Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Famous Case Using Handwriting Forgery



One of the most famous handwriting forgery cases is the Anthon Transcript forgery by Mark Hofmann in 1980. Mark Hofmann meticulously created a forgery of the Anthon Transcript, a valuable Mormon piece of literature. He sold it to the Latter-Day-Saints church in Utah for more than $20,000, upon which it was appraised for $25,000. Upon the investigation of Hofmann's other crimes, including the murder of historian Steven Christensen (1985), it was discovered that the Anthon Transcript sold five years earlier was a fake, along with other documents that Hofmann had forged, including the Joseph Smith III Blessing and the Salamander Letter. 

The (real) Anthon Transcript


4 comments:

  1. Awesome summary of the court case! It was very interesting how he faked the transcript!

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  2. excellent explanation of the crime ! very good idea including a picture of the actual forged document.
    Maybe you could explain how exactly the scientists determined it was fake
    great job :D

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  3. I really like how you summarized the court case and the pictures you used along with it look great.

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  4. good pictures and good text. its short and very informative :) if i was writing something about this case i would cite your blog as a source

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