S3: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University | EP 4: Bust to Boom

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Jerry Falwell Sr founds Liberty University in 1971. Amid financial turmoil, Jerry Falwell Jr takes over in 2007. Business booms, but at what cost? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	See 13 originals.
0:06.6	If you have any tips about Jerry Falwell Jr. or Liberty University, you can contact us
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0:22.4	We can ensure anonymity.
0:24.0	That's for 9-1-1.
0:30.7	What is the address of your emergency?
0:32.7	It's old suffax, Rose.
0:35.7	Okay, let's go down there.
0:37.7	My husband fell earlier and his bleeding was raised and his head...
0:42.7	Okay, how long ago did he fall?
0:45.8	Um, like an hour and a half, two hours ago.
0:48.4	An hour and a half?
0:49.4	Fifty-eight.
0:50.4	And what did he fall from?
0:53.4	I don't know.
0:54.4	It was nighttime and he fell from the fares and there's a lot of blood right now.
1:02.0	During the last week of August 2020, the fall wells dominated news headlines.
1:10.0	On the 24th, the pool boy story broke.
1:14.2	On August 25th, Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president of Liberty.
1:21.4	Then just two days later, the political story broke about Becky Falwell having a sexual
1:27.1	relationship with one of her son's bandmates who was a Liberty student.
1:33.1	One article's headline summed it all up.
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