Ep 119 – Bennett’s Brothel Gets Dumped

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

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4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we continue rooting around in the muck of the underbelly of Nauvoo Mormonism. We discuss the primary catalyst that caused Bennett to be so opposed to Joseph Smith. With rampant rumors of adultery, Crazy Willey Smith pens “The Truant Husband” with a pleasant little PSA to all the “midnight watchers” in Nauvoo. We discuss the role of women’s organizations and the social context in which they rose by examining Emma’s claims that “Benevolence” societies were corrupt. Then we get into the seedy and vague history of Nauvoo brothels and temperance.

Links:

We are Engaged as a Band of Sister by Ruth Alexander
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1901529?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents

Ladies Bountiful by Keith Medler
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23162952?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents

Relief Society Minute Book
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book/1#full-transcript

Times & Season November 1841
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846/id/9118

FairMormon Bennett’s Brothel
https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Polygamy_book/John_C._Bennett/Brothel_at_Nauvoo

The Wasp edited by William Smith
https://archive.org/stream/TheWasp18421843/The_Wasp_1842-1843#page/n23

Temple Lot depositions
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qi5OAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA192

The Saintly Scoundrel Bennett Timeline
http://www.salamandersociety.com/museum/bennett/

Joseph H. Jackson expose 1844
http://www.olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1840s/1844Jack.htm

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The First Presidency and the Corm of the Twelve Apostles are covering a sexual predator
0:05.1	that lives in your ward. His name is Joseph Bishop. He was the MTC president in 1984 when
0:10.4	he raped me in the basement of the MTC. If you're not aware of this, thank you. Yeah, I'll
0:16.0	be done in just a minute. I will. Thank you. Okay. However, absolutely, I'd love to talk to you afterwards. However,
0:24.8	it is, for the atonement to take place, we have to be accountable for what we do. We don't get to,
0:32.5	thank you. But you know what? You're in my personal space. No, no, I have more to say. My name is
0:40.1	McKenna Jensen. I approve this message. I will, I will share with you. However, it is really
0:48.0	important that you understand in order to keep our ward safe, in order to keep our church safe, do not...
0:55.9	Call the police, don't touch me.
0:57.4	You're assaulting me.
0:59.4	In order to keep the church safe, we need to hold sexual predators accountable, whether
1:03.6	they are...
1:04.8	Whether they are pedophiles or whether they are rapists like Joseph Bishop.
1:10.9	I am Ryan McKnight.
1:12.6	I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith. Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.
1:17.2	This is Naked Mormonism.
1:20.2	The Serial Mormon History Podcast. The great backstabbing had begun.
1:35.4	Everybody was suspicious of their neighbor.
1:38.6	Who would be the next to strike?
1:40.0	Who would be the next to take a knife?
1:42.8	John C. Reckett's public and vitriolic opposition to the leadership in Navu was
1:47.6	quickly turning into a meltdown for the leadership.
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