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308: The Sinister Freight Train Riders of America - March 3 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com We hear about street gangs and biker gangs all the time. But, have you heard of a railroad gang? On March 3rd 1959, a man was born who would go on to become one of the most gruesome killer in the Freight Train Riders of America. A gang that is responsible for hundreds of transient deaths along the railways. March 3rd: Robert Joseph Silveria Jr. Born (1959) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement-upon-

0:03.9

We have a electricity line.

0:05.5

A weird-described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

A cop-of-murdered.

0:11.5

We hear about street gangs and biker gangs all of the time.

0:15.5

But, have you heard of a railroad gang?

0:18.7

On March 3rd, 1959,

0:23.0

a man was born who would go on to become one of the most gruesome killers

0:24.4

in the freight train riders of America,

0:27.1

a gang that was responsible

0:28.4

for hundreds of transient deaths

0:30.4

along the railways.

0:32.7

So, if you like your coffee hot,

0:34.5

but your bones chilled,

0:36.1

sit back and start your day with a morning

0:37.9

cup of murder.

0:42.9

The freight train riders of America was a gang of outlaws formed in the early 1980s.

0:48.8

They lived along the railways where they robbed, hijacked, and murdered anyone who got in their

0:53.8

way.

0:54.6

They were known as desperate and dangerous men whose existence, for the longest time, was seen as a myth.

1:01.7

One of those members was a man named Robert Joseph Silverya, or, as he was known to his fellow

1:07.4

members, sidetrack.

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