Naked Mormonism Podcast

On this episode, we begin with discussing the rumor mill that was Nauvoo. The Relief Society, with Emma as head, was tasked with tracking down the source of salacious rumors concerning adultery within the Mormon elite and squashing said rumors. John C. Wreck-it Bennett becomes too brazen with his propositions of polygamous relationships and must be excised from Church leadership. We begin to see the fracturing of the relationship between Jo and Bennett unfold. Links: Mormon Enigma by Newell and Avery https://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Enigma-Emma-Hale-Smith/dp/0252062914 Bennett’s brothel in Nauvoo https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Polygamy_book/John_C._Bennett/Brothel_at_Nauvoo Bennett, the ‘Lucifer’ of early Mormonism http://www.ldsliving.com/John-C-Bennett-the-Lucifer-of-early-Mormonism/s/65856 JosephSmithsPolygamy on Bennett http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/john-c-bennett-and-spiritual-wifery/ Rise and Fall of Bennett http://www.lostmormonism.com/infamous-mormon-john-c-bennett/ John Bennett and Joseph Smit