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The Herrin Coal Mine Massacre

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Episode 136 comes by way of a request from Herrin, Illinois, where a True Crime Historian listener Chris Baines wanted to know more about some hometown dark history, about the time a local mining company imported 50 guys from Chicago to bust a strike, 25 men to ship the coal that had been dug, and 25 men to stand guard with rifles and a machine gun to make sure the work got done. Yeah. That’s not gonna end well.

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Playlist

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Revenge of the Anarchists (Part 1: Crime)

Revenge of the Anarchist (Part 2: Punishment)

A Deadly Family Feud

Mystery at the American Saloon

The Demented Dynamiter of Bath

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Theme Music by Dave Sams

Media management by Sean R. Jones

Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun

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