The Securities and Exchange Commission called it the "sewer of the securities industry." It ranked third in the nation for business defaults. Salt Lake City, by the late seventies, was known as the fraud capital of the United States. Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith in The Mormon Murders reveal how the fear of discredit led to several bombings and killings in Salt Lake City. Legends are created which become essential to the belief system of the church. Newspapers and the printed word preserve the less agreeable aspects belief in magic and the occult (more commonly referred to as miracles) which necessarily form the foundation of all religions. What attracts people to a particular belief system which other equally intelligent and educated individuals may revile or despise even though the core of that belief may stem from similar foundations? Most religions, fortunately for their followers, were created before print journalism became commonplace. Religion, belief systems, cults, and the soul are always interesting material to read about.
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