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 ...

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar.

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

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the ...

While Brigham Young (Kim Coates) succeeds in burning down Jim Bridger’s (Shea Whigham) beloved fort, Bridger survives the fire. In real life, Jim Bridger would head east to plea his case to the U.S.

American Primeval is a sprawling, epic TV series, one that feels both deeply indebted to the Westerns of old and a purposeful rebuke of them. Present still are the genre’s John Ford-esque cloudless ...

The Western series, starring Taylor Kitsch, is a violent and thrilling portrayal of Utah's Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Employing a suitably murky colour palette, American Primeval recreates a dark, violent and not especially well-known chapter in American history: the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Taking place in the ...

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

This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a ...