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Infamous America

PATTY HEARST Ep. 1 | “The SLA”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On February 4, 1974, strangers burst into the college apartment of Patty Hearst and kidnap her at gunpoint. While she begins her stay in captivity, she learns about her kidnappers. They are a ragtag collection of hopeful revolutionaries who call themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. They are led by charismatic Donald DeFreeze, an escaped convict who helped the group execute a high-profile murder in Oakland, California. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons:  blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:26.2

Alex met Sam at nursery.

0:30.9

They were first loves.

0:32.2

They built forts together, shared sandwiches in high school, and were

0:38.7

each other's first kiss. They were the dream couple, Sam got into EDM music.

0:45.0

While Alex enjoyed folk,

0:50.0

First Loves are kind of like your current account.

0:53.7

If they aren't working for you anymore,

0:55.6

maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service. You're going to do. On the evening of Monday, February 4th, 1974, 19-year-old Patricia Hurst sat down at the kitchen table of her Berkeley

1:24.7

California apartment. She and her fiance Stephen Weed opened their books to

1:30.0

study. Around 9 PM. the doorbell rang. Stephen got up and answered the door.

1:36.2

Patty couldn't see the doorway from where she sat but she could hear a woman's

1:41.0

agitated voice. The woman said she had been in a car accident and

1:45.5

she asked to borrow their phone. Just then, from behind the woman, two men pushed

1:51.0

their way into the apartment. One was a short, somewhat stocky white man.

1:56.5

The other was a thinner black man. Both of them pointed guns at Stephen Weed.

2:01.8

The woman produced a pistol, pointed it at Patty Hurst, and backed her into

2:06.2

the kitchen. The woman clamped her hand over Patty's mouth and told her nobody would get

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