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What 'American Primeval' gets wrong about Mormon — and American — history

The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within a few days is a sensationalized fabrication intended to 'entertain.'

National Geographic news · 2d

There’s a true story behind American Primeval—and it’s just as grisly

Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the U.S. government came to a violent head in the 1850s.

soapcentral · 2d

Why are Mormons not happy with American Primeval? Details behind the controversy explored

Netflix's American Primeval follows a fictionalized tale of the real-life Utah War of 1857, where many groups, including the Mormons, Piautes, and the US Government, were strategizing to seize control

The Daily Telegraph · 3d

American Primeval and the bloody truth about the Mormon massacre of 1857

It’s one of the most harrowing scenes in Netflix’s grim Western. But is its depiction of the Mountain Meadows atrocities accurate?

deseret · 1d

What the tired tropes of ‘American Primeval’ get wrong about Brigham Young, early Latter-day Saints

The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church History Department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Us Weekly25d

Mormons Ruled TV in 2024: From ‘Dancing With the Stars’ to ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’

You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be the stereotypical Mormon that people think we’re all supposed to be.” Hulu introduced Us to MomTok in September, and our lives have never ...

Soap Central on MSN7d

What happened to Brigham in American Primeval? Character's fate explored

Netflix's latest miniseries, American Primeval, sees men and women from different groups trying to claim control of the untamed lands of the Old American West during 1857.

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