The Vigilantes, Episode 1

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A shocking murder. A scene so brutal that the first people to find the victim couldn’t even tell what their skin color was. And a case that forever changed both the city, and the state’s legal system.

It was April 1913, in Atlanta, Georgia, and the city would never be the same. You may wonder why this imperative and dramatic case is not taught in history class, or how the world could have forgotten such a horrific crime that continues to have an impact more than 100 years later.

Join us for part one of this seven-episode series, and experience just how powerful of a motivator fear can be.

Host/ Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Writers: Amy Watkin, Sharon McMahon

Researched by: Kari Anton, Sharon McMahon, Amy Watkin, Mandy Reid, Melanie Buck Parks

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0:00.0	Isaac Kewainel, Tom Stewart, now that KEO has 4K, people will see every detail.
0:05.8	I better wash my hair.
0:07.0	Oh, I'll book in a spray tent.
0:08.5	Maybe a manicure?
0:09.5	I'm shining up my tats.
0:10.8	Experience amazing detail with 4K now on KEO.
0:15.0	Here's where it gets interesting is now available at free.
0:22.0	Head to Sharon McMahon.com
0:25.0	slash ad free to subscribe today. April 1913, Atlanta, Georgia.
0:37.3	A moment in time that would forever change a city
0:39.7	and its people and the scene of a murder so shocking, so brutal, the first people to find the victim
0:48.5	couldn't even tell what their skin color was.
0:57.0	More than 100 years later, this story has ripple effects today. It may well be the most important and dramatic legal case
1:00.0	in George's past, but it's not taught in history class.
1:04.0	By the end of this series, you'll wonder how the world could have forgotten something so sinister,
1:10.0	so heartbreaking, and so hateful.
1:13.0	This is a true story that is complicated and interconnected to its time and place,
1:18.0	so let me walk you through it in this seven episode series.
1:22.0	By the time it ends, two lives will be cut far too short.
1:29.1	I'm Sharon McMahon, and here's where it gets interesting.
1:36.0	Let's go back to Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century and introduce you to the people involved.
1:42.0	Our story begins with a young man named Leo Frank.
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