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“Under the Banner of Heaven” is more than just a true crime detective story. It's also a period piece tracing the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the journey of its founding prophet, Joseph Smith.
Gil Birmingham is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, best known for his portrayal of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series. Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas.
In fact, the case is still considered one of the most notorious and gruesome in the state's history. And while the case is it's based on is real, the show does have some fictionalized elements. Detectives Jeb Pyre and Bill Taba are characters that were created purely for the show, Newsweek reports.
The series is based on the real-life 1984 murders of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter Erica Lafferty.
There are actually no Mormon Fundamentalists. The Mormon church decried Under the Banner of Heaven, labelling it “a decidedly one-sided and negative view of Mormon history.”
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