Terrifying & True | Dark Realities of the First Thanksgiving: Survival, Plague, and a Fragile Peace
Podcast: Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for HalloweenPublished On: Mon Nov 10 2025
Description: The 1621 harvest feast grew from survival and uneasy diplomacy between the Wampanoag and Plymouth colonists. Terrifying & True follows the epidemic before the Mayflower, the winter of hunger, and negotiations involving Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit. Corn, trade, and a mutual-defense agreement helped sustain an alliance; later violence at Wessagusset exposed its limits. Explore how a complicated encounter became the First Thanksgiving legend, and whose losses the familiar story leaves out. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: 41% off with SPOOKY at https://cozyearth.com/discount...Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
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