Uncovering Chad Daybell’s Belief system: Historian Barbara Jones Brown

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Barbara Jones Brown is the coauthor of Vengeance Is Mine, The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath (Oxford University Press, 2023), about the most notorious crime in Mormon history. Near today's St. George, Utah, in 1857, a group of Mormon settlers massacred more than 100 men, women, and children in a Californiabound wagon train

Brown is the director of Signature Books, an indie publisher in Salt Lake City, Utah, which publishes thoroughly-researched books on Utah, Mormon, and Western American History. Previously she was the executive director of the Mormon History Association and historical director of Better Days 2020. Brown holds a Master’s degree in American history from the University of Utah and a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University.

Host Lauren Matthias was a TV reporter and anchor for nearly a decade, but retired to produce and host @HiddenTrueCrime with her criminal psychologist husband Dr John Matthias. She is a recurring contributor on News Nation.

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