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May 2018
50m 5s

Season 2, Episode 3: The Gun

The New Yorker
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Investigators never found the gun used to kill four people at Tardy Furniture. Yet the gun, and the bullets matched to it, became a key piece of evidence against Curtis Flowers. In this episode, we examine the strange histories of the gun and the man who owned it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn m ... Show More
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