Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and a featured antagonist in Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval.

Wild Bill Hickman, Brigham Young's right-hand man, is one of the few characters based on a real-life historical figure in American Primeval.

Netflix's American Primeval is set against the backdrop of the Utah War, and here's what happened in the often-forgotten U.S. conflict.

In this final episode of American Primeval, a fanatical Brigham Young rants about his God purifying the world from wickedness as his Mormons, fresh off a genocidal attack on the Shoshone, solidify their claim on Utah by burning Fort Bridger to the ground.

Star Dane DeHaan and makeup department head Howard Berger explain how they and special makeup effects artist Jamie Kelman pulled off the Frankenstein look of a scalped Mormon settler and his rotting head following a wagon train massacre: "I wanted to destroy him from the outside.