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Infamous America

PATTY HEARST Ep. 5 | “The End of the The SLA”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Patty Hearst and the other two surviving members of the SLA connect with new recruits and flee to Pennsylvania to hide from the police. Before long, the group returns to northern California and conducts a bank robbery that has fatal consequences. The FBI picks up the trail of the elusive fugitives and finally arrests Patty Hearst. 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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Lenovo Legion. In the winter of 1975, there were eight active members of the SLA.

0:48.0

This included Patty Hurst and Bill and Emily Harris, who had been part of the original group.

0:54.0

Then there were siblings Kathy and Steve Celia,

0:57.0

and Kathy's boyfriend, Jim Kilgore.

1:00.0

Finally, there were Mike Borton and Wendy Yoshamura.

1:04.0

The SLA's founder, Donald Defrees, died by suicide the previous May in Los Angeles.

1:11.0

Five other founding members died alongside DeFries in a house fire caused by a sustained

1:16.4

firefight between the SLA and the LAPD.

1:20.8

When 27-year-old Kathy Solia gave a public eulogy for the dead, she caught the attention

1:26.6

of Hurst and the Harris's, who had escaped the firefight only because they'd started trouble

1:31.8

in another part of town and had to hide out.

1:35.0

After a weird summer in the Pennsylvania countryside,

1:39.0

the reconstituted SLA decided to head back to California.

1:44.1

They'd have to try even harder to disguise themselves, but it was their home turf and where they felt

1:49.3

most comfortable.

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