Episode 12: Multitudes Were on the Alert: It was just after midnight on September 22, 1827, when Joseph Smith and his wife Emma journeyed to the Hill Cumorah and there Joseph received the Gold Plates from the angel Moroni. This episode deals with the story of those who tried every exertion to get the plates from Joseph.

Scholars: Steven Harper, Larry Porter, Mark Staker, Richard Anderson, Andrew Hedges, Michael MacKay, Richard Bennett