"Ink, Forgery, Faith, and Murder: Mark Hoffman - The Mormon Bomber"
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"Ink, Forgery, Faith, and Murder: Mark Hoffman - The Mormon Bomber"
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In the shadows of Salt Lake City, a quiet, bookish man was rewriting history—one lie at a time.
Mark Hofmann wasn’t just a master forger. He was a psychological illusionist. A manipulator of belief. A man who understood that the most powerful lies are the ones people want to believe.
In this episode, we peel back the layers of a story that rocked the foundations of faith, shook the Mormon Church to its core, and left two innocent people dead.
What begins as a tale of counterfeit documents and rare religious relics quickly spirals into obsession, deception—and murder. Because when Hofmann’s web of lies began to unravel, he didn’t just cover his tracks.
He lit a fuse.
📍 Salt Lake City. 1985.
Three bombs. Two bodies. One of the most sophisticated con men in American history.
Join us as we dive into the mind of Mark Hofmann—how he fooled scholars, leaders, and entire institutions... and why, in the end, the truth was too dangerous to leave alive.
🔎 Topics covered:
- The psychology of a lifelong deceiver
- The Salamander Letter and the forgeries that shook Mormon history
- How Hofmann manipulated an entire religious community
- The chilling murders that ended his con
- The blurred line between faith, fraud, and the stories we choose to believe