CZM Rewind: Soldier of Misfortune: Frank Sweeney
Weird Little Guys
iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Part One: Frank Abbott Sweeney Jr may be the Forrest Gump of American white supremacy in the 20th century. Starting with a failed bank robbery for the American Nazi Party in the 60s, Frank stumbled his way into being an inconsequential side character in major historical events for decades.
Original Air Date: 8.28.24
Part Two: In part two of the life of the Forrest Gump of fascism, Frank Sweeney leads the CIA on an international goose chase, befriends and then betrays a serial killer, and just can't stop committing crimes by mail.
Original Air Date: 9.5.24
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:06.0 | Coalzo Media. |
| 0:14.3 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:15.9 | Molly here. |
| 0:17.4 | Sorry about the rerun. |
| 0:19.2 | The good news is, |
| 0:23.7 | it does tie into the story we're in the middle of right now. |
| 0:28.3 | Last week, when I was getting started on the story of Joseph Paul Franklin, |
| 0:31.8 | I told you I tried to write it a year and a half ago, |
| 0:37.2 | but I got completely distracted by something I read just a few pages into the biography I picked up. |
| 0:42.9 | So instead of writing about that Nazi serial killer, I ended up writing about the serial con man he met briefly in prison in 1981. |
| 0:47.8 | This was one of the earliest episodes of the show, and it was the first time I ever asked you |
| 0:52.8 | to just trust me enough to come back in a week |
| 0:55.7 | for the second half of a two-parter. |
| 0:59.3 | That sounds funny now. |
| 1:02.3 | So if you were wondering last week what I was talking about, when I said this guy Frank was |
| 1:08.1 | weird enough to pull me away from a story about a serial killer. |
| 1:12.7 | Here's that two-parter from the fall of 2024. |
| 1:17.5 | Oh, and about the snakes. One quick correction. |
| 1:22.6 | There are rattlesnakes in Idaho. |
| 1:25.9 | But the ones in this story were not native to the area. |
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