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#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on September 14th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On February 6th. 1993, a truck bomb exploded under the WTC North Tower. Perpetrated by Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammed Salameh and several others, they intended for the bomb to topple the North Tower and send it crashing into the South Tower killing thousands in retaliation of the USA backing of Israel. Although that plan failed, they did manage to kill 6 and wound several hundred others. And, keeping up with a common theme in most of our shows, it is claimed by an FBI informant that the FBI assisted in building the bomb. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on September 6th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On December 8th, 1980, Mark David Chapman stood outside of John Lennon's New York residence and asked for his autograph. Later that night as Lennon returned home from the recording studio, Chapman fired five hollow point bullets at Lennon's back, striking him four times. Lennon was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Chapman would later say that he shot Lennon because of his "bigger than Jesus" remarks as well as to bring attention to the novel "The Catcher In The Rye" Everything you need to know is right here in this episode! Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on September 2nd, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On August 1st, 1966, after stabbing his wife and mother, Charles Whitman went to the observation deck on the main building tower at the University Of Texas and started shooting. After 96 minutes he killed 14 and injured 31 people. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on August 23rd, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers It's the 30th anniversary of Ruby Ridge, which was the site of an eleven day siege in 1992 in Boundary County, Idaho. It began on August 21st, when deputies of the United States Marshals Service tried to arrest Randy Weaver for a warrant related to a firearms charge. When he resisted, the standoff began, the FBI was called in and that's when all hell breaks loose. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

This week we cover another more acting bosses of the Genovese Family who operated while Vito was in prison. Gerardo Catena, Mike Miranda, and Phil Lombardo all ran the family by a "committee" with Vito away. However, it was Phil Lombardo that would break away and become the true leader after Vito died in prison in 1969, a position he would hold until 1981.

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on August 17th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist act committed by four members of a local KKK chapter on September 15th, 1963. They planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device under the steps of the church. The bomb exploded and killed four young girls and injured 22. Due to shady work by the FBI (as usual), no prosecutions were conducted until 1977 and it wasn't until 2002 that the last member of the group was sentenced. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on August 10th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers The 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting occurred on December 7, 1993, aboard a Long Island Rail Road train in Garden City Park, New York. As the train arrived at Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol killing 6 and injuring 19. The trial was one of the most bizarre in history as Ferguson chose to represent himself and even questioned his victims on the stand. The trial received some national coverage but was overshadowed by the much larger O.J. Simpson murder trial going on simultaneously on the West coast. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on August 4th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers In the summer of 1996, the world's best athletes and spectators from around the world converged on Atlanta for the 26th summer Olympic games. On July 26th, the event would be marred by a pipe bomb that exploded and killed 1 person and injured 111. Security guard Richard Jewel found the bag that the bomb was in and alerted authorities. Despite this, the media fueled rumors that he was the one who did it. We will take you through those events as well as the capture of the true perpetrator Eric Rudolph. We also cover the numerous lawsuits Jewel filed against various media outlets for the false information put out against him. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on July 28th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers Frank Abagnale was a con man who impersonated numerous professions including claiming he was a pilot and doctor. He was jailed several times for check fraud. Many people label him a liar and say he embellished aspects of his life, which he disputes to this day. In 1980, he wrote a book about his life which was later adapted into the 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast In this week's episode we take a look at the very long Climate Change page. This subject is one of the most hotly (no pun intended) subjects in today's society. We will read about what caused climate change, what the current trend looks like if we don't do anything to stop it, and what we can do to stop it. A subject full of controversy and this episode is no different as Bang and Dang don't entirely agree with what this page has to say. What are your thoughts on climate change? Let us know by

