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In this solo episode, Isaac showcases some of the most interesting pieces of evidence he has collected over time in researching the April 4, 1968 murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and the work of the sadly departed Professor Philip Melanson, one of the saner heads on this case.
The King case has always been the lesser case for conspiracy-heads behind JFK and RFK: a political murder of a socialistic leader in the midst of both a strike and a mass campaign for economic redistribution is for most of these hobbyists too grimy, too dirty, too "material" to imagine into a rorschach blot of 'what went wrong with america'. But the case is truly as fascinating as any, and Isaac provides the overview.
After laying the basics out for our listeners we turn to a long-forgotten fragment of stark evidence: a sworn affidavit by Pentagon Paper leaker Daniel Ellsberg, about detailed information leaked to him from the fractious House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978, declaring that the congressional investigators "solved" the case: a team reporting directly to J Edgar Hoover carried out the assassination and the circumstantial evidence (which was described to Ellsberg) had already been assembled to prove it.
Above: A Map of the Memphis Crime Scene, as used by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
MUSIC/SOUNDS: Special thanks as always to Komakino for our opening and closing theme: https://www.youtube.com/@komakinojoydivisiontribute4531.
The intro music is "Formlessness" by the artist Survival Spheres, their work can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@SurvivalSpheres. The interlude music is a slowed and reverb heavy mix of the Silent Hill 3 save theme.
The opening is an interview of King in 1968 by Harry Belafonte detailing his plans for the Poor People's Campaign, and saved and preserved by The Nation Magazine. The second is a mix of clips found on youtube of King's speeches from 1968, including fromt he Memphis Sanitation Strike, and interviews with Phil Melanson on the stripping away of security from King on the day of the assassination.