THE GHOSTS OF THE ALAMO (PT 1): BEST OF (#2 of 446) THE RISING STORM

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 45 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, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries podcast.
0:05.4	This is your host, John Hagadorn.
0:07.8	We've now done 446 episodes here at 1001 Heroes.
0:13.0	And most of you are aware that I recently received a fresh tally telling me which episodes were
0:18.8	listened to and enjoyed most by our followers.
0:22.0	The number one favorite was Operation Market Garden and the number two
0:25.8	listener favorite is the Ghost of the Alamo. It was here at the Alamo in Texas in 1836, the Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Colonel
0:35.0	Travis, and 186 Texas defenders died to make Texas a free state.
0:40.4	And many say their ghost still haunt the grounds as well as the town of San Antonio.
0:46.0	A special thanks to Texan Andrew Gardner who volunteered audio check parts one and two
0:52.0	and corrected me on a couple of words
0:54.3	one being the Texas town of Behar which reads like Bexar he and a son also checked
1:00.7	out meaning stayed at the legendary haunted
1:03.6	Manger Hotel basically across the street from the Alamo and indeed
1:08.5	strangeness happened. Thank you fans for making the ghost of the Alamo a huge hit at 1001 Heroes.
1:15.0	By the way, our best of 1,001 Heroes stories arrive early every Friday morning.
1:21.0	Enjoy part two of the Ghost of the Alamo next week. Oh, Welcome back everyone the one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries
1:50.6	podcast this is your host John Hagadorn. Today part one of the
1:55.8	ghosts of the Alamo titled The Gathering Storm. There's a legend in old Texas that in the days and hours following the fall of the Alamo,
2:06.2	after Santa Ana set orders to destroy the old mission, that Colonel Sanchez,
2:10.6	with orders from General Juan Jose Andrad, with a company of Mexican soldiers,
2:15.0	ran into a very strange and unexpected situation.
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