LPOTL - Mormonism

On this, the first part of our gigantic series on Mormonism, we cover the early life of its founder, Joseph Smith, including his early career as a grave robber and his first revelations involving God, Jesus, and an angel named Moroni.

On the second part of Mormonism, we cover the writing of the Book of Mormon itself, including all of the myriad sources Joseph Smith used to cobble together the American religion as well as all the ways Joseph had to sidestep and bullshit to get the thing published.

In the third part of our Mormonism series, we cover the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the reasons behind some of the more well-known Mormon laws, and Joseph Smith's adventures with mummies which led to some of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Latter-Day Saints.

It's the climax of the Joseph Smith portion of the story of Mormonism as we cover the founding of the city of Nauvoo, just what made Joseph Smith believe in polygamy so hard, and the secret rituals of the Mormons, plus the inevitable death of the American Prophet.

On this, the fifth part of our series on Mormonism, we cover the polygamy-filled years under the leadership of Brigham Young, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people due to mass murder and negligence, as well as the founding of Salt Lake City.

On the conclusion to our series on Mormonism, we cover two modern true crime stories that occurred as a direct result of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young's teachings. The first, set in the early 1980s, is a tale of revelation and blood atonement involving a brutal double murder, while the second is a story of polygamy perverted to satisfy the pedophilic desires of the sociopaths in charge of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.