Revisiting 1944: Sedition, Suspicious Deaths, and a Rising Evangelist

 

John and Charles examine the 1944 Great Sedition Trial and explore its possible connections to figures surrounding William Branham’s early ministry. They discuss Roy Davis, extremist political networks, the mysterious collapse of the trial, and how wartime investigations intersected with Pentecostal and fundamentalist movements in the United States.

The conversation traces historical timelines from the 1930s through the early 1950s, analyzing how political ideology, religious revivalism, and postwar reinvention may have overlapped. Drawing from archival research, they consider how these events shaped the trajectory of Branham’s public ministry and the broader religious landscape.

• Introduction
• The Great Sedition Trial of 1944
• Suspicious Deaths and Mistrial
• Post-Trial Fallout and Extremist Networks
• Los Angeles Connections and Religious Circles
• Roy Davis and Early Ministry Overlap
• Reconnection in the Late 1940s and 1950s