Also contains Confessions of a White Salamander: An Analysis of Mark Hofmann's Disclosures Concerning How He Forged Mormon Documents and Murdered Two People

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Description

Shows how Jerald's belief that Hofmann's documents were forged was confirmed by investigators. Discusses the various forged documents (includes photos) and the sources Hofmann used to come up with his ideas. Also contains Confessions of a White Salamander (deals with Hofmann's conviction and statements to the attorneys) at no extra charge.

Now also includes The Mormon Church and the McLellin Collection, which shows how church leaders deliberately suppressed a "key" item (the McLellin Collection) in the Hofmann murder-forgery case. Also gives information on ex-Apostle McLellin's writings against the church.

Table of Contents (Hyperlinked to Online Version)

Tracking the White Salamander

Contents

Preface

1. The Salamander Murders
   • ULM's Investigation
   • A Confrontation
   • Christensen Couldn't Testify
2. The Case Against Hofmann
   • Wheeling and Dealing
   • Machine Gun and Bombs
   • Hofmann's Aliases
   • Other Evidence
3. The McLellin Deception
   • "Attempted Blackmail"
   • Spalding-Rigdon Scare
   • A Collection Found
   • An Imaginary Collection
4. The Church's Involvement
   • Cover-up Feared
5. The Ink that Cracked
   • Famous Forgers
   • A Master Forger?
   • Documents Flaky
   • Hard Evidence
   • Forger on Vacation?
6. The Documents Examined
   • Part A
     • Anthon Transcript
     • The Blessing Document
   • Part B
     • 1825 Smith Letter
     • Salamander Letter
     • 1873 Letters
     • Grandin Contract
     • Lucy Smith Letter
   • Part C
     • Spalding Document and 116 Missing Pages
     • Isaac Galland Note
     • Lawrence Letter
     • The Dunham Letter
     • Emma Smith Hymnal
     • Betsy Ross Letter
   • Part D
     • Oath of a Freeman
     • Documents on Money-Digging
     • Mormon Money
     • Bithel Todd Letter
     • Call of the Wild
     • Kinderhook Plates
     • Other Forgeries?
7. Mark and Joseph
   • Insight on Hofmann
   • Effect on Church

1. More on the Salamander Letter
2. Boren's White Frog
3. A Strange Offer
4. Three or Four Bombs?
5. Mark Hofmann Is "Deep Throat"
6. Hofmann Confesses

Confessions of a White Salamander

1. A Deadly Salamander
   • The Murders
2. The Salamander Letter
3. Fooling the Church and the Experts
   • Anthon Transcript
   • Hofmann's Secrets
4. Blackmail-like Documents
   • Smith's 1825 Letter
   • Mclellin Collection
5. Good and Bad Forgeries
   • Other Forgeries
   • Hundreds of Forgeries
6. The Church's Wound

The Mormon Church and the McLellin Collection

McLellin's Secrets

Turley's Bombshell!

Suppressing Evidence

A Very Bad Example

Hinckley Not Called

A Dangerous Gamble

The Plea Bargain

Difficult to Believe

Serious Implications

What's In The Vault?

The Cowdery History

Masking Information

Testing The Prophets

Hofmann's Tales About The McLellin Collection

Didn't Have Collection

Attempted Blackmail?

Spalding-Rigdon Scare

Important Discovery

Imaginary Collection

The Real McLellin

Excommunication

Fear of McLellin

An Affair In The Barn?

A False Revelation

Revelations Altered

"A Base Forgery"

Angelic Visitations?

No Endowment?

McLellin's 55 Reasons

McLellin's Followers

Appendix—Mark Hofmann's Own Confession Regarding The McLellin Collection