Episode 05: Jo’s 1826 Court Trial for Occult Conmanship

Ep. 05_Seer_Stone.jpg
 

Jo is finally brought on trial for his occult conman ship. Cody exhaustively covers the trial in detail, and so provides the catalyst for Joseph’s pivot from teenage witch to young Prophet.


References:

  • Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard L. Bushman

  • The Relfector, Golden Bible No. 3, February 1st 1831, by Abner Cole

  • Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial, parts 1 and 2, by Dan Vogel

  • Joseph Smith’s Family Dynamics, by Dan Vogel

  • The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844., by John Brooke

  • Joseph Smith, the Originator of Mormonism. Historical Reminiscences of the Town of Afton, William D. Purple

  • Early Mormonism and the Magical World View, by D. Michael Quinn

  • Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and his Progenitors for many Generations, by Lucy Mack Smith

  • Mormonthink.com

  • Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism, by Tucker, Pomeroy