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The first-ever Sherlock Holmes story, written in 1887, depicts Mormons as a terrifying, murderous cult that sets up a North Korea-like society in the middle of nowhere. Was this a typical view of Mormonism at the time?

by /u/Jerswar in /r/AskHistorians

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