Saints & Sinners: True Crime and the History of the West

About Saints & Sinners: True Crime and the History of the West

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.

Publisher

Chad Mortenson

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2021

Latest episode

11 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Murder in the Sanctuary: The Tragic Case of Arlis Perry

   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.

2. 

   12 Mar 2024

   1122 King Road: The Moscow Idaho College Murders

   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.

3. 

   19 Feb 2024

   Parachute Heart: One August Morning in Salt Lake City

   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.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

41 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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