Much has been written about the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, but little attention has been paid to the crime scene in Carthage Jail. In this issue of BYU Studies, authors Joseph Lyon and David Lyon examine eyewitness accounts of the assault, the layout of the crime scene, the physical evidence left in the jail, and the types of weapons used and the wounds they inflicted on the Smith brothers, John Taylor, and Willard Richards. 
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the Prophet Joseph Smith both radically critiqued nineteenth-century Christian culture and called for drastic change in contemporary Christianity. David Paulsen examines the views of both men and shows them to be mutually reinforcing and illuminating. Sherry Baker explores the emerging discipline of Mormon media studies and introduces the Mormon Media History Timeline. Andrew Jenson (1850-1941), mission president and assistant LDS Church historian, kept a detailed record of his trip to Iceland in 1911 as president of the Danish-Norwegian mission. Journal entries and five photographs of that 1911 trip are presented here, introduced by Fred Woods.
 Steven Harper examines original manuscripts of Doctrine and Covenants 104 to clarify the connection between D&C 104:18 and Luke 16:23. This scriptural detail was brought to light through research associated with the publication of the Joseph Smith Papers.