What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, ...

The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church ...

Betty Gilpin has played a pro wrestler and a vigilante nun. Now, she’s in the Netflix hit “American Primeval” and grabbing ...

Netflix fans who have been left 'disappointed' by the American Primeval finale have been told to watch a 'gripping' series on ...

Fans of American Primeval have been urged to tune into a ... Despite being mainly set in the 1980s and based on a book recounting a grim true crime murder case, there's an intriguing overlap ...

In her 2022 book of essays ... “It was a big change to see her feel deserving of the spotlight.” In “American Primeval,” Gilpin plays a more conventional role — a mother charging ...

Another influence was Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven, a book on Mormon fundamentalism ... Taylor Kitsch as Isaac in Episode 101 of American Primeval. Cr. Matt Kennedy/NETFLIX ...

So there were all these books that I read to try and get into ... so much in other depictions of the Western genre. American Primeval isn’t shy about showing audiences violence of varying ...

As a whole, these books take apart the heroic myths that “American Primeval” critiques with its blunt-force violence — even as the show indulges in some of those myths. (For instance ...