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://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal

https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/

Simi, Pete, and Robert Futrell. American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

This week, Molly watched Citizen Vigilante, a new film from the world's worst director. Sources &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/">https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/</a>
<a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families">https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families</a>
<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal">https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal</a>
<a href="https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/">https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news</a>
<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/</a>
Simi, Pete, and Robert Futrell. American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement&rsquo;s Hidden Spaces of Hate. Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, 2010

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 for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off. 

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 for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.

Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it.

Weird Little Guys

I Watched Uwe Boll's Far Right Power Fantasy So You Don't Have To

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/652da6d3-a83b-46ae-84be-b47a017bebca/transcript

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 earliest and most enthusiastic members.

Sources & Further Reading:

Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press.

Rolph, Stephanie (2018). Resisting Equality: The Citizens' Council, 1954-1989. Louisiana State University Press

Silver, James W (1963). Mississippi: The Closed Society. Harcourt Brace & World Inc.

Vollers, Maryanne (1995). Ghosts of Mississippi. Little Brown & Company.

Williams, Michael Vinson (2011). Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr. The University of Arkansas Press

Cook, James Graham (1962). The Segregationists. Appleton Century Crofts

McMillen, Neil (1971). The Citizens’ Council: Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-1964. University of Illinois Press

Mendelsohn, Jack (1966). The Martyrs. Harper & Row

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/buried-truth-unresolved-disregarded-lamar-smith-murder-haunts-lincoln-county/

Cashion, S. A. (2013). "And So We Moved Quietly": Southern Methodist University and Desegregation, 1950-1970. Graduate Theses and Dissertations 

Delao, Frank Delao, "Containing Communism in Texas: How the Right Interpreted the Cold War, 1945-1965" (2016).Open Access
Theses & Dissertations. 633

Rich, Evelyn (1988). "Ku Klux Klan Ideology, 1954-1988" Graduate Theses and Dissertations 

https://supremecourthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Volume-37-Number-3-2012.pdf

https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_eea548ac-a609-4b6f-be15-7ae300c2206b

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/7/27/al-aqsa-one-encroachment-too-many 

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 earliest and most enthusiastic members. Sources &amp; Further Reading: Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press. Rolph, Stephanie (2018). Resisting Equality: The Citizens' Council, 1954-1989. Louisiana State University Press Silver, James W (1963). Mississippi: The Closed Society. Harcourt Brace &amp; World Inc. Vollers, Maryanne (1995). Ghosts of Mississippi. Little Brown &amp; Company. Williams, Michael Vinson (2011). Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr. The University of Arkansas Press Cook, James Graham (1962). The Segregationists. Appleton Century Crofts McMillen, Neil (1971). The Citizens&rsquo; Council: Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-1964. University of Illinois Press Mendelsohn, Jack (1966). The Martyrs. Harper &amp; Row <a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/buried-truth-unresolved-disregarded-lamar-smith-murder-haunts-lincoln-county/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/buried-truth-unresolved-disregarded-lamar-smith-murder-haunts-lincoln-county/</a> Cashion, S. A. (2013). "And So We Moved Quietly": Southern Methodist University and Desegregation, 1950-1970. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Delao, Frank Delao, "Containing Communism in Texas: How the Right Interpreted the Cold War, 1945-1965" (2016).Open Access Theses &amp; Dissertations. 633 Rich, Evelyn (1988). "Ku Klux Klan Ideology, 1954-1988" Graduate Theses and Dissertations <a href="https://supremecourthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Volume-37-Number-3-2012.pdf">https://supremecourthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Volume-37-Number-3-2012.pdf</a>
<a href="https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_eea548ac-a609-4b6f-be15-7ae300c2206b">https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_eea548ac-a609-4b6f-be15-7ae300c2206b</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/7/27/al-aqsa-one-encroachment-too-many">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/7/27/al-aqsa-one-encroachment-too-many&nbsp;</a>

Black Monday: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 3

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d7bc2d92-80bf-4274-b326-b48f016c42e1/transcript

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 Reading:

Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press.

Mendelsohn, Jack. (1966) The martyrs : sixteen who gave their lives for racial justice. Harper & Row 

Vollers, Maryanne (1995). Ghosts of Mississippi. Little Brown & Company.

Rolph, Stephanie (2018). Resisting Equality: The Citizens' Council, 1954-1989. Louisiana State University Press

Williams, Michael Vinson (2011). Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr. The University of Arkansas Press

Evers, Charles and Andrew Szanton (1997). Have No Fear: The Charles Evers Story. John Wiley & Sons Inc

Tisale, John (1996). Medgar Evers (1925-1963) and the Mississippi Press. Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Texas

Sheridan, Louis (2021) "Patriotism Betrayed: How the U.S. Military Resegregated From 1913-1939," Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II : Vol. 26, Article 11.

