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I'm Chad Mortenson, and in my spare time, I give tours at the Salt Lake Cemetery in Salt Lake City, UT. It is the largest municipal cemetery in the United States, and there are so many interesting characters buried there. So many great men and women who were doing the best with what God gave them in this life. Isn’t that what we all try to do? Come on this ride with me as we discuss the psychology, stories, motivations, and places that define the Saints as well as the Sinners who have shaped the macabre and the miraculous, the practical and the paranormal in the history of the West.
Episodes
Jun 10, 2026
Jun 10, 2026
33 min
A 1974 murder in Stanford's Memorial Church sparks a 44 year mystery. I explore the bizarre clues, dead ends, and the shocking 2018 DNA breakthrough that finally solved the case of the murder of Arlis Perry.
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
49 min
Early in the morning on Sunday November 13, 2022, four college students were murdered in their beds at the University of Idaho. In this episode, the case is examined, as well as my travels to that college town and to the house where it all happened.
Feb 19, 2024
Feb 19, 2024
47 min
On the morning of Thursday August 3, 1978, the Immanuel and Rachel David family was changed forever at the International Dunes Hotel in Salt Lake City. The story leading up to the murder-suicide that happened that day is just as tragic as the event itself.
Oct 22, 2022
Oct 22, 2022
18 min
Charles Bruce Longo's conversion and baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is discussed, as well as his courtship of Margit Brigitta Ericsson, and the events leading up to the 1970s, and the 1978 tragedy known round the world.
Dec 25, 2021
Dec 25, 2021
18 min
Joseph's Smith's gathering at the Mansion House in Nauvoo, Illinois on the last Christmas of his life is discussed. I discuss my travels to that place, as well as to the jail at Carthage where Joseph, and his brother Hyrum were killed. Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell and their final resting places are talked about in this special Christmas episode as well.
Dec 9, 2021
Dec 9, 2021
50 min
Charles Manson's last days of freedom following the murders of Helter Skelter are examined. I visited the Barker Ranch in Death Valley, the place he was captured in October of 1969. I also paid a visit to Zac Bagan's The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, seeing some of the key relics of the Manson Murders first hand.
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
20 min
The conclusion in a two part series on the disappearance of two teens in the Tintic Mining District near Eureka, Utah in late 2017.
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
26 min
Utah's Tintic Mining District is Explored and the Disappearance of Two Teens in late 2017 is Discussed.
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
20 min
The life of Jacob E. Moritz, as well as his final resting place in the Salt Lake City Cemetery are discussed.
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
37 min
One of the worst train crossing accidents in US history occurred on December 1, 1938 in South Jordan, UT. We examine it in this episode.