religion

How a Master Forger Turned to Murder and Rocked the Mormon Community

The directors of Netflix’s documentary series ‘Murder Among the Mormons’ discuss the unknowability of Mark Hofmann, the allure of crafting fake documents and how a mild-mannered conman could become a killer

Jesus Was an Alien

Inside the strange theology of the Aetherius Society

Are We Living in a Simulation? The Director of ‘Room 237’ Decided to Find Out

Documentarian Rodney Ascher talked to everyday people who are convinced the world around us is an illusion. But as he tells MEL, he’s more interested in the mystery of why we believe what we believe.

The Sulky Story of How Satan Became the World’s First Hot Emo Boy

The legend of Lucifer and his fall from Heaven exists to teach humanity one extremely important lesson: That emo is not dead and never will be