Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. (1943-1975) Highjack He was a Vietnam veteran, a helicopter pilot, and a capable skydiver. He was 29 years old. He was a police science major at Brigham Young University, and he was having serious financial problems. On April 7, 1972, he...
Mark Hofmann Murderer and Forger He was raised in a “devout” LDS family. He served a full-time mission. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1979. He has four children. His most notorious forgery is known as the Salamander letter. It depicted Joseph...
Rulon Gardner Season 11 of the “Biggest Loser” The “Mormon farm boy” from Afton, Wyoming, “miracle on the mat.” His gold-medal victory in the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling is called the greatest upset in Olympic wrestling history. “It’s not...
King Sisters King Family One of the big band era’s most popular and enduring vocal groups, the King Sisters — Donna, Yvonne, Luise and Alyce — were born and raised in Salt Lake City, UT. Taking their stage name from their father, vocal trainer Daddy...
Larry Scott The world’s first Mr. Olympia (1965) A skinny kid from Pocatello, Idaho, Scott became interested in body building when he accidently found a magazine and started exercising. He worked hard, but he knew that to really compete, he would have to move...
