Episode 157: Mountain Meadows Massacre, Pt. 5

About this episode

This episode discusses the Mountain Meadows Massacre, detailing the events leading to the betrayal and massacre of a wagon train of emigrant families by Mormon settlers.

The story shifts from tension to bloodshed. September 1857, Mountain Meadows, southern Utah where a wagon train of emigrant families was betrayed under a flag of truce and massacred by Mormon settlers and their allies. In this episode, we unravel the deception, the chain of command, and the sacred language that cloaked an atrocity in …

Topics covered

• Mountain Meadows Massacre
• Mormon history
• betrayal
• atrocity
• emigrant families
• deception
• chain of command

Keywords

• Mountain Meadows Massacre
• Mormon settlers
• emigrant families
• betrayal
• atrocity
• September 1857
• deception
• chain of command

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Mountain Meadows, Utah

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