Murder suspect Jodi Arias has already changed her story twice when it comes to how Travis Alexander died on June 4, 2008, and now her close friend is claiming the brutal killing was a Mormon “blood ...

The daughter of polygamous cult leader Ervil LeBaron - who was dubbed the Mormon Manson for orchestrating more than two dozens murders both inside and outside of the sect - has revealed what her life ...

A friend of accused killer Jodi Arias has claimed the woman's slain boyfriend was not killed by the murder suspect but instead was the victim of a Mormon blood atonement plot. Arias, 32, is charged ...

The Mormons, eh? They’re the ones who shot Travis in the face, stabbed him 27 times, and then slit his throat? “In the Mormon faith, they have a thing called a blood atonement that the bishop will ...

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Mel Gibson, whose reputation has been tainted by racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist bigotry, seems to be on a journey of career—and perhaps personal—atonement. The question is, could 2016 Gibson ...

I think most of us tend to associate Revocation’s brand of thrash with a neck-snapping, bomb-on-a-bus level of speed. So the group’s new track “Blood Atonement” is a literal change of pace for them.

The investigation into the 1984 murders of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter, Erica, continues in Episode 3 of “Under the Banner of Heaven” — which is sure to create controversy ...

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