THE GHOSTS OF THE ALAMO (PART ONE) THE GATHERING STORM

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Part One: In 1836 Mexico had won its independence from Spain and was being ruled by a dictator named Santa Anna, who had a large army and used it mercilessly to hold on to his power. His biggest threat was an area we now call Texas, where both Americans and Mexican Tejanos who sought freedom were gathering and offering the promise of land to those who would fight to create a new republic called Texas. Men like Jim Bowie, William Travis, and Davey Crockett believed that the fight was worth their lives- and March of 1836 found them defending an old mission called The Alamo. This is their story and the story of the defenders, who came from all over the country- up until the day of the major attack. In Part Two we cover the fall of the Alamo, the victory at San Jacinto, and the ghosts that still haunt the Alamo and the town of San Antonio, ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: [email protected] SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Music
0:22.0	Welcome back everyone to 1000 One Heroes Legends Histories and Mysteries Podcast.
0:27.0	This is your host, John Hegedorn.
0:29.0	Today, part one of the Ghosts of the Alamo, titled The Gathering Storm.
0:37.0	There's a legend in Old Texas that in the days and hours following the fall of the Alamo,
0:41.0	after Santa Anna set orders to destroy the old mission, that Colonel Sanchez,
0:46.0	with orders from General Juan Jose Andrade, with a company of Mexican soldiers,
0:50.0	ran into a very strange and unexpected situation.
0:54.0	It had been six weeks since the battle, and the Alamo's scars were still showing fresh and deep.
0:59.0	It was unholy quiet at the sight of the mission.
1:03.0	Gone with the sounds of the Mexican bugle playing Diguelo,
1:06.0	the song that meant there would be no quarter shown for any of the bloody defenders.
1:10.0	There were no sounds of cannon, or muskets being fired, or battle commands being screened,
1:14.0	as men on both sides fought for their lives.
1:17.0	Only piles of freshly dug mass graves, the dirt mixed with ashes and bones of the bodies
1:22.0	of the 189 Texians, who had been bayonetted and piled outside the Alamo on three funeral piers for burning.
1:30.0	Santa Anna wanted this last symbol of Texan's resistance removed from the landscape,
1:34.0	showing absolute victory, no quarter, no peace.
1:38.0	A warning to these full Texans and Tejanos, who still rebelled against the central authority, against him.
1:45.0	The orders were simple enough, Colonel Sanchez thought, as he and his contingent of soldiers approached the Alamo.
1:50.0	His plans were to dynamite the chapel and torch the long barracks.
1:54.0	His detail of men dismounted in front of the chapel, preparing to enter and place the charges
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