Crime in Congress

Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session, we're talking about hostage situation in Washington, D.C. that lasted 38 hours and led to multiple fatalities; but, we can't talk about that attack without first discussing the 1973 Hanafi Massacre. 

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Sources:

American caliph: the true story of a Muslim mystic, a Hollywood epic, and the 1977 siege of Washington, DC

1973 Hanafi Massacre - Wiki

Survivor Tells how Seven Moslems died in Washington - NY Times

Three get life terms in Hanafi deaths - NY Times

Barry 'A Very Lucky Man,' Bullet Stopped Near Heart - Washington Post

Muslim Terrorists Took 134 Hostages in the Name of Allah in a 1977 Guerrilla Raid - Newsweek

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NEWS FLASH! We're popping in your feed with a bonus episode recapping some of the most salacious headlines from the past few weeks, mixed in with random anecdotes by yours truly, Harley and Sarah. 

If you like crime, scandal, politics, and want to stay up-to-date on news of the week, this segment is for you!

Sources: 

Daily Mail: Shock twist reveals the real reason Peanut the Squirrel was seized by cops

CNN: Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration after Trump told him he didn’t have the votes in the Senate

NPR: Poop on Pelosi's desk, a neo-Nazi tiki torch: Mysterious statues are popping up in D.C.

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session, we're talking about a 1900's stolen election, an insurrection at a capitol building, and an assassination of (one of) Kentucky's governors. 

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Sources:

William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath by James C. Klotter 

My Own Story by Caleb Powers

Powers, Caleb, from the U.S. House of Representatives

'Stop the Steal' Was the Rallying Cry of a Bloody Election Cycle—in 1899 (historynet.com)

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session, we're talking about Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, and the investigation into illegal campaign donations that roiled Washington. Former Fortenberry Communications Director, James Crotty, shares his insights as a friend, former employee, and trial attendee. 

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Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-apologizes-billionaire-added-terror-fly-list/story?id=10698917

https://la.curbed.com/2017/2/13/14598960/danny-thomas-estate-beverly-hills-sold-65-million

https://gilbertchagoury.com/gilbert-ramez-chagoury-profile/#biography-section

https://indefenseofchristians.org/

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

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/a-decade-after-genocide-yazidi-community-finds-sanctuary-in-lincoln-after-fleeing-iraq/

All News Articles: https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=14973641%3Asarahgeary500&tag=gilbert%20chagoury

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session, we're talking about the spooky, scandalous seances (say that three times fast) that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln held in the White House - complete with a floating piano and lobbying from beyond the grave. 

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Sources:

https://www.ohmaryplay.com/

https://www.mtlhouse.org/the-todd-family

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/mary-todd-lincoln/

https://www.knox.edu/documents/LincolnStudies/BurlingameVol1Chap6.pdf

https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=urss

https://www.lincolncottage.org/mourning-a-son-in-the-midst-of-war/

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room

https://www.archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/thats-the-spirit/

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2023/10/25/meet-georgetown-witches-margaret-ann-and-belle-laurie

https://web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Maynard_Curious_Revelations.pdf

https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000867/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/articles/want-to-meet-general-sickles-a-rapscallions-resume/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-spiritualist-who-warned-lincoln-was-also-booths-drinking-buddy-180954317/

https://chicagohistoryresources.org/wetwithblood/bloody/bullet_hair/index.htm

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographer-who-claimed-to-capture-abraham-lincoln-ghost

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Spooky classical music by UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay

NEWS FLASH! We're popping in your feed with a bonus episode recapping some of the most salacious headlines from the past few weeks, mixed in with random anecdotes by yours truly, Harley and Sarah. 

If you like crime, scandal, politics, and want to stay up-to-date on news of the week, this segment is for you!

Sources: 

Rolling Stone: Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Friend’s Wife and Kids for Photo Ops

CNN: ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum

NPR: Video shows the moment a Kentucky judge was shot to death

New York Times: Eric Adams Is Indicted After Federal Corruption Investigation

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session is a crimestituent first! We're joined by Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss an infamous crime from his district, the Knoxville Torso Murder. There may even be an interesting tie-in with an infamous serial killer!

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Sources:

Knoxville's infamous torso murder is still a complete mystery after 40 years (Knox News)

Murder Believed By Saw (The Tennessean, Nov. 28, 1977)

Police Working on Saw Death (Kingsport Times, Nov. 28, 1977)

Kingsport Man is Not 'Torso Murder' Victim (Kingsport Times, Dec. 1, 1977)

Hurst's Son Mystified by 'Torso' Murder (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Dec. 9, 1977)

Exhumation, Autopsy Set in Hurst 'Torso Murder' (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 23, 1978)

Mutilated Body Misidentified (The Tennessean, Sept. 27, 1978)

Sheriff Disputes Findings, Believes Hurst is Torso Victim (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 27, 1978)

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session is PART FOUR of one of the most infamous American political scandals - Watergate - and the man behind the plot, President Richard Nixon. 

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Sources: 

Graff, G. M. (2022). Watergate: A New History.

Nixon Resignation Speech Audio: American Rhetoric

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session is a crimestituent first! We're joined by Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-01) to discuss an infamous crime from his district, the 1909 Savannah Axe murders. Do you think justice was served? 

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Sources: 

Ghost Dances and Shadow Pantomimes - Eyewitness Accounts of the Supernatural in Old Georgia (Volume 1) by Gordon Burns Smith and Anna Habersham Wright Smith, 2004

Ghosts haunt Savannah's 'most diabolical crime' (Savannah Morning News)

Savannah Much Excited over a Double Murder (Brunswick News)

Was Husband Aided in Three Women's Death? (Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal)

Three Women are Murdered (Los Angeles Herald) 

O Yes, A Negro (Fulton History)

New Evidence is Secured in the Savannah Case (Brunswick News)

A Revolting Crime (The Progress)

Negro Strikes Down Women (New York Times)

Savannah Terrors

Richard Gribble (Archives.com)

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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

This session gets into the Night Stalker's murder of Peter Pan in San Francisco and how then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein almost foiled the entire investigation. 

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Sources: 

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Episode 3 (Netflix)

Pan Gravestone

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

The Valley Intruder: PETER PAN : San Francisco, Aug 17 (LA Times)

L.A. 'Intruder' tied to Slaying in San Francisco (LA Times)

Night Stalker Strikes Again (ArchiveNewsFootage)

Yesterday's crimes: The Night Stalker comes to San Francisco (SF Weekly)

Night Stalker: How Dianne Feinstein Jeopardized the Search for Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (The Wrap)

Mayor lets word out on 'Night Stalker' (SF Gate)

Yesterday's crimes: How Dianne Feinstein Tipped off the Night Stalker (SF Weekly) 

The day Dianne Feinstein jeopardized 'The Night Stalker' investigation (FOX Nation)

'Night Stalker' appears in S.F. Court (San Francisco Examiner)

The Night Stalker: Epilogue (Deranged LA Crimes)

Police Identify Night Stalker Suspect (UPI Archives)

Verdicts reached in Night Stalker trial (UPI Archives)

Night Stalker faces trial in San Francisco slaying (UPI Archives)

Sheriff wants Night Stalker in another jail (UPI Archives)

The Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (Crime Library)

'Night Stalker' dies before needle gets him (SF Gate)

A look at the life of Dianne Feinstein (Politico)

Dianne Feinstein Biography (Britannica)

Harvey Milk Biography (Wikipedia)

How serial killer Richard Ramirez was ultimately caught. (El Paso Times)

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