A Murder in Red Clay Mud - January 6 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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January 6th: Edgar Ray Killen Indicted (2005) Sometimes it takes a hell of a lot of work, patience, and time to finally get justice for a horrific crime. On January 6th 2005 a man was indicted decades after the crime was committed in a civil rights murder that shocked the citizens of Mississippi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Killen, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/obituaries/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-in-64-killings-of-rights-worker-dies-at-92.html, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/12/577664811/edgar-ray-killen-dies-klansman-behind-civil-rights-workers-murders-in-1964, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-1964-mississippi-burning-killings-dies-92-n837171, https://famous-trials.com/mississippi-burningtrial, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/12/heres-what-happened-the-day-a-former-kkk-leader-was-finally-convicted-for-the-mississippi-burning/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.9	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Sometimes it takes a hell of a lot of work, patience, and time to finally get justice for a horrific crime.
0:52.7	On January 6, 2005, a man was indicted decades after the crime
0:58.3	was committed in a civil rights murder that shocked the citizens of Mississippi. So if you like your
1:05.2	coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:14.2	Before we get into today's story, I want to talk about the historical event taking place at the time that was serving as a backdrop for the crime itself.
1:23.2	During 1964, with the Civil Rights Movement in full swing, an event occurred that would later
1:28.7	be called either the Freedom Summer or the Mississippi Summer Project.
1:33.2	It was a massive movement in which over 700 mostly white volunteers joined forces with the
1:40.1	African-American population in Mississippi to increase the number of registered black voters,
1:45.6	fight against voter intimidation, and put a stop to the overall discrimination that was happening
1:51.3	at the polls. You see, despite the leaps and bounds being made in America at the time,
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