The upcoming FX series uses Jon Krakauer's nonfiction book of the same name to tell a heinous story of faith and murder

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On Thursday (April 28), FX will unveil the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven, starring Andrew Garfield as Detective Jeb Pyre.

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Throughout the series, Pyre (a member of the church, himself) investigates the real life murders of Lafferty and her child while reckoning with his own crisis of faith.

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Krakauer's book, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, operates as a straight-forward investigation into the deaths of Lafferty and her infant-aged daughter, Erica.

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In the opening pages of the novel, the initial situation is clear: Brenda's husband and Ron's youngest brother, Allen, returned home from work

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