S6: TRUTH DEFERRED S1E1: Love Lost & Justice Unraveling
About this episode
The episode explores the brutal murders in Cincinnati in 1884 and the subsequent massacre of civilians by National Guard troops, revealing buried truths about the events.
In 1884 Cincinnati, a string of brutal murders and a verdict that outraged the public set off a chain of events that would end in one of the darkest moments in American history — the largest massacre of unarmed civilians by National Guard troops on U.S. soil. In Truth Deferred, historians Mike and Amy Morgan investigate what actually happened — and present the truth that was deliberately buried for over 140 years. While Amber's on vacation, we share Episode 1 of Truth Deferred: The story starts on Monday, March 31, 1884. The streets are covered in blood. Over 50 people are dead, and some are dying in the hallways of the hospital. Every window has been smashed out of the jail, and the county courthouse is a smoldering ruin. To find out how we got here, we travel back to an imperfect love story ending in a public murder, and how the case of William McHugh illustrates a growing distrust of the criminal justice system. (Truth Deferred began as a Grab Bag Collab podcast available only at GrabBagCollab.com . After its initial run, it was released wherever you get podcasts, so subscribe today.)
People in this episode
Host: Amber Hunt
Guests: Mike Morgan, Amy Morgan
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Truth Deferred, Grab Bag Collab
Places: Cincinnati
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