The MLK Tapes

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BONUS: Memphis Blues

Interviews with Ryan Jones, historian at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, & Brian Dominski, court reporter for the '93 HBO trial and the '99 Civil Trial. See

Apr 11 2022
36 min

125,000 Reasons [13]

After King is murdered, John Curington notices increased contact between H.L. Hunt and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. One day, Hunt gives Curington a satchel to bring to R

Apr 4 2022
41 min

Campaign To Destroy King [12]

Dallas oilman H.L. Hunt hated communists, and in his mind this included Martin Luther King. He attacked King regularly on his program Life Line, carried daily on 500 radi

Mar 28 2022
43 min

BONUS: William Pepper

On this Bonus Episode, we look at the life of Attorney Bill Pepper. We trace his early career in sports, a brush with the mob, work for Bobby Kennedy, travels in Vietnam

Mar 21 2022
42 min

A Dead Shot [11]

Lennie Curtis works at the police rifle range where sharpshooter Frank Strausser talks about killing King. On the fatal day, Strausser practices all morning with his new

Mar 14 2022
35 min

Every Dog For His Own [10]

After 30 years of silence, cab driver Louis Ward comes forward to tell what happened to him when King was shot. A few years later, Ronnie Lee Adkins, who says his family

Mar 7 2022
30 min

Killing Ray [9]

Bill Pepper gets a phone call from attorney Rusty Larson who says that his client, Jim Green, was involved in the murder of King. Then Green calls and says his assignment

Feb 28 2022
45 min

The Gun Runner [8]

Texas woman Glenda Grabow tells Bill Pepper she knew a gun runner in Houston named Raul, who she thinks was involved in the murder of Martin Luther King. Could this be th

Feb 21 2022
40 min

A Connected Man [7]

A witness, John McFerren, overhears mob-connected Frank Liberto talking on the telephone, a conversation he's not supposed to hear. Learn more about your ad-choices

Feb 14 2022
51 min

The Death Slug [6]

Bill Pepper's petition to reopen the case against Ray lands in the courtroom of Judge Joe Brown, a firearms expert, who has his doubts that the rifle found on the street

Feb 7 2022
40 min

Jim's Grill [5]

The back door of Jim's Grill in Memphis opens onto a yard just opposite the Lorraine Motel. Waitress Betty Spates hears a sharp noise and then sees her boss, Loyd Jowers,

Jan 31 2022
55 min

Sweet-Talking Percy [4]

Famous criminal lawyer Percy Foreman talks his way in by telling Ray that his will be the easiest case he ever argued. Then, at the last moment, he informs Ray that he mu

Jan 24 2022
43 min

Who Are You? [3]

Attorney Art Hanes Jr. and his father decide to represent James Earl Ray who says he didn't kill King. As they prepare for trial, they discover serious problems with the

Jan 17 2022
53 min

Setting for a Murder [2]

The black firemen across the street told to report elsewhere. The black detective surveilling King taken off the job. King’s all-black police security unit ordered to sta

Jan 10 2022
45 min

Death of a King [1]

Who killed Martin Luther King, and why? While some answers have emerged over the past 50 years, others have been hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad-choi

Jan 10 2022
44 min

The MLK Tapes - Official Trailer

Explore the rare recordings of eye-witness testimony that reveal the true story of the plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr. From the creators of Atlanta Monster, this is T

Jan 4 2022
2 min

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Dec 31 2021
1 min

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I just finished this…..mind blowing. Sometimes it just takes distance and time to learn the truth of things. This is one of the most important corrections of an historical event that will probably take several more decades to be accepted. If I were a history teacher I would include it in the curriculum after teaching the obligatory history on the assassination of MLK and use it as an example of how a true conspiracy is orchestrated and how truth is constantly stranger than fiction.

Hagstoz · Jul 2024

Just as the creator of this pod suggests, I knew NONE of this. I hope this pod (and Pepper) are still around when the 60 year threshold passes because getting those documents is going to be MAJOR. Phenomenal podcast; highly recommend.

Ahdawnis · Jun 2023

ONCE YOU START LISTENING YOU WONT BE ABLE TO STOP. I just started getting into podcasts and this is one of the best I’ve heard so far!!! Very clean ( doesn’t have a lot of bad words, or other things) I would very much recommend this podcast. The evidence is very clear and well put out. Idk why they didn’t hire this guy for the MLK Case!! 💯👍😊.

Em.Mu🤭 · Mar 2023

I’m surprised there aren’t higher ratings. There is so much information compiled into this series. In an odd way, I was sad when it ended because I wanted to know more. I hate that the King family never got the Justice they deserved and I respect them so much for fighting for Justice for the man wrongfully convicted. That just shows how amazing of a family the Kings are. I hope the truth does come to light in the near future but it seems the truth keeps getting suppressed.

desireec08 · Dec 2022

Besides the narration, the tapes are the crux of this entire podcast but the audio of these tapes is ATROCIOUS. You literally cannot hear anything that’s being said in the tapes. This would work if this were a documentary w subtitles but the narrator assumes we understood what was said in the audio just played from the tapes and goes on w the story. You would think this would all be figured out considering podcasts have been around for 1000 years now but here we are. Other then that I’m still going to listen to the whole thing :).

Husky Pup · Jan 2023

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