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What a ghostly grave robber and bitter ex-wife say about Utah's LDS pioneer history

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Jean Baptiste rattles his chains on the shores of Great Salt Lake, and two women supposedly haunt This Is The Place Heritage Park. A historian said these apparitions reflect pioneer anxieties we can't quite lay to rest.

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