THE limited documentary series Murder Among The Mormons launches on Netflix on March 3, 2021. A shocking series of bombings that took place in 1985 is explored by the filmmakers. How many episodes are in Murder Among The Mormons? There will be three one-hour episodes of the Netflix docuseries available on the streaming service. Murder […]
THE limited documentary series Murder Among The Mormons launches on Netflix on March 3, 2021.
A shocking series of bombings that took place in 1985 is explored by the filmmakers.
There will be three one-hour episodes of the Netflix docuseries available on the streaming service.
Murder Among The Mormons dives deep into the bombings that left two people dead and sent “shockwaves” through the Salt Lake City community.
“We really kind of had to pick and choose,” co-director Jared Hess told Deseret News when asked about the three-hour run time.
“The toughest thing is that, here you have a person who for seven years or more, almost every transaction he had with somebody was a crime.
“It’s not one event that occurred but this whole story of people getting deceived over the course of a seven-year period.
“How do you cram that into a book? How do you make a movie out of that? How do you make a TV series out of it?”
The documentary examines three bombings that killed two people – and the investigation that followed.
“The murders send further shockwaves through the community when a trove of early Mormon letters and diaries are found destroyed in the vehicle of the third victim, a renowned collector of rare documents, including the infamous White Salamander Letter – an artifact whose contents threatened to shake the very foundations of Mormonism,” reads the description of the docuseries.
“As he fights for his life, investigators race to uncover the truth.”
It would be revealed that the murders were committed by counterfeiter and forger who was attempting to cover up his crimes.
Mark Hofmann – who was married at the time – would be convicted of murder and other crimes and sentenced to life in prison.
“There’s no shame in being dunked on by Michael Jordan, he’s the best. Many people were fooled by Mark Hofmann,” co-director Tyler Measom told Deseret News.
“He was the best forger who’s ever been caught.”
Hofmann himself was wounded in the third bombing.
“People were scrambling,” Hess told Deseret News.
“They didn’t know what was happening, who was doing this, who was setting off these bombs.
“We really try to put you in that time.”
