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, again, is some 400 miles southwest of Bridger, not close by as it’s depicted in the series).
John Ramsey drove from his Moab, Utah, home to meet with police in Boulder, Colo., where JonBenét was murdered in 1996.
Westerns are one of the most popular genres, and luckily Netflix has several that have been massively successful, though something is still missing.
In the days that have followed American Primeval 's release, the LDS Church has condemned the show's portrayal of Brigham Young (played by Kim Coates), the second president of the church stood at the helm until his death in 1877. Newsweek has contacted representatives of Netflix via email for comment.
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.
It is seen as one of the darkest chapters in American history – an act of domestic terrorism second only to the Oklahoma City bombing nearly 140 years later. As new Netflix drama ‘American Primeval’ tells the story of violence committed by Mormons but blamed on Native Americans,
The Netflix series American Primeval, directed by Peter Berg, is an American Frontier set in the 19th century and dramatizes the Utar War.
Statement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also says the Netflix series egregiously mischaracterizes Brigham Young.
American Primeval stars Taylor Kitsch & Betty Gilpin revealed the rough conditions and difficulties that arose while filming the Netflix Western show.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken issue with a Netflix series it calls "dangerously misleading."
Britain's Princess Beatrice has given birth to her second child with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi -- a daughter named Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi.
Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan will have his hand- and footprints enshrined in cement in front of Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday.