It’s bleak. It’s bloody. It’s barbaric. It’s also the No. 1 TV show on Netflix. But what millions of viewers may misunderstand about “American Primeval” is that it is fictional. While the six-part ...

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar. The massacre took place on Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory.

Warning: American Primeval spoilers ahead! The only thing more horrific than the violent story of American Primeval is that it’s based on true events. A dramatization of the 1857 Mountain Meadows ...

On January 24, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, penned a statement condemning the Netflix series American Primeval. This historical ...

The massacre is depicted in episode 1 and is the inciting incident for the main characters' journey. The real-life tragedy took place in 1857 in Utah. 120 people were murdered. Netflix's dark new ...

Heroes are in short supply in the Western hellscape painted by “American Primeval.” Many have recently commented on the wild historical inaccuracies of which the Netflix miniseries is guilty. I ...

Prologue: Crime meets punishment -- Introduction: A Mormon massacre -- Chapter One. Mormon savagery: murder an' massacretion -- Chapter Two. Circumscribing civilization: the white hellhounds -- ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Nearly 160 years after the massacre of a wagon train in southern Utah, the pioneers' descendants got their first glimpse of what is believed to be their gravesites. Descendants ...

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In 1857, a Mormon army murdered over 120 settlers — and covered up their involvement for decades Warning: American Primeval spoilers ahead! The only thing more horrific than the violent story of ...

Netflix's "American Primeval" is inspired by the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The massacre is depicted in episode 1 and is the inciting incident for the main characters' journey. The ...