131: The Plot Against Democracy

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On April 5, 1976, the richest man in the world died of medical neglect on board a jet bound for Houston. At the time of his death, Howard Hughes had not been seen in public for nearly twenty years. With a massive fortune that enabled his worsening mental disorders, Hughes, once famous the world over, receded from the public eye, and for the last decades of his life, ruled a vast and often unsuccessful business empire confined entirely to his bed. In time the expansive and opaque system that Hughes engineered to ensure his own isolation grew out of his own control, and as he sat in his penthouse, seeing only seven people in fifteen years, an army of self serving executives made decisions on his affairs entirely without his knowledge.  While Hughes seemed to lose money on every transaction, he made a lot of his employees and their friends very wealthy. This story is a tragedy- the tale of a man who was both created and destroyed thanks to his proximity to great wealth, culminating in his own death in conditions so deplorable his corpse had to be identified via fingerprint by the FBI. In his 70 years, Howard Hughes can certainly be said to have left a colorful mark on American history. This is that story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patreon: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirts and more:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/38859851"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources and Further Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Books&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness: &lt;a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ivZGrgLszbcC&amp;amp;pg=PT396&amp;amp;lpg=PT396&amp;amp;dq=#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard, the Amazing Mr. Hughes: &lt;a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Howard_the_Amazing_Mr_Hughes/HU1Nm1dukDgC?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=0"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters: &lt;a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hughes_The_Private_Diaries_Memons_and_Le/emhBjp6-1wwC?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=0"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia, and Palace Intrigue, Revised and Expanded: &lt;a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Howard_Hughes/UqrSDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;amp;gbpv=0"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Websites&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes Lives: &lt;a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/howard-hughes-lives/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;A Peek Into the Mind of Howard Hughes: &lt;a href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/dec/28/a-peek-into-the-mind-of-howard-hughes/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;This Day in Aviation History, April 17, 1944: &lt;a href="https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/17-april-1944/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes Memo Disclosed In Controversy Over Gift to Nixon: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/22/archives/howard-hughes-memo-disclosed-in-controversy-over-gift-to-nixon.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Secret Memos of Howard Hughes: &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1985/02/03/the-secret-memos-of-howard-hughes/33dddc6e-da6f-4367-a0ef-2281cf6ff6bb/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Thomas Quits Post As Chief of T.W.A.; Charles S. Thomas Resigns Post As Trans-World Airlines Chief: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/29/archives/thomas-quits-post-as-chief-of-twa-charles-s-thomas-resigns-post-as.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Hughes’ Neighbor Fed Up, Leaves Hotel in London: &lt;a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&amp;amp;dat=19721230&amp;amp;id=lpwrAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=EfwFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=3668,5083376"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Hughes and 4 Associates Indicted in Air West Case: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/28/archives/hughes-and-4-associates-indicted-in-air-west-case-hughes-and-4.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Hughes Estate Agrees to Pay Airline's Stockholders $30 Million: &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/01/20/hughes-estate-agrees-to-pay-airlines-stockholders-30-million/30f2a5b9-63e1-4f3d-9b08-2c7eaa80f357/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Prize-Winning 'Muckraker' Jack Anderson Dies: &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5060102"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;SUSPECT GIVES UP IN HUGHES THEFT: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/15/archives/suspect-gives-up-in-hughes-theft-pleads-not-guilty-in-1974-coast.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes at the End: Contradictions in Accounts: &lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/21/archives/howard-hughes-at-the-end-contradictions-in-accounts-howard-hughes.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Jury Divvies Howard Hughes' Fortune After an Heir Raid in Texas Court: &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/09/05/jury-divvies-howard-hughes-fortune-after-an-heir-raid-in-texas-court/c0cbb97e-2604-494c-a6c5-782b097fd70d/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Music&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Howard Hughes’ Blues, performed by John Hartford: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4S0OzdpQfE&amp;amp;ab_channel=JohnHartford-Topic"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

130: The Howard Hughes Blues

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On June 5, 1968, Robert Kennedy was gunned down in the back room of a hotel kitchen just minutes after it seemed he had secured the 1968 Democratic nomination for President. The man changed with, and sentenced to death for, Kennedy’s murder was a 24 year old Palestinian American named Sirhan Sirhan. From the very beginning, it was clear that something was wrong with official story. In this episode, we dive deep and reexamine the evidence of the case to determine who really killed Robert Kennedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patreon: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirts and more:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/38859851"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources and Further Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Who Killed Robert Kennedy? | Al Jazeera World: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVScM_9Tn-s&amp;amp;ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglishThe Second Gun"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Second Gun: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOjsOKS4gs&amp;amp;ab_channel=e2films"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;June 5, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy's last speech: &lt;a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/june-1968-robert-kennedys-speech-55585335"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Bobby Kennedy assassination tape: Were 13 shots fired or only 8?: &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/06/06/the-bobby-kennedy-assassination-tape-were-13-shots-fired-or-only-8/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Pease,&amp;nbsp;Lisa.&amp;nbsp;A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.&amp;nbsp;United States:&amp;nbsp;Feral House,&amp;nbsp;(n.d.).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Did L.A. police and prosecutors bungle the Bobby Kennedy assassination?: &lt;a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/05/did-l-a-police-and-prosecutors-bungle-the-bobby-kennedy-assassination/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;New Evidence Implicates CIA, LAPD, FBI and Mafia as Plotters in Elaborate “Hit” Plan to Prevent RFK From Ever Reaching White House: &lt;a href="https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/09/01/new-evidence-implicates-cia-lapd-fbi-and-mafia-as-plotters-in-elaborate-hit-plan-to-prevent-rfk-from-ever-reaching-white-house/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;New evidence challenges official picture of Kennedy shooting: &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/feb/22/kennedy.assassination"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;RFK Assassination Witness Denies Recanting ‘Polka Dot Dress’ Story: &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/d092d5fb3a157cba496222326817a08f"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Man gets 8-year sentence on weapons charge: &lt;a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-gets-8-year-sentence-on-weapons-charge/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Robert Kennedy Assassination: &lt;a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Robert_Kennedy_Assassination.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

129: RFK Must Die

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;How did a shootout between two undercover cops on an LA freeway in 1997 lead to the discovery, and subsequent coverup, of one of the largest and most sinister networks of police crime and corruption in modern American History? Learn about Kevin Gaines, Suge Knight, Versace shirts, bank robberies, drug dealer cops, the Rampart Scandal, and more in this episode of Hidden History.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patreon: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirts and more:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/38859851"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources and Further Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;PBS, Rampart Scandal Timeline: &lt;a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/cron.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;PBS, The Outcome Of Rampart Scandal Investigations: &lt;a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/later/outcome.html#civil"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.: &lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040326194127/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=13927&amp;amp;afl=msnf#middle"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Cop Shoot Cop: &lt;a href="https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-literary-vaudeville-4"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;4 Officers Back Tales of Parties After Shootings: &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-12-mn-63628-story.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Rafael Perez’s Statement to the court: &lt;a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/statement.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Mugshots: Rafael Perez - LAPD's Notorius Cop: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcRdFWOyKIE&amp;amp;ab_channel=FilmRise"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;LAPD Detective Frank Lyga on Killing Police Officer Kevin Gaines: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ_EfIrF0Qg&amp;amp;ab_channel=JasmyneCannick"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Ex-LAPD Officer Sentenced in Bank of America Robbery - Los Angeles Times: &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-14-me-9966-story.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Ex-LAPD Officer Is Stabbