Weird Little Guys
Weird Little Guys
Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters…Social links:
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The First Trial: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt 5
Byron de la Beckwith was tried for the same murder three times. In 1964, it just wasn't generally considered illegal for a white man to kill a black man in Mississippi. Sources & Further Reading: Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar …
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Rabid on the Subject of Segregation: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt 4
In the months leading up to the murder of Medgar Evers, the man who killed him was watching his world crumble. Byron de la Beckwith had dedicated his life to the cause of segregation, but it was a losing battle. The governor of Mississippi had backed down, allowing a second black student to enter O…
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Black Monday: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 3
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Segregated schools didn't react right away, but segregationists did. Within months, the Citizens' Councils began to form in counties across Mississippi. And Byron de la Beckwith was one of the group's e…
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Sons of Mississippi: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 2
Byron de la Beckwith and Medgar Evers never met. Evers didn’t even see the man who killed him. But the man and his killer grew up a hundred miles apart, fought in the same war, worked similar jobs, and were both deeply invested in the outcome over the fight for integration. Sources & Further Readi…
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CZM Rewind: The Roommates & In Minecraft
It's a Weird Little Guys classic episode - the story of the Atomwaffen member who murdered two other Atomwaffen members. Stay tuned until the end for some updates to the story. Sources & Further Reading: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67075979/united-states-v-clendaniel/ https://www.court…
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I Watched Uwe Boll's Far Right Power Fantasy So You Don't Have To
This week, Molly watched Citizen Vigilante, a new film from the world's worst director. Sources & Further Reading: https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/ https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families https…
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June 11, 1963: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 1
On the night of June 11, 1963, Byron de la Beckwith murdered Medgar Evers with a single shot. But how did he end up hiding in a bush across the street from the home of a civil rights leader? Sources & Further Reading: Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Ass…
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Flagged for Removal
Last week, a federal judge ordered the Department of the Interior to stop implementation of a Trump executive order that would whitewash history at National Park sites. A leaked database shows the materials that parks employees had flagged for removal. They want to 'make America great' by erasing i…
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Klan Camp
In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends. Sources and further reading: Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement…
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Outside Agitators
In 1967, segregationist lawyer Jack Kershaw swore out a warrant against George Ware, an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. By the end of the week, a congressman was denouncing Ware on the house floor as an outside agitator. But what is an outside agitator? What do we mean…
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