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The Infamous Siege At Ruby Ridge - August 21 2025

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Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

August 21st: Ruby Ridge Siege Started (1992) There are some cases that completely shape the way future incidents are handled. The way government agencies react to cases in the aftermath. On August 21st 1992 gunfire was exchanged and, with that, a history making siege began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge, https://www.britannica.com/event/Ruby-Ridge, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/26/ruby-ridge-1992-modern-american-militia-charlottesville, https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/0211/chapter5.htm, https://www.famous-trials.com/rubyridge/1152-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

A cup of murder.

0:14.7

There are some cases that completely shaped the way future incidents are handled.

0:19.5

The way government agencies react to cases in the

0:22.5

aftermath. On August 21st, 1992, gunfire was exchanged, and with that, a history-making siege began.

0:32.3

So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:39.4

Randall Claude Weaver was born on January 3, 1948, to a farming couple living in

0:44.7

Valiska, Iowa. One of four children, the Weaver family was deeply religious, but found it

0:51.7

difficult to find a denomination that suited their needs.

0:54.9

So they hopped from church to church trying to find one that aligned with their views.

1:00.3

After graduating from high school in 1966, Randy studied at Iowa Central Community

1:05.9

College for about two years before dropping out in 1968 to enlist in the U.S. Army during the height of the

1:13.5

Vietnam War and then headed off to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

1:18.1

Now, though he told others that he was part of the prestigious Green Berets, according to his

1:23.5

papers, Randy was never part of any special forces during his time serving, but may have

1:29.3

received some general demolitions training as a combat engineer. While on leave and back in his

1:36.5

hometown, he met a woman named Victoria Vicki Jordensen. And introducing himself as Pete, because he claimed he hated his name, the pair began a

1:47.1

relationship, and when Randy was discharged at the rank of Sergeant on October 8, 1971,

1:53.7

they married the following month.

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