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

Appendix

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

Images

• secret temple ritual document
• Salamander letter
  • page one
  • page two
• Mark Hofmann
• Lyn Jacobs
• Hofmann's bombed out car
• anonymous letter about McLellin collection
• papyrus fragment
• Spalding-Rigdon document
• William Flynn
• George Throckmorton
• Kenneth Rendell
• Cosmic Aeroplane catalogue—Jim Bridger note
• Deseret News article on Anthon transcript
  • page one
  • page two
• Anthon transcript (Ensign)
• Joseph Smith III blessing
• Joseph Smith to Josiah Stowell letter
• Martin Harris signatures
• Lucy Smith letter
• Joseph Smith to Maria and Sarah Lawrence letter
• Joseph Smith to Jonathan Dunham
• Oath of a Freeman
• Joseph Smith to Hyrum—money-digging
• handwritten white note and Deseret Currency note
• Kinderhook plate
• Joseph Smith 1833 letter—Issac Morely
• Hofmann notes on Book of Lehi
• tracing of magic amulet

Other Related Titles Available

• City Confidential: Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City (A&E Video)
• Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
• Joseph Smith and Money Digging
• Mormonism, Magic and Masonry
• Mormonism Unvailed
• Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders
• Tiffany's Monthly: Interview with Martin Harris

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Topical Index: Hofmann, Mark