Murder Among the Mormons: Season 1

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Murder Among The Mormons

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: March 3, 2021

Summary: The three-part documentary series directed by Jared Hess and Tyler Measom look into the 1985 pipe bombings in Salt Lake City that killed two and seriously injured another who made his name in locating purportedly historical Mormon documents.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Talk & Interview, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E3. Episode 03
Air Date: March 3, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 02
Air Date: March 3, 2021
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S1:E1. Episode 01
Air Date: March 3, 2021

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Andrew James Myers

Mar 4, 2021

It's the whydunnit -- the mind-bending master plan exposed in the final episode -- that truly sets Murder Among the Mormons apart as one of the strangest and most compelling additions to the true crime genre. Read full review

John Anderson

Mar 2, 2021

There’s a peculiar mix of gullibility and paranoia underlying much of “Murder Among the Mormons,” which is a combination detective story, crime thriller and artistic triumph of nonfiction cinema. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Mar 2, 2021

Directors Jared Hess and Tyler Measom do a superb job of telling this incredible true story via a treasure trove of archival news footage, audio tapes and home videos; the occasional re-creation of events, and interviews with a host of historians, researchers, investigators, news reporters and other key figures. Read full review

Danette Chavez

Mar 3, 2021

Hess and Measom don’t editorialize or otherwise insert themselves into the production, beyond posing a question that shakes one of the more ostentatious interviewees late in the series. Aside from one giddily quirky mid-series sequence, they also don’t bring much character to the format, which is surprising, given the directors’ previous work. Read full review

Joel Keller

Mar 3, 2021

Murder Among The Mormons is a fascinating look at some of the inner workings of the Mormon Church, even if the filmmakers were more interested in the story around the document trade than the church itself. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Mar 2, 2021

Jared Hess (Yes, the Napoleon Dynamite director) and Tyler Measom's examination of the 1985 bombings in Salt Lake City tackles a pretty great story — one that mainstream audiences may not know at all — but never quite finds the tone or focus to properly tell it. Read full review

Aja Romano

Mar 5, 2021

Murder Among the Mormons, Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries, feels weirdly bloated and malnourished all at once. Read full review

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geewah

Mar 18, 2021

The why, rather than the how the crimes were committed is the true heart of this fasinating story.
A well made crime doco that is driven by it's archival footage, audio tapes and thorough research.

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UncleWillard

Mar 4, 2021

Interesting, but for a crime doc, it rings more like a recruitment film for the Mormon Church. Way too much reliance on their scripture and how historical it all is. It's not. It's a cult and Joseph Smith was a con man. Ironically, it comes off as some kind of rationalization that this guyInteresting, but for a crime doc, it rings more like a recruitment film for the Mormon Church. Way too much reliance on their scripture and how historical it all is. It's not. It's a cult and Joseph Smith was a con man. Ironically, it comes off as some kind of rationalization that this guy was trying to subvert the religion and in being exposed, lent it credibility. I get the guy's a villain, but his crimes had little to do with faith. He just saw everything crashing down and was willing to murder people to avoid getting caught. His buddy is just creepy too. If that old, fat guy in the suit (Shannon?) isn't gay, I'm not sure who is. Weird recordings of him too. He really sounds more like a woman than the woman who was interviewing him. So does his buddy.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2021
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  S1:E3. Episode 03
  Air Date: March 3, 2021
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  S1:E2. Episode 02
  Air Date: March 3, 2021
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  S1:E1. Episode 01
  Air Date: March 3, 2021