Category: Mark Hofmann
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The Mormon Murders: Twenty-Five Years Later
By Sandra Tanner and Rocky Hulse It has been twenty-five years since Mark Hofmann, a returned missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), forged numerous historical documents, blew up two innocent people with pipe bombs, and was given a plea bargain instead of going to trial. Why would the prosecuting attorneys…
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Jerald Tanner’s Quest for Truth – Part 3
By Ronald V. Huggins This last of our three-part series examining the life and research of Jerald Tanner, focuses on the integrity Jerald brought to his research of Mormon historical documents. The previous two parts of this series can be found in Salt Lake City Messenger nos. 108 and 109, which dealt with Jerald’s initial…
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Highlights of Utah Lighthouse Ministry research and experiences through the years.
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Anthon Transcript
By Sandra Tanner What is the Anthon Transcript? An excerpt from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism Vol. 1, explains: The Anthon Transcript was a sheet of paper, thought to be lost, upon which Joseph SMITH copied sample “reformed Egyptian” characters from the plates of the Book of Mormon. In the winter of 1828, Martin HARRIS showed…
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Church Hides Documents from Prosecutors
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our last newsletter we revealed that Gordon B. Hinckley and other members of the Mormon hierarchy had important McLellin documents that they deliberately suppressed from prosecutors in the Hofmann murder-forgery case to save the church from embarrassment. We noted that the material was a “key piece of evidence” needed…
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Mormon Leaders Suppress “Key” Item in Murder Case
The True McLellin Documents Found in First Presidency’s Vault! By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On October 15, 1985, a bomb exploded in Salt Lake City, Utah, killing Steven F. Christensen, a Mormon bishop. Later that morning, Kathleen Sheets, the wife of another bishop, was killed when she picked up a package containing a booby-trapped shrapnel…
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Church Fights Back!
Mormon Leaders Very Upset by Charges of Cover-Up By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Three major books have now been written regarding Mark Hofmann’s cunning plan to deceive Mormon leaders and document experts with forged documents and the murders he subsequently committed to cover up the crimes. The first book to appear, written by Linda Sillitoe…
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New Hofmann Book
Linda Sillitoe and Allen D. Roberts have recently completed their long-awaited book [Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders] on Mark Hofmann, the man who murdered two people and forged Mormon documents. Although we feel that it is unfortunate that the authors have preserved some improper language used by investigators in the case, that…
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Hofmann Talks!
Mormon Apostle Dallin Oaks Upset With His Confession By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In earlier issues of the Salt Lake City Messenger we have printed a great deal of information concerning Mark Hofmann and his attempt to embarrass the Mormon Church with his forgeries. Hofmann, of course, finally admitted that he had murdered two people…
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Mormonism and Plagiarism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner For almost thirty years the editors of this newsletter have studied the contents of LDS documents in an attempt to determine the truth about Mormon history. Over the years we have found a number of documents (both Mormon and anti-Mormon) that bear all the earmarks of forgery. The Mormon scholar…