The Masonic Roundtable - 0569 - William Morgan Returns!

In this episode of The Masonic Roundtable, we reopen the most infamous cold case in American fraternal history: The Disappearance of William Morgan. In 1826, a disgruntled former bricklayer threatened to publish the secrets of Freemasonry in Batavia, New York, was arrested, abducted from a jail cell, and never seen alive again, sparking a wildfire of public outrage, the birth of the Anti-Masonic Party, and the near-collapse of the fraternity in America. Two centuries later, our panel plus special guest Ill. Steve Harrison sifts through the historical evidence, deathbed confessions, forensic controversies, and wild folklore to examine what the documented record actually tells us about his fate. Join us as we unpack the scandal that nearly destroyed the Craft and explore what the Morgan Affair reveals about accountability, mob mentality, and the lessons we still carry today.