Angels and Seerstones: A Latter Day Saint Folklore Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore skinwalker legends as they circulate through LDS missionary culture, where indigenous belief, fear, and folklore meet. These stories are intense, often deeply personal, and not always easy to tell.

Send us Fan Mail In the nineteenth century, Latter-day Saint missionaries were frequently faced with persecution on their journeys. Following the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospels, they would dust their feet against those who rejected them. While this is no longer a common practice in the 21st century, stories of the practice continue to the present. Have you ever met a Latter-day Saint mis...

Send us Fan Mail We all miss Jeffrey R. Holland. Join us for a discussion of the legends of Elder Holland's service among missionaries and find out the answer to one of the most important questions in LDS folklore: did he really kicked out a series of missionaries after getting the impression they were up to no good. 

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Stapley has just published the first academic book on the temple published by a university press. To honor that momentous moment, we invited him over to give a fireside on what he learned. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Angels and Seerstones, Chris and Christine delve into classic and evolving legends within the Latter-day Saint missionary community. They explore stories of sister missionaries and how these narratives have evolved from depicting failures to showcasing miraculous successes. The episode discusses the significant 2012 policy change allowing women to serve missions...

Send us Fan Mail Stories about Missionaries seeking to find those they knew in the pre-existence. 

Send us Fan Mail A dramatization of Parley P. Pratt's Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil. Starring Mahonri Stewart as Joseph Smith and James Goldberg as the Devil. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode is devoted to the ancient mythology of the Leviathan. Enjoy! 

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of Angels and Seerstones , Chris and Christine Blythe reflect on the life and legacy of President Russell M. Nelson. We explore the powerful personal stories he shared—of divine protection, visions, and peace in the face of death—and consider how these narratives continue to shape Latter-day Saint faith.

Send us Fan Mail On June 29, 1844, the Saints in Nauvoo gathered to mourn Joseph and Hyrum Smith. As their real graves remained hidden for safety, W.W. Phelps stood before two empty coffins and delivered a funeral sermon unlike any other. In this episode of Angels and Seerstones , we dive into that powerful oration—and the mysteries it holds. Joined by historians Mark Ashurst-McGee and Bruce Van O...

Send us Fan Mail Finally, we focus on the stories of the most famous characters from LDS legends.

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we have on Liz Busby and Carl Cranney from Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree to discuss legends of Spencer W. Kimball having inspired Yoda! 

Send us Fan Mail Celebrate Halloween with Angels and Seerstsones! This year we have stories of sleep paralysis, missionary ghost encounters in the Phillippines, and stories of Satanists in Provo! 

Send us Fan Mail This episode we talk to Mahonri Stewart about his new play, Secrets of Sleepy Hollow, now showing at the Hive Collaborative in Provo, Utah. Plus, he tells us about a terrifying sleep paralysis experience that he incorporated into the play.

Send us Fan Mail This episode discusses the folklore that people often discussing when trying to explain why missionaries are forbidden to swim: the apparition of the destroyer on the Missouri River in 1834. This experience led to a prominent belief among Latter-day Saints that Satan had dominion over the water in the last days.

Send us Fan Mail Latter-day Saints wear the garment of the priesthood under their clothes. This garment includes promises of protection against spiritual and physical danger. In this episode, Christine and Chris dig into legends of its supernatural protection, legends about its origins, and legends about those who have defiled it. 

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode, Jessica and Barrett Burgin discuss their short film, The Angel, which dives into all the supernatural LDS themes that we love. Plus, Jessica shares a really compelling family story about a supernatural assault that occurred in 1870s Utah.

Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at the representation of Latter-day Saints in popular culture, including the recent depiction of Latter-day Saint sexuality in the form of "soaking" and "jump humping."

Send us Fan Mail Chad Daybell accused the detectives involved in his case of being Immortal disciples of Cain. What was that about? 

Send us Fan Mail This episode includes a review of the upcoming film, Heretic, and a discussion of missionary tracting (door knocking) stories. 

Send us Fan Mail Where did Chad Daybell learn about reincarnation? Did he believe that he was the angel Raphael?

Send us Fan Mail All about Chad Daybell's beliefs on past lives and how he used this belief to manipulate others into believing they had a deep relationship with him and Lori Vallow. 

Send us Fan Mail Where did Chad Daybell come up with his elaborate theology of demons? Turns out some basic ideas had their roots in the Latter-day Saint tradition, as well as the Bible, but the more peculiar developments occurred among  a group of fringe visionaries in the twenty-first century. 

Send us Fan Mail Lori Vallow saw Jesus Christ; she believed she was on the pathway to immortality. In this episode, I contextualize those beliefs.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is on Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's beliefs about their relationship and the role they would play in the coming apocalypse.