As you watch Netflix's "American Primeval," learn more about a key moment in the first episode: the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...

Yes, and no. American Primeval is a work of historic fiction. Meaning, Sara and Isaac’s story is made up, as is the story of ...

Star Dane DeHaan and makeup department head Howard Berger explain how they and special makeup effects artist Jamie Kelman ...

The highly fictionalized six-part series drops Thursday. It centers around 1857 events in the Utah War as the federal ...

Netflix thriller, American Primeval, is shocking audiences with its 'violence and brutality' and is even based on a ...

American Primeval has just landed on Netflix and the Western series is a fictional story set in 1857, but it is based on real ...

With a historical setting and real-life inspiration, it’s fair for Netflix viewers to ask: is American Primeval based on a true story?

If you've been binge-watching Netflix's Western miniseries American Primeval, you might be wondering if Crooks Springs is a real part of the 1857 American landscape.

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar. The massacre took place on Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory.

In 1857, Mormons disguised as Paiutes did massacre a group of settlers in a tragedy known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Jim Bridger and Fort Bridger did exist — and both ran afoul of Brigham ...