The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been around for almost two centuries. It has ebbed and fluctuated in such a predictably adaptive manner throughout it's relatively short life in the religious realm. This Church has a very sordid past, which it does a very good job of teaching for itself, whether the history is slanted or not, is yours to decide. Join me on a journey through the history of the LDS Church through the eyes of the people that were actually there. We will learn about the founding members, where the practices came from, where the Book of Mormon (Mormon Bible) came from, and most importantly, we will examine Joseph Smith in every aspect possibly available to us today.

On this episode, we finally dive into something highly anticipated for years, the Haun’s Mill Massacre. The title says it all; we discuss very adult concepts with graphic detail (listener discretion advised). We read 5 first-hand accounts of the massacre and bring it all together with Stephen LeSueur’s reconstruction of events. We finish out with a list of factors that lead to this fateful day in American history.

 

Links:

Amanda Barnes Smith
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/1781809

Lyman Omer Littlefield Autobiography
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/LLittlefield.html

James McBride 1876 microform
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll15/id/11608

Ellis Eames
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/12594448

Mrs. Lucy Walker (Smith) Kimball:
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/LLittlefield.html

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