267. MYSTERY: The Motivations of Patricia Hearst

Patricia Hearst was abducted in the 70s by the Symbionese Liberation Army. What happened next is incredibly complicated.

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Sources:  

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/patty-hearst-trial-1976

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sla-member-captured-after-more-than-20-years

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Patty-Hearst-Says-She-s-Fed-Up-With-Olson-Trial-2759387.php 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patty-hearst-kidnapped

https://famous-trials.com/pattyhearst

https://famous-trials.com/pattyhearst/2204-hearst#:~:text=Now%2C%20Mrs.,security%20for%20the%20Hearst%20Corporation.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2022/09/18/the-kidnapping-crimes-and-trial-of-patty-hearst/

https://famous-trials.com/pattyhearst/2204-hearst

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/patty-hearst-kidnapping/

https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/nyc-society/who-are-the-modern-heirs-of-the-hearst-fortune

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst

https://californiamuseum.org/inductee/hearst-family/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/guerrilla-rise-and-fall-symbionese-liberation-army/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/guerrilla-patricia-campbell-hearst/

https://www.cnn.com/shows/radical-story-patty-hearst

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patty-Hearst

https://www.npr.org/2016/08/03/488373982/whose-side-was-she-on-american-heiress-revisits-patty-hearst-s-kidnapping

https://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/hearst/profile.html

https://www.biography.com/crime/patty-hearst

https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/patty-hearst-kidnapping

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/patty-hearst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Ling_Perry 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_DeFreeze 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Soltysik

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