Donaldson, Le'Trice, "A Legacy All Their Own: African American Soldiers Fight for Citizenship, Race, and
Manhood, 1870-1920" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1167.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/1167

Hartgrove, W. B. “The Negro Soldier in the American Revolution.” The Journal of Negro History, vol. 1, no. 2, 1916, pp. 110–31. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3035634. 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/07/06/where-is-the-voice-coming-from

https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/welty/welty-manuscripts/weltys08

https://press.bobmizer.org/releases/instant-gratification

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/books/my-uncle-the-bigot.html

https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-tarawa

https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/Tarawa/InvasionCasualties

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/marine-killed-battle-tarawa-laid-rest-80-years-later

https://www.oyez.org/about-audio 

https://www.army.mil/article/97705/black_soldiers_in_the_revolutionary_war

https://diaryofahistorian.com/2013/03/05/for-evers-his-is-a-story-that-must-be-told-and-retold-too-few-young-people-know-his-story-and-that-is-a-tragedy-greater-than-his-untimely-death/

https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/10/african-american-seamen-of-the-antebellum-era/

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/CombatMultipliers.pdf

Byron de la Beckwith and Medgar Evers never met. Evers didn&rsquo;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 &amp; Further Reading:
Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press.
Mendelsohn, Jack. (1966) The martyrs : sixteen who gave their lives for racial justice. Harper &amp; Row&nbsp;
Vollers, Maryanne (1995). Ghosts of Mississippi. Little Brown &amp; Company.
Rolph, Stephanie (2018). Resisting Equality: The Citizens' Council, 1954-1989. Louisiana State University Press
Williams, Michael Vinson (2011). Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr. The University of Arkansas Press
Evers, Charles and Andrew Szanton (1997). Have No Fear: The Charles Evers Story. John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc
Tisale, John (1996). Medgar Evers (1925-1963) and the Mississippi Press. Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Texas
Sheridan, Louis (2021) "Patriotism Betrayed: How the U.S. Military Resegregated From 1913-1939," Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II : Vol. 26, Article 11.
Donaldson, Le'Trice, "A Legacy All Their Own: African American Soldiers Fight for Citizenship, Race, and Manhood, 1870-1920" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1167. <a href="https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/1167">https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/1167</a>
Hartgrove, W. B. &ldquo;The Negro Soldier in the American Revolution.&rdquo; The Journal of Negro History, vol. 1, no. 2, 1916, pp. 110&ndash;31. JSTOR, <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/3035634">https://doi.org/10.2307/3035634</a>.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/07/06/where-is-the-voice-coming-from">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/07/06/where-is-the-voice-coming-from</a>
<a href="https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/welty/welty-manuscripts/weltys08">https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/welty/welty-manuscripts/weltys08</a>
<a href="https://press.bobmizer.org/releases/instant-gratification">https://press.bobmizer.org/releases/instant-gratification</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/books/my-uncle-the-bigot.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/books/my-uncle-the-bigot.html</a>
<a href="https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-tarawa">https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-tarawa</a>
<a href="https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/Tarawa/InvasionCasualties">https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/Tarawa/InvasionCasualties</a>
<a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/marine-killed-battle-tarawa-laid-rest-80-years-later">https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/marine-killed-battle-tarawa-laid-rest-80-years-later</a>
<a href="https://www.oyez.org/about-audio">https://www.oyez.org/about-audio</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.army.mil/article/97705/black_soldiers_in_the_revolutionary_war">https://www.army.mil/article/97705/black_soldiers_in_the_revolutionary_war</a>
<a href="https://diaryofahistorian.com/2013/03/05/for-evers-his-is-a-story-that-must-be-told-and-retold-too-few-young-people-know-his-story-and-that-is-a-tragedy-greater-than-his-untimely-death/">https://diaryofahistorian.com/2013/03/05/for-evers-his-is-a-story-that-must-be-told-and-retold-too-few-young-people-know-his-story-and-that-is-a-tragedy-greater-than-his-untimely-death/</a>
<a href="https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/10/african-american-seamen-of-the-antebellum-era/">https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2021/11/10/african-american-seamen-of-the-antebellum-era/</a>
<a href="https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/CombatMultipliers.pdf">https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/CombatMultipliers.pdf</a>

Sons of Mississippi: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 2

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/173a440f-5115-4650-9f10-b488016a206c/transcript

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.courtlistener.com/docket/71119306/united-states-v-brandon-russell/


https://www.vice.com/en/article/white-power-newsletter-neo-nazi-accelerationism-behind-bars/


https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/13/fbi-surveillance-terrorist-attack-00141200


https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-did-a-convicted-neo-nazi-release-propaganda-from-prison-628437/

The Roommates
In 2017, police investigating a double homicide found more than just bodies in a Tampa condo. The founder of a neonazi group was making bombs in the garage.

