Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard

Luduke explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the

life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and

provide context for events of the past. They approach the

history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor Richard Luduke.

Hello, Garrett.

In this week's podcast, we're going to finish up on the, really, the, left everybody just on pins and needles on the edge of their seats

wondering, did Joseph Smith die in 1834?

Well, yeah, did he drown in four inches of water? That, I mean, Richard looked up the statistics

for us from the University of Rochester. University of Rochester and a child could drown in less than or an inch or less of water.

It's true. And that's a serious thing. It is. And so four or five inches.

So what was there statistics on fake preachers attempting to perform miraculous stunts by walking on water,

but instead have planks tied to the bottom of the miry pond,

which they're walking on that people can't see,

but then someone cut out the plank,

and that's the reason why they fell,

and then died in the water.

Eight to nine inches of water.

That's what they said.

University of Rochester.

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