On Oct. 15, 1985, the pipe bombs started going off around Salt Lake City. The first victim was Steven Christensen, a financial consultant and collector of antiquities, who died at the door of his downtown office. The second was Kathy Sheets, who was killed at her suburban home by a device intended for her husband, J. Gary Sheets, a business associate of Christensen. The presumption, by both police and Sheets, was that "disgruntled investors" were behind the gruesome murders.

But that theory exploded the next day, as did a car driven by a well-known documents dealer named Mark Hofmann. Inside his bombed-out blue Toyota was a badly damaged Hofmann and a trove of purportedly rare Mormon papers and books, now charred and scattering in the breeze. They were intended for sale to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints itself. Suddenly, the case wasn't about finance and revenge. The church was involved. And the motives were unknown.

"Murder Among the Mormons," a tautly constructed, three-part Netflix Original produced by BBC Studios, is about a fairly well-known case. But the series' creators take such pains to make their story a mystery that this reviewer's inclination is not to spoil a thing.

An E-Sylum reader notes:

To read the complete article (subscription required), see:
'Murder Among the Mormons' Review: An Explosive Mystery(https://www.wsj.com/articles/murder-among-the-mormons-review-an-explosive-mystery-11614714557)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
HOFMANN'S FORGERY SECRETS REVEALED IN BOOK(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n20a04.html)
BOOK REVIEW: THE JUDGMENT OF EXPERTS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n54a06.html)
MORE ON THE FORGERIES OF MARK HOFMANN(https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n01a11.html)
FAKE MINT ERRORS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n38a30.html)