The Meadow of Betrayal: Mountain Meadows Massacre
September 11, 1857. A wagon train of Arkansas emigrants rests in a quiet Utah valley, believing they have finally found safety. Under a white flag of truce they lay down their weapons… and walk straight into one of the darkest massacres in American history.
In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, Alexander Lawson recounts the Mountain Meadows Massacre—the calculated slaughter of roughly 120 men, women, and children by local Mormon militia and their allies. Only seventeen of the youngest children were spared.
What began as a five-day siege ended in a carefully planned betrayal. Discover how…
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