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Kinderhook Plates
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Mar 26, 2026
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Sham Marriages in Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo - John Turner Pt. 35 | Ep. 2129
Mormon Stories Podcast·Mar 26, 2026
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Joseph Smith initially fell for the fraudulent Kinderhook plates and wrongly identified them as an ancient record.
“I write in the book that Joseph fell for the crude forgery. In other words, he initially uh fell for it, got excited, misidentified what the plates were, and at the same time, he doesn't doesn't stick with it.”
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