On June 27, 1844, LDS apostle John Taylor was in the Carthage Jail when Mormon founder Joseph Smith and his brother were fatally shot by a mob. Taylor was shot, too, but survived when the bullet ...

The documentary “Who Killed Joseph Smith?” — now available for streaming for free on Vimeo — is an earnest but deeply misleading attempt to understand the assassinations of Joseph and ...

Griffin’s particular theory is that Willard Richards and John Taylor, two close associates who were with the Smiths in the jail and survived the attack, were actually — wait for it — the ...

Latter-day Saints Founder Joseph Smith Was 1st US Presidential Candidate Assassinated? ... by some of which John Taylor received four wounds, and Hiram Smith was instantly killed.

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

It's true that Joseph Smith announced a bid for the presidency in January 1844. ... At the same time several shots were fired into the room, by some of which John Taylor received four wounds, ...

According to historical narratives, Joseph Smith — who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church — was a contentious figure in the 19th century.

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In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a bigger fish to pursue, namely Joseph Smith, the ...