Resources for Study

Polygamy

• “Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy” (Richard & Pamela Price) – This book is available for free for all to read. “We do this so that everyone who visits this site will have the opportunity to know for themselves that Joseph Smith Jr. was innocent of polygamy.” Also available in 3-volume book format.
• “Joseph Smith’s Polygamy” (Brian Hales) – Comprehensive, well-designed website with many sources, citations, and biographical insights for the major players involved in the LDS polygamy scandal. Also available in 3-volume book format.
• “Joseph Smith’s Monogamy: Exploring a Counter Narrative Regarding Plural Marriage (Leo Ebbert) 2015 paper detailing some of the case points against Joseph Smith’s involvement in polygamy.
• “The Bible Versus Polygamy” – (David H. Smith) RLDS article publication analyzing biblical teaching on marriage
• “Joseph Smith Revealed: A Faithful Telling: Exploring an Alternate Polygamy Narrative” (Whitney N. Horning) – Book detailing the question of Joseph Smith and his potential involvement in the polygamy scandal.
• “The Exoneration of Emma, Joseph & Hyrum: Part One” (Ronald Karren) – A highly-detailed book exploring the alternative story of Joseph, Hyrum & Emma Smith’s involvement in the Mormon historical scandals.
• “First LDS Polygamist: Joseph or Brigham?” (Rob Fotheringham) – Documentary evidence exploring the question of who originated the principle and practice of polygamy in the LDS restoration: Joseph Smith or Brigham Young?
• “Of Demigods and Dark Knights” (Jeremy Hoop, Still Mormon podcast) – A lecture introducing the premise that Joseph Smith was not a polygamist, delivered at a restoration conference in 2019.
• “A Bibliography on Joseph Smith II The Mormon Prophet-Leader” (Enid S. Debarthe)- literary and grammatical analysis of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, John Taylor and many others, answering the question of who wrote D&C 132 (see pages 289, 314) and the King Follett discourse.
• “The Language Problem in Revelation” (Evan A. Fry) – overview of language difficulties in revelations. Some additional analysis of D&C 132 and it’s unique language patterns (see pg.136-151).
• “Narrative of Some of the Proceedings of the Mormons, Giving An Account of Their Iniquities” (Catherine Lewis) – An account of Catherine Lewis’ experiences in Boston and Nauvoo being taught in secret the order of plural marriage by Heber C. Kimball, Augusta Adams Cobb and several others.
• “The Foolish Fable of An Angel With A Flaming Sword” (David M. Price) – A comprehensive and definitive analysis of the folklore story of a violent, ill-tempered angel that threatened Joseph Smith’s life if he were to refuse to enter into polygamy.

Carthage Assassination

• “Who Killed Joseph Smith?“ (Justin Griffin & Steve Sorensen) – Full-featured documentary film exploring the question of who killed Joseph & Hyrum Smith using scientific, ballistic and forensic tests and analysis of historical records.
• “Who Killed Joseph Smith? Part 2“ (Justin Griffin & Steve Sorensen) – Sequel that features a famous crime-scene detective’s opinions, additional ballistic tests and more about the purpose and the quest behind the film.
• “The Murders of Joseph & Hyrum By Trusted Friends“ (Clark D. Aboud) – A 42-page overview of the events leading up to, during and after the Carthage murders.
• “Physical Evidence at Carthage Jail and What It Reveals about the Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith” (Joseph & David Lyons) – A detailed forensic and ballistic analysis of the Carthage murder accounts, tested against verifiable real-world physics and scientific data.
• “Skulls and Crossed Bones A Forensic Study of the Remains of Hyrum and Joseph Smith” (Curtis G. Weber)
• “Coroner at Carthage” (Thomas L. Barnes)- The official coroner’s report from Carthage, examining the bodies and evidences in the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
• “The Carthage Conspiracy Trial: An Account” (Douglas O. Linder)
• “The Carthage Conspiracy” (Joseph Smith & Frank Fry) – YouTube video lecture exploring the problems with Willard Richards’ and John Taylor’s first-hand accounts of the crime scene in Carthage. Smith diagrams alternate theories explaining who shot Joseph & Hyrum Smith.
• “Anatomy of a Headshot” (Questions for Science) – an overview of the physics involved in a human head being shot by a bullet (6:55).
• “22 vs Human Head” (Garand Thumb) – live demonstrations of .22 caliber bullets being shot into ballistic skulls for analysis of damage (24:17).

Other

• Oliver Cowdery’s “Apostolic Charge” to the 1835 Apostles – Original meeting notes where Oliver Cowdry delivered the charge to the 1835 apostles.