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Weird Little Guys

A Klansman in Berlin: Dennis Mahon, Pt. 2

Weird Little Guys

iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6800 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

After winning his battle with a Kansas City cable company over the right to air his Klan public access television show, Dennis Mahon never made a second episode of Klansas City Kable. He was too busy organizing nazi punks in Tulsa and getting Klan chapters started in Germany. 

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In Marion, Illinois, an 11-year-old girl brutally stabbed to death, her father's longtime live-in

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girlfriend maintaining innocence, but charged with her murder.

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I am confident that Julie Beckley is guilty.

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They've never found a weapon.

0:19.3

Never made sense.

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Still doesn't make sense.

0:21.4

She found out she was pregnant in jail.

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The person who did it is still out there.

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1:04.0

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Together, we invite you into the dark and winding corridors of historical true crime.

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