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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Say a Good Word for Slavery: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 3
In the final part of the story about Jack Kershaw, we'll talk about his legal career. Before he represented MLK's assassin, before he sculpted a gigantic racist statue out of old bathtubs, he got a law degree from a part time night school program at the YMCA so he could do his part to stop integrat…
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The Princess in the Parking Lot
Police in New Jersey arrested a woman found sleeping in her car in a strip mall parking lot after the plates came back registered to a stolen vehicle. Her lawyer, Tennessee segregationist Jack Kershaw, insisted that his client was not only innocent, but said she was telling the truth - she really w…
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CZM Rewind: Disney's Villain
After losing his job, an ex-Disney employee tried to get his former employer's attention by hacking in and making strange updates to company files. Original Air Date: 6.5.25 Sources: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69534211/united-states-v-scheuer/ https://www.eeoc.gov/what-you-can-expect-af…
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Playboy Payola: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 2
Decades before he sculpted a Confederate general out of old bathtubs, Jack Kershaw briefly represented his most famous client - Martin Luther King Jr's assassin, James Earl Ray. The relationship soured after Ray discovered his lawyer had pocketed a payment from Playboy magazine. Sources: James Mc…
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Strange People on the Hill feat. Michael Edison Hayden
Molly interviews Michael Edison Hayden about his new book, Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small Town. The book is an intimate portrait of what happened in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia after a white nationalist group moved into the castle on the hill. Preorder the book now…
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The Ugliest Confederate Statue in the World: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 1
Jack Kershaw created his most famous piece of art in his 80s. His lifelong passion for the arts had to take a backseat when he shifted his focus to becoming a professional racist during the fight against integration. He was doing it for his confederate ancestors, he would often say. But he was neve…
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Minisode: The Real Earl Turner
Before we leave the novels of William Luther Pierce behind us, let's take a quick look at the real Earl Turner. The protagonist of The Turner Diaries was, like all of Pierce's characters, named after a real guy he knew.
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The Nazi's Mary Sue: Hunter, Pt. 2
At the end of this exploration of nazi serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin and the novel loosely based on his crimes, the question remains: did any of his friends in the white power movement know what he was going to do before he did it? What clues does the novel hold? Sources: Pierce, Kelvin. Sin…
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The Nazi's Mary Sue: Hunter, Pt. 1
A closer look at the second novel by the man who wrote The Turner Diaries reveals that it isn't just about serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin... it's the author's fantasy about the man he wishes he could have been. Sources: Pierce, Kelvin. Sins of My Father, Growing Up with America's Most Danger…
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One Man Race War: Joseph Paul Franklin, Pt. 6
As we approach the end of the series on nazi serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, the rest of the timeline is filled in. Shortly after murdering two young men in Utah, Franklin was arrested at a motel in Kentucky after calling to complain that a police car had him double parked. Sources: Mel Ayton…
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