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Shadow Kingdom

Coal Survivor I 4. A Ticking Clock

Shadow Kingdom

Crooked Media

Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

After the election - Jock breaks a taboo and threatens Tony. Hitman Paul Gilly races to kill Jock before it’s too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Camp site media.

0:09.0

Chip Yblonski sat in his father's campaign office,

0:12.0

going over the campaign strategy one last time.

0:15.0

It was the fall of 1969.

0:18.0

The election was just around the corner,

0:20.0

December 9th burning a hole in his calendar.

0:23.9

The attacks on his father were never that far from his mind.

0:27.4

They tracked down the phone number of that man who came to the house saying he needed a job.

0:32.2

A man who the Yblonski suspected might actually be stalking Jock.

0:36.8

Jock and a friend had called that number, and when a woman

0:39.1

picked up, they'd pretended to be cops. They said her husband had witnessed an accident, and they

0:44.2

were looking for him. What's your husband's name? they asked. What does he do for a living? She said

0:50.6

he's a house painter. He was in Pennsylvania today looking for work.

0:56.7

And that story tracked.

1:00.1

So maybe Jock had just been paranoid after all.

1:04.1

Maybe the guys at the door really were just looking for a job?

1:08.6

I mean, why would a house painter from Cleveland be after him?

1:10.3

Jock hung up. And pretty soon, that paranoia about the mysterious

1:14.7

men, it was overshadowed by the urgency of the election itself. Miners would start casting ballots at the

1:22.2

beginning of December. Jock had clearly ignited something in the minors. Every day more and more support was coming his way.

1:30.3

But Tony had all the leverage in this campaign, money, resources, inertia.

1:36.0

And Tony had won huge advantage, which was the final obstacle facing Jock and Chip.

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