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Ridiculous History

The Hobo King: Leon Ray Livingston, Chapter Two

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As the Great Depression devastates the nation, roughly 2 million people find themselves out of home and hope, migrating toward distant promises of jobs, distant family members -- some distant idea of a better life. The concept of the 'hobo' becomes a mainstream concern. Leon Ray Livingston warns about living a life "on the road."

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0:00.0

Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood.

0:09.2

This is silenced, the radio murders.

0:12.4

You left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia used to do.

0:17.2

The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness.

0:24.4

And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy.

0:30.8

I'm Osvalotian. Listen to silenced, the radio murders. On the iHART radio app, Apple podcasts,

0:37.5

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.4

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0:56.3

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1:11.6

Just a few miles off the Thailand coast. The island of Kotao looks like a postcard.

1:18.7

I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.

1:22.7

In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.

1:27.7

A dark cloud who's come over the island. Death, mystery, and danger.

1:34.1

Listen to death island every Wednesday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get

1:40.2

your podcasts. Radiculous history is a production of iHeartRadio.

1:52.0

Welcome back to the show, Ridiculous Historians. As always, thank you so much for tuning in.

2:13.6

This is part two in our two part series on the self-proclaimed Hobo King of not just the United

2:22.0

States, but also Belize in Central America. He goes by two or three names. He was born Leon Rae

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