Deseret Drama

By Sunstone Magazine

On Oct. 26, 1866 non-Mormon Dr. John k. Robinson was taken from his home and brutally murdered by a gang of Mormon men in the heart of Salt Lake City. In Season One of Deseret Dramas, criminal prosec... more

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How many episodes does Deseret Drama have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

Deseret Drama episodes:

January 01, 1990 S2E6: Internet Killed the Microfilm Star: Mormon History Goes Digital
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
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21min
January 01, 1990 S2E5: Very Funny, Moroni, I Know You’re that Salamander in the Box: Mormon History Gets Frozen Out
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
...more
28min
January 01, 1990 S2E4: Stop Playing with Your Little History Factory: The Rise and Fall of Camelot
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
...more
27min
January 01, 1990 S2E3: I Demand Satisfaction, Sir!: Dueling Histories and Grouchy Archivists
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
...more
20min
January 01, 1990 S2E2: Mama, Don’t Let Your Histories Grow Up to Be Published: The Saga of History of the Church
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
...more
27min
January 01, 1990 S2E1: The Body Count Is Piling Up: Writing Joseph Smith’s History
Season Two: The History of Mormon History
Historiography—We are doing it….
Join the Sunstone Mormon History podcasters Bryan Buchanan and Lindsay Hansen Park for a special second season of Deseret Dramas. This miniseries will explore the history of how Mormon history was told and came to be.
...more
28min
January 01, 1990 S1E7: Back Door Parole
In the final episode Lindsay and John show the evolution of the Utah criminal justice system through a prison escape. Murderer Nick Haworth escaped from the Utah penitentiary after Joseph Smith’s spiritual son and prison guard, Zebulon Jacobs, was overpowered and severely beaten. Haworth was eventually found and returned to prison. What did the law do with those who escaped from prison? Was the legal system in line with the rest of the country, or did Haworth find he was subjected to mountain law?
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32min
January 01, 1990 S1E6: Ark of Bulrushes
Lindsay and John head north to southeastern Idaho to discuss the murder of Gobo Fango. Fango was a freed African, probably Latter-day Saint, and sheep herder who got caught up in the range wars of the 1880s. They are joined by Amanda Hendrix-Komoto and Mica McGriggs who both discuss the violence and the treatment of disadvantaged groups in this time period. Was Fango murdered or trespassing on a cattleman’s land? Did his being Mormon help or hurt his case?
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1h 19min
January 01, 1990 S1E5: Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged
The legal system in frontier Utah was as wild as the wild wild west. Lindsay and John discuss the decades long battle between the federal and local court system, and the fall out it caused. Claims of abuse, corruption, and a murder ordered by Brigham Young are discussed. Who was right and who was wrong when the feds go up against the Mormons?
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1h 9min
January 01, 1990 S1E4: In Abraham’s Bosom
Lindsay and John continue their discussion of the murder of Dr. Robinson and the lynching of Thomas Coleman. They are joined by Mica McGriggs who helps discuss lynching and racism present in the West, and Michael McClane who describes the murder and old time Salt Lake City. Was Coleman’s murder part of a cover up, or just old fashioned extralegal justice and racism?
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1h 1min

FAQs about Deseret Drama:

How many episodes does Deseret Drama have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.