Original Air Date: 8.7.25

Sources:

https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-threat-is-the-network-the-multi-node-structure-of-neo-fascist-accelerationism/

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/visions-chaos-weighing-violent-legacy-iron-march/

https://ironmarch.noblogs.org/post/2019/11/15/meet-lauren-paul-mit-alumni-and-neo-nazi-atomwaffen-division-propagandist/

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2016/police-release-video-of-suspect-in-hate-poster-distribution/

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/19/transnational-white-terror-exposing-atomwaffen-and-the-iron-march-networks/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/all-american-nazis-628023/

In Minecraft

After Devon Arthurs murdered his roommates, he claimed he'd only done it to prevent the loss of innocent lives. The man he said was planning a terrorist attack was arrested with a car full of guns, but not charged with any of the things Arthurs claimed their nazi terror cell had been working on.

Original Air Date: 8.14.25

Sources:

https://www.propublica.org/article/an-atomwaffen-member-sketched-a-map-to-take-the-neo-nazis-down-what-path-officials-took-is-a-mystery

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/three-murder-suspects-linked-to-atomwaffen-where-their-cases-stand/

https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article156282099.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicholas-giampa-neo-nazi-teenager-murder-girlfriends-parents-virginia_n_5a4d0797e4b0b0e5a7aa4780

https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/dangerous-organizations-and-bad-actors-4

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/transcript/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjEBXDfuBDE&ab_channel=COURTTV

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 &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67075979/united-states-v-clendaniel/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67075979/united-states-v-clendaniel/</a> <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71119306/united-states-v-brandon-russell/"></a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71119306/united-states-v-brandon-russell/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71119306/united-states-v-brandon-russell/</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/white-power-newsletter-neo-nazi-accelerationism-behind-bars/"></a>
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/white-power-newsletter-neo-nazi-accelerationism-behind-bars/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/white-power-newsletter-neo-nazi-accelerationism-behind-bars/</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/13/fbi-surveillance-terrorist-attack-00141200"></a>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/13/fbi-surveillance-terrorist-attack-00141200">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/13/fbi-surveillance-terrorist-attack-00141200</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-did-a-convicted-neo-nazi-release-propaganda-from-prison-628437/"></a>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-did-a-convicted-neo-nazi-release-propaganda-from-prison-628437/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-did-a-convicted-neo-nazi-release-propaganda-from-prison-628437/</a> The Roommates In 2017, police investigating a double homicide found more than just bodies in a Tampa condo. The founder of a neonazi group was making bombs in the garage.
Original Air Date: 8.7.25 Sources: <a href="https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-threat-is-the-network-the-multi-node-structure-of-neo-fascist-accelerationism/">https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-threat-is-the-network-the-multi-node-structure-of-neo-fascist-accelerationism/</a>
<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/visions-chaos-weighing-violent-legacy-iron-march/">https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/visions-chaos-weighing-violent-legacy-iron-march/</a>
<a href="https://ironmarch.noblogs.org/post/2019/11/15/meet-lauren-paul-mit-alumni-and-neo-nazi-atomwaffen-division-propagandist/">https://ironmarch.noblogs.org/post/2019/11/15/meet-lauren-paul-mit-alumni-and-neo-nazi-atomwaffen-division-propagandist/</a>
<a href="https://www.bu.edu/articles/2016/police-release-video-of-suspect-in-hate-poster-distribution/">https://www.bu.edu/articles/2016/police-release-video-of-suspect-in-hate-poster-distribution/</a>
<a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/19/transnational-white-terror-exposing-atomwaffen-and-the-iron-march-networks/">https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/19/transnational-white-terror-exposing-atomwaffen-and-the-iron-march-networks/</a>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/all-american-nazis-628023/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/all-american-nazis-628023/</a>
In Minecraft
After Devon Arthurs murdered his roommates, he claimed he'd only done it to prevent the loss of innocent lives. The man he said was planning a terrorist attack was arrested with a car full of guns, but not charged with any of the things Arthurs claimed their nazi terror cell had been working on.
Original Air Date: 8.14.25 Sources: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/an-atomwaffen-member-sketched-a-map-to-take-the-neo-nazis-down-what-path-officials-took-is-a-mystery">https://www.propublica.org/article/an-atomwaffen-member-sketched-a-map-to-take-the-neo-nazis-down-what-path-officials-took-is-a-mystery</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/three-murder-suspects-linked-to-atomwaffen-where-their-cases-stand/">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/three-murder-suspects-linked-to-atomwaffen-where-their-cases-stand/</a>
<a href="https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article156282099.html">https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article156282099.html</a>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicholas-giampa-neo-nazi-teenager-murder-girlfriends-parents-virginia_n_5a4d0797e4b0b0e5a7aa4780">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicholas-giampa-neo-nazi-teenager-murder-girlfriends-parents-virginia_n_5a4d0797e4b0b0e5a7aa4780</a>
<a href="https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/dangerous-organizations-and-bad-actors-4">https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/dangerous-organizations-and-bad-actors-4</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/transcript/">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/documenting-hate-new-american-nazis/transcript/</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjEBXDfuBDE&amp;ab_channel=COURTTV">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjEBXDfuBDE&amp;ab_channel=COURTTV</a>

CZM Rewind: The Roommates & In Minecraft

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