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Ed and Lorraine Warren, devout Catholics, famed paranormal investigators and the reigning king and queen of hauntings both in Connecticut and Hollywood, will be featured in the latest film about their exploits, “The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It,” opening June 4. From an apartment in Hartford where the real “Annabelle” lived, to a crime scene in Brookfield that inspired “The Devil Made .
As you know by now, Netflix is streaming a new three-part series called
Murder Among Jack Mormons. Authorities from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints objected on account of the Lord told them he doesn t like the term Jack. It s all quite embarrassing. The documentary focuses on Mark Hofmann who, in 1985, killed two people with bombs. Hofmann, who was a closeted Jack Mormon and a master forger, kept finding old documents that seemed to undermine the church, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. Religions are always trying to authenticate their faith like Jesus walking on water. Closer inspection reveals it was low tide. Smith was led to gold plates that held The Book of Mormon gospel by an angel called Moroni. But Hofmann discovered a letter that said it was actually a white salamander that guided old Joe. It was so shocking that Mormon leaders turned a whiter shade of pale it was that bad. They quickly bought the letter so it would never be seen. Of course, it was
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2021. There are 353 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 12, 2000, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
On this date:
In 1773, the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain.
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.