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on July 21st, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On the morning of June 6th, 2015 two prisoners escapes from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. Richard Matt and David Sweat were both in prison for murder and decided they didn't want to be there anymore. With the help of prison guards they made their escape and a manhunt ensued. The search lasted for 3 weeks until Matt was killed and Sweat taken into custody. This is their story. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on July 13th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On the morning of May 18th, 1927, Andrew Kehoe murdered his wife and set his farm on fire. Meanwhile, at the Bath Consolidated School, he rigged explosives to go off at about the same time. He then drove to the school, parked his truck out front and detonated a bomb in his truck killing himself as well as other people surrounding it. After it was all said and done, he killed 38 students and 6 adults, with the students ranging from 2nd grade to 6th grade. To this day, it remains the deadliest school massacre in United States history. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on July 6th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On July 18th 1984, James Huberty went to his local McDonald's armed with a 9mm Browning HP, a semi-automatic 9mm Uzi, and a Winchester 1200 12 gauge pump action shotgun. Once inside, he opened fire and spent the next 77 minutes shooting innocent people, killing 21 and injuring another 19. The response time of the police to the scene as well as him being in the building so long sparked public outrage that would change the future of tactical police responses to similar situations moving forward. At the time of the massacre, this was the largest mass shooting by a lone gunman in United States history. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on May 19th, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war Next up, we have another battle in the Vicksburg Campaign with the battle of Milliken's Bend that took place on June 7th, 1863 in Madison Parish, Louisiana. The Confederates mistakenly believed that Grant's supply line still ran through here. To close out the episode, we have the battle of Brandy Station on June 9th, at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign and was the largest predominately cavalry engagement of the war and the largest ever on American soil. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on May 12th, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war This week's episode focuses on the Union's attempt to take seize Port Hudson and take control of the Mississippi River. The first battle, named Plains Store, took place on May 21st, 1863 in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was the first step in trying to capture Port Hudson. The last battle of the episode which is the seige of Port Hudson took place from May 22nd to July 9th. The Union placed Port Hudson under siege that lasted 48 and was the longest siege in American history up to that point. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on June 28th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers We wrap up the O.J. murder case with our 3rd and final episode. In part 2, we heard the prosecution's case and ended with the defense getting ready to claim that the police planted evidence and was racist towards Simpson. That is where we begin with this episode and we take it to the end of the trial which spawns the infamous Johnny Cochran quote "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." We end on the unbelievable verdict and the reaction across the country following it. We want to know what you think of the trial. Was O.J. guilty or did the cops plant evidence? Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on June 23rd, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers In part 2 the highly anticipated trial gets underway. The prosecution initially bases their case around the multiple domestic violence incidents between Simpson and Brown but that quickly gets dropped in favor of the overwhelming evidence against O.J. Meanwhile, the defense starts their case with claims of evidence being contaminated before switching it to the police allegedly planting evidence in an attempt to frame Simpson. Be sure to come back for our next episode where we will go over the defense claims of planting evidence and we will wrap up the trial and cover the reaction around the country to the shocking verdict. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on May 5th,, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war We have finally made it to Vicksburg! Grant has been trying to take this city since basically the start of the war and he finally manages to surround Vicksburg and start a siege. The siege ends on July 4th and between this and Gettysburg, which ended July 3rd, these events were seen as the turning point of the war. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast We have four battles for you this week starting with the first failed attempt at taking Fort Wagner. The first battle of Fort Wagner on July 10th-11th was a failed attempt and was the lead up to Second Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusett's story. The battle of Kock's Plantation on July 12th-13th left the Confederates in control of the Cajun Country in Louisiana. The New York City Draft Riots took place July 13th-16th where the white residents of New York were not happy with the draft that was just implemented resulting in numerous murdered African Americans. Finally, the battle of Grimball's Landing on July 16th attempted to draw Confederate forces away from Fort Wagner so the Union could launch another attack. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on June 14th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers On this episode we cover one of the most shocking events in American history, the O.J. Simpson murder case. Hailed as "The Trial Of The Century" millions had their eyes glued to the tv waiting to see what happened next. In part one we go over the murders and the events leading up to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman as well as the infamous white Bronco chase that nearly 100 million people watched live. Be sure to listen to next week's episode where we will cover the trial in depth from beginning to end. You do not want to miss these episodes! Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on April 28th, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war This week we have 3 more battles until the official start of the Siege Of Vicksburg. Up first, on May 14th, Grant decides to take the strategic town of Jackson Mississippi. After Jackson is occupied, Grant sets his sites on Champion Hill on May 16th where Confederate General Johnston retreated. Finally, on May 17th, Pemberton tries to prevent the Union from crossing the Big Black River bridge and pave the way for Grant to take Vicksburg, which doesn't go so well. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on April 21st, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war As we move closer to the start of the Siege Of Vicksburg, we have a couple battles in the Vicksburg campaign and another sandwiched inbetween in Missouri. First up, the battle of Port Gibson on May 1st as Grant tries to capture the fort on his way to Vicksburg. Then, at Chalk Bluff on May 1st, the Union looks to drive Confederate Marmaduke and his troops out of Chalk Bluff. To end the episode, we have the important battle of Raymond, Mississippi on May 12th which was needed to provide a clear path to Vicksburg. A lot going on right now in the year 1863 and so much more to come! Link to our new show "According to Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on July 7th, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers The Rajneesh Movement was formed in India in the early 70's and after some trouble with the local authorities there, they moved their group to Oregon. While there they formed their own town called Rajneeshpuram and attempted to take over the nearby town of Antelope. This would lead to several group members being arrested for poisoning local salad bars with salmonella in which was the United States' first documented bio terror attack. They took it even further with the assassination plot of U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on May 31st, 2022. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers The Black Liberation Army was a far-left black nationalist organization formed by former Black Panther Party and Republic of New Afrika members. They were active from 1970-1981 during which they committed several crimes. The most notable being the robbery of a Brinks truck in 1981 that killed a guard and two police officers. Their most famous member, Assata Shakur, is Tupac's god-mother and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza's main influence for starting the group. Assata is currently living in Cuba under political asylum, and is on the FBI's top ten most wanted terrorist list--the first woman to ever be included on the list. Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia

#podcast **NOTE** This episode was originally released on April 14th, 2023. If you want to listen to the rest of our back catalog or if you prefer to listen on your favorite podcast app, click the link below! https://www.spreaker.com/show/battles-of-the-american-civil-war **DISCLAIMER: The first half of this episode is a little choppy as we were again unaware of audio issues until after recording. The second half is back to normal where it will remain from here on out! Once again, we apologize for the crap audio!** Another major battle and another Confederate victory. The victory of Chancellorsville by Lee and his army led to some calling it "Lee's perfect battle." However, that came at a cost as this is the battle that ultimately took the life of Stonewall Jackson and Lee's "right arm" Link to our new show "According To Wikipedia" https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia