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    How 'Under the Banner of Heaven' got Mormon history right. Down to the 'bullet holes'

    by Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times May 20, 2022 3 minutes
    Tom Carey, left, as William Law and Andrew David Long as Hyrum Smith in Episode 5 of "Under the Banner of Heaven."

    "Under the Banner of Heaven" is more than just a true crime detective story. It's also a period piece tracing the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the journey of its founding prophet, Joseph Smith.

    As Detective Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield) investigates the brutal 1984 killings of Brenda Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her infant daughter, "One Mighty and Strong," the series' fifth episode, flashes back to a defining moment for Latter-day Saints: the murder of

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