tale from the perspective of those who actually lived it.” The directors added, “However, most people in the community prefer not to talk about it. “It was a tragic and complex episode in Utah’s recent history, two innocent people lost their lives and countless others were deceived.” “For a generation of those raised in the Mormon faith, ourselves included, the story of the 1985 bombings in Salt Lake City will forever be a part of the mythology of the culture,” said Hess and Measom in a joint statement. The series is a BBC Studios Production and releases on the streaming giant March 3.ĭirected by Jared Hess ( Napoleon Dynamite) and Tyler Measom ( An Honest Liar) - who were both raised in the Mormon faith - and executive produced by prolific true-crime filmmaker Joe Berlinger, Murder Among the Mormons is being billed as the first comprehensive look at one of the most shocking crimes to have taken place among the Mormon community and the criminal mastermind behind it all. Murder Among the Mormons, a three-part documentary, will revisit the trio of bombings in Salt Lake City in 1985 that shocked the local Mormon community and threatened the historical foundations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Netflix is adding another true-crime docuseries to its roster with a modern-day exploration on the Mormon murder mystery of 1985.