Apr 2021

04: The Activists

In this episode, we return to St. Louis. Nina learns about the FBI's harassment of her father's clients, Percy Green and Jane Sauer, whose left-leaning groups were targets of COINTELPRO. Howard Mechanic and the student activists at Washington University are also on the FBI's rada ... Show More

28m 47s

Apr 2021

05: The Trials

Howard and others are arrested by the FBI and put on trial by the feds. For reasons neither Nina’s father nor his clients understand, St. Louis is the only place in America where student protestors are facing federal charges -- and the verdict is too much for Howard to bear.

25m 40s

May 2021

06: The Fugitive

Howard goes underground and emerges as Gary Tredway. He gets married. There are dangerously close calls, but he gets away with it for decades -- until a reporter uncovers the truth.

41m 36s

Jul 2020

COINTELPRO, Part 1

FBI surveillance of people associated with the civil rights movement has come up on the show many times. Today, we’re going to talk about the history of the FBI, especially as it related to communism and “subversive threats,” and how that fed directly into COINTELPRO. Learn more ... Show More

40m 31s

Jan 2024

119: The Petty Creep who led the FBI | The Dark History of J. Edgar Hoover

Hi friends, happy Wednesday!Welcome to the Dark History podcast. There’s always all this talk about who REALLY has the power in America. So I did a little digging, and discovered a not-so-great guy named J. Edgar Hoover–made famous for his 48-year racist reign over the FBI. And j ... Show More

38m 55s

Feb 2024

120: PROOF that the FBI targeted, tracked, and unalived Americans! | The Dark History of COINTELPRO

Hi friends, happy ThursdayWelcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s no secret that the FBI has had a bad reputation for spying, sleuthing, and watchlists. But where did it all begin? At some point, the FBI went from just keeping an eye on people to actively trying to ELIMINATE th ... Show More

40m 43s

Jul 2024

S2E5: G-Men Are Coming to Town

The FBI hunts the burglars, who suddenly have a window into J. Edgar Hoover's most twisted and sinister operations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

45 m

Jul 2023

The Secrets of J. Edgar Hoover

As Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover exercised a dictatorial influence over the department – and, it seems, everyone else. Meticulous and vindictive, he frequently weaponised secrets while carefully guarding his own. Deborah Friedell grapples with his overwhelming and disturbi ... Show More

47m 30s

Feb 2023

J. Edgar Hoover

Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as the man responsible for building the FBI into a premier law enforcement agency. ... Show More

41m 50s

Apr 2019

J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Giant Among G-Men | 2

J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI when he was just 29 years old. His orders? Clean up the Bureau. At first, he proved to be a brilliant and innovative leader, setting new standards for education, physical fitness, and training of federal agents.But there was a dark side ... Show More

33m 53s

Jul 2024

Hoover | Guns, Gangsters and G-Men | 2

Rumours about Hoover's sexuality threaten to overshadow his work building the FBI into a credible crime fighting force. And although he's obsessed with information, he misses a key piece of intelligence, which could have changed the path of the Second World War.Join Legacy+ for b ... Show More

48m 5s

03: The FBI