Truth Deferred: Uncovering the National Guard Massacre and Historical Whitewash

The National Guard Massacre

• 💡 Truth Deferred is a historic true crime podcast exploring the Cincinnati courthouse riot, which resulted in the largest massacre of unarmed civilians by National Guard troops in U.S. history.
• 🎯 Season 1, "The National Guard Massacre," delves into a series of grizzly murders and public hysteria that led to this event.

Challenging Accepted History

• 🔍 The podcast challenges the widely accepted narrative that the riot was solely caused by a corrupt lawyer bribing a jury to acquit a murderer.
• 🧠 Hosts Mike and Amy Morgan investigate the possibility that most of this story is a lie.

Layers of Deception

• 🎭 The investigation peels back layers involving murder, media bias, Gilded Age corruption, and the legal rivalry between attorney TC Campbell and William Howard Taft.
• 📌 These elements are revealed to have culminated in the slaughter of dozens of innocent people.
• ⏳ A whitewash successfully covered up the true story for over 140 years.

Relevance to Today

• ⚠️ The podcast draws a parallel between these historical events and today's dangerous political divisions.
• ❓ It poses the unsettling question: Could similar events lead National Guard troops to mow down civilians in a modern American city?
• 🚀 Prepare for a journey through murder, corruption, and long-buried secrets finally brought to light.