Zion's Lost

Anthony Adams was ahead of his time in the late 70s in Salt Lake City. Being a gay, African American socialist in the community was not easy, but he thrived being a voice and bringing awareness to the causes he was passionate about. When Anthony failed to show up for a protest he was expected to attend, his boyfriend went to his home, finding him brutally murdered. Who would want Anthony dead and why? Was it a crime of passion? A political assassination? Or a robbery gone wrong?

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/14/murder-anthony-adams/

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In 1982, 81 year old Bertha Hughes was found brutally murdered in her Salt Lake City home. Although neighbors reported a suspicious male in the area the day before, the trail went cold. Unfortunately, Bertha was not the only elderly woman murdered in the area during the same decade. 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/602290418/?terms=bertha%2Bhughes

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https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/troyer-daniel.htm

https://www.leagle.com/decision/19952092910p2d118212089

https://www.newspapers.com/image/612928557/?terms=daniel%2Bray%2Btroyer

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https://www.deseret.com/1999/6/12/19450272/suspect-finally-admits-he-killed-woman-in-85-br-for-that-crime-and-an-88-slaying-he-gets-life-in-pri

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/12/11/man-arrested-iowa/

In 1991, Bryan Ruff went missing from his security post at Kennecott Copper Mine. Suspicions started being directed towards a friend of his, Dale Bradley, after it surfaced that Bryan had an affair with Bradley's wife. Even after Bryan's body was found 2 years later, no arrests were made. That was until the murder of a wife and mother, Crystal Bradley, brought Dale Bradley back into the investigation of Bryan's death, leading to a conviction or murder.

https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-ice-man-cometh/Content?oid=2128890

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https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/utah/ci_2740821

Austin Cox had recently gone through a divorce and was out for revenge on anyone he felt wronged him during the proceedings. Drunk and enraged, Cox took a shotgun with him to find and kill his ex-wife. However, when his intended target wasn't located, he took his anger out on innocent victims, claiming 6 lives. 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/289333458/?terms=mary%2Bloretta%2Bhumphries

http://saltproject.co/blog/car-graveyard-farmington-canyon-trail-adventurin

https://www.newspapers.com/image/597217238/?terms=austin%2Bcox

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The Hobbs Reservoir located near Layton, UT is home to mountain lions, ducks, geese, porcupines and other wildlife. Its also the site of several drowning deaths, leading to urban legends of it's victims haunting those who hike and fish there. 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/597318733/?terms=reservoir%2Blayton

http://hobbs.parkinsonfamily.org/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/597371162/?terms=kays%2Bcreek%2Breservoir

https://www.newspapers.com/image/597476304/?terms=drown

https://www.slugmag.com/lifestyle/hobbs-reservoir/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/468208587/?terms=Charles%2BHumphrey

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/hobbs-hollow/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/layton-paranormal-activity-ut/

In 1982, 17 year old Robby Peay was ordered to be housed at the Youth Diagnostic Center in Salt Lake City. When he and another boy ran away from the facility, his family expected to hear from him shortly after. As the years went on, no word from Robby came and his disappearance has been a mystery ever since. 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/470121919/?terms=robby%2Bpeay

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In the late 1980s, Mark Hofmann made a career into finding and selling rare LDS books and documents in the Salt Lake City area. After two separate bomb attacks killed two innocent victims, Mark's career was uncovered to be full of lies, fraud, and forgery. 

arrie, Dan “Boxed Bombs Claim 2 in SLC” The Daily Spectrum 16 October 1985:1 print

Christian, Patric, “Car-Bomb Victim Suspect in Blast” The Daily Herald 17 October 1985: 1, 3 Print

Robert Lindsey, A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money Murder and Deceit (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988), 41, 65-66

https://www.deseret.com/2005/7/20/19903194/killer-s-ex-wife-talks-of-survival#doralee-olds-former-wife-of-mark-hofmann-says-her-world-exploded-20-years-ago-and-shes-still-picking-up-the-pieces

https://www.newspapers.com/image/612873830

https://www.deseret.com/2011/1/11/20368308/mark-hofmann-details-mindset-in-1988-letter-that-led-to-forgeries-murder#mark-w-hofmann

https://www.deseret.com/2005/7/20/19903194/killer-s-ex-wife-talks-of-survival#doralee-olds-former-wife-of-mark-hofmann-says-her-world-exploded-20-years-ago-and-shes-still-picking-up-the-pieces

Albert D. Fore was a successful business man who appeared to have everything. He was able to move on from the tragic deaths of his wife and daughters, and start a new life with Arlene and their infant son. When Albert and their son failed to return from a business trip, the truth was revealed and all his lies became unraveled when Arlene started her own investigation to find her son. She found out the man she married to was a con-artist, a thief and a murderer.  

https://www.newspapers.com/image/530267889/?terms=james%2Barthur%2Bpearson

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Who doesn't love hearing about Dumb Criminals? This week, we explore cases exclusive to Utah that we hope will give you a laugh and make you feel better about your life choices. 

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In 1933, a religious leader named Marie Ogden, led her followers to San Juan county so they could have their own commune to live and worship in: The Home of Truth. Just two years later, it all came crashing down when the death of a member drew attention to the commune and made her followers question who their leader actually was - and wasn't. 

https://history.utah.gov/cemeteries/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/260608465/?terms=marie%2Bogden

https://historytogo.utah.gov/marie-ogden/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/260608465/?terms=Marie%2BOgden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_Truth,_Utah

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/oldzephyr/archives/homeoftruth.html.https://www.newspapers.com/image/289510882/?terms=Marie%2BOgden

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