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Arrested Democracy, Pt .1
In 2010, conspiracy theorists around the country were convinced that Barack Obama was not the rightful president. Some of them filed lawsuits. Some of them tried to have the President indicted. And w…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
A Deal With the Devil: Ethan Melzer, Pt. 2
In 2022, Ethan Melzer pleaded guilty to plotting to help al Qaeda ambush and kill his entire unit while on a sensitive mission in Turkey. But Melzer's co-conspirators turned out to be a Canadian teen…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The Devil's Chat Room: Ethan Melzer, Pt. 1
In June of 2020, US Army Private Ethan Melzer was arrested for leaking information about his unit's deployment to Turkey with the intention of causing a mass casualty incident. The plot was hatched i…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Weird Little Check-in
There's no new weird little guy this week, but I wanted to check in with you about how the show is going so far and squeeze in a few weird little facts that got left on the cutting room floor of past…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Burning Hate: Tyler Dykes
Tyler Bradley Dykes entered a guilty plea last year on the charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate for his participation in the 2017 Nazi torch march in Charlottesville, Virginia. H…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Freedom to Burn: Barry Black, Pt. 2
In part two of the story of Barry Black, we finally get to the landmark supreme court case that won the klansman the right to burn crosses. Barry's Keystone Knights faded into relative obscurity afte…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The Fire Will Not Consume Us: Barry Black, Pt. 1
In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that the mere act of burning a cross, absent evidence of specific intent to intimidate, is protected by the first amendment. But who was the klansman who got his case…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
An Officer and A Skinhead
In 2019, the FBI arrested a coast guard lieutenant who'd been buying pain pills online, but it wasn't just Tramadol they found in his apartment: he'd spent years stockpiling weapons and studying mass…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
White Terror
A teenager who murdered two people outside of a gay bar in Slovakia, a teenager who stabbed five men at a mosque in Turkey, and a teenager who planned to destroy infrastructure in New Jersey had one …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Liar, Liar
A soldier was arrested last month on charges that included lying about his membership in a hate group on his application for a security clearance. But with so many white supremacists in the military,…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago