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True Crime BnBAuthor: Beth
Welcome to True Crime BnB. Im Beth, your host. This podcast began with my daughter as a space to honor victims and celebrate survivors.Now in Season 4, Im continuing soloushering in a new chapter I call True Crime BnB: UNEXPECTED.These episodes are history with a side of crime. This is the sound of whitewashing being undone. Im reaching into the past to find silenced voicesletting them speak, exposing the systems that buried them, and telling the stories no one ever taught me.Because I wasnt supposed to know any of this. And thats exactly why it matters.This podcast is for the victims, the survivors, and the histories they were written out of.This is the True Crime BnB. Language: en Genres: History, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 101; The Whitewashed Legacy of Racial Terrorism
Episode 101
Monday, 15 September, 2025
This episode confronts the sanitized narratives that have always obscured the brutal truth of racial terrorism in America. This isn’t just history—it’s true crime that was never treated as such. From lynchings to massacres buried beneath smug silence, this legacy of violence shaped communities, policies, and the contemporary distrust that many Black Americans have towards law enforcement and institutions.The communities included within this episode, listed in the time stamps below, were devastated for the flimsiest of excuses and then buried without justice or acknowledgement. Most of us were never taught that these atrocities not only happened, but were common occurrences. This episode is not comfortable. It’s not tidy. It's long, exhausting, and necessary. These crimes must be considered together to reveal the longstanding pattern of abuse, torture, and terror that African Americans have experienced since long before Emancipation. What happens when horrific crimes are woven into the fabric of a nation? And what does justice look like when the record itself has been whitewashed?Listeners who come to true crime for mystery will find something deeper here: the mystery of memory, the crime of erasure, and truths that refuse to stay buried. May you leave with compassion for the valid sense of fear that has been handed down through generations of Black Americans. -----Also dropping today: the first two episodes of I Must Have Forgotten, a serial memoir that explores memory, laughter, grief, and forgiveness. It is a celebration of the small moments of everyday life. -----00:01:15 Content Advisory & Introduction00:05:35 Historical Context00:19:04 NYC Draft Riot (1863, NY)00:24:45 Simpsonville Massacre (1865, TN)00:27:22 Fort Pillow Massacre (1864, KY)00:40:28 Lynchings and Sundown Towns00:47:52 Juneteenth00:53:19 Memphis Massacre (1866, TN)00:57:37 Colfax Massacre (1873, LA)01:01:13 Wilmington Massacre (1898, NC)01:07:00 Atlanta Massacre (1906, GA)01:15:39 Springfield Riot (1908, IL)01:20:56 East St. Louis Massacre (1917, IL)01:35:29 Ocoee Massacre (1920, FL)01:41:03 Tulsa Race Massacre (1921, OK)01:48:18 Rosewood Massacre (1923, FL)01:52:14 Oscarville (Lake Lanier) (1912, GA)02:00:13 – Kowaliga (Lake Martin) (1926, AL)02:04:56 Seneca Village (Central Park) (1857, NY)02:08:09 Closing Summary02:12:33 OutroFind me here:linktr.ee/bethpodsInstagram or Facebook @TrueCrimeBnB, but I don't check Facebook muchEmail: TrueCrimeBnBPod@gmail.com
