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It is the end of Elizabeth's spying...or not. She's afraid for her life; she isn't afraid for her life. She is a communist. She's not a Communist. I'm not sure even Elizabeth knows.
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#TrueCrime #communism #redscare #coldwar #spies
Through crazy women calling her out into the night and 'Comrades' with bad code names, Elizabeth Bentley is looking to help the Communist Movement.
Elizabeth Bentley is looking to be a spy.
Somehow this plain New England woman works her way to the top of a significant Soviet spy racket with a high muckety-muck lover and expense account that no committed Marxist should have.
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#TrueCrime #communism #redscare #coldwar #spies
In 1948, the Second World War was definitely over, but the Cold War was revving up for the long haul. The Fascist threat in Germany had been conquered.
Now, everyone was scared of Communists, and to prove their fear was reality, a woman of good New England stock had come forward as the leader of an American grown ring of Communist spies.
Her name was Elizabeth Bentley.
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The Kray Twins are all grown up and they haven't gotten any nicer. They leave bodies in their wake and even their own men are considering getting rid of them. That 'rest' can't come too soon.
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#TrueCrime #Gangsters #London
In 1969, Londoners received a hard earned rest from the criminal activities run by one family from Bethnal Green: the Krays. It was the youngest members of the family who held the most power in their gang known as The Firm; and by the time this 'rest' was granted, just THINKING about the Twins, Ronald and Reggie, was enough to send shivers of fear up and down your spine.
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Casey Hammer is essentially cut off from her family upon her grandfather's death, and she is left to deal with the aftermath by herself. Her brother, Michael, is given control of the family pocketbook and he acts like a vengeful, spoiled brat.
It is in this environment that Armie Hammer is raised, so it is no wonder that multiple accusations of abuse are levelled against him.
Will anyone be held accountable?
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Casey Hammer survived her birthright, left to her by her grandfather, her father, and her brother. She took 55 years to take a stand against the abuse in her family.
How is it that some people can channel their experiences to fuel compassion and advocacy, while others use them to become worse monsters than their examples?
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January of 2021, Armie Hammer's texts are anonymously leaked to social media. Yet another 'Hollywood' man shown to be a disrespector of women and generally POS behind the scenes.
But this was just the tip of the iceberg that traces back to at least Armie's great-great grandfather. How do we humans become compassionate when our role models only show us how to exploit and abuse?
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The science that Helena Greenwood had championed in the 1980s, was not bring used to track her killer. But the person arrested for the crime, Paul Frediani, says that there's no way it could be his DNA. He was never there.
Who killed Helena? Was there a coverup? Or is Frediani delusional?
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Helena Greenwood was born in England, but found her home in California. In 1984, she was assaulted in her home, but before she could testify at the trial of the accused, Helena was murdered.
David Paul Frediani was connected to sexual assaults in the area and his fingerprints were found at the scene of Helena's rape. Is he the culprit? or is he being framed?
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This is the end of their tale, but their music lives on. An arrest has been made for Tupac's murder, but I don't know if we wil ever see justice.
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#TrueCrime #HipHop #Rap #2Pac #NotoriousBIG
Life has gotten complicated for the Rap Kings and their friendship has a serious rift. There is a game being played here, but who is the puppetmaster and who is the puppet?
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These men quickly become Kings of Hip Hop. But all is not roses in their kingdoms. Tupac is getting pulled in multiple directions and Big is just trying to make good on the promises to his crew, his moms and his daughter. But things are roiling under the surface. They won't be kings for long.
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Tupac and Big try to land a record deal while their home life is making other plans. responsibilities are pulling on them from many different directions. They are both incredibly gifted, and both of the future MCs would feel the power of drugs threatening to trap them: Tupac in the way of his mother and Big as a dealer.
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Tupac and Biggie grew up in very different environments, but both boys aimed to become bigger than they were. Tupac was given a heavy weight of responsibility from his activist mother, but Tupac was also hugely creative and he hated being poor. Big was a bit spoiled by his jamaican born mother, but the neighborhood he lived in showed him how hard life could be. Both boys felt the pull of leadership, but what would they do with this calling?
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By the end of the 1980s Rap had REALLY begun to take off in a way no one expected: especially not the music industry. With the success of groups like Run DMC and the Beastie Boys and artists like LL Cool J, boys from all over the country started dreaming of being rappers when they grew up. Two of these boys would become the greatest Rappers of their generation, only to see their stardom quickly taken from them, along with their life.
The Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur: Who shot ya?
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The evidence is in and there is no way near enough to convict Darlie Routier of the murders of her boys, Damon and Devon. Not beyond a reasonable doubt. Certainly not to end her life.
So how did she end up on Death Row? This episode looks at the circumstantial and character evidence the prosecution used to land a conviction.
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The end of the 'hard' evidence against Darlie Routier. Does the prosecution have enough to convict her for Capital Murder?
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The Routier Case continues (finally) with a discussion of the evidence against 26 year old Darlie Routier. The State of Texas deemed the evidence enough to convict her for the murder. Let's see if their conviction holds up to scrutiny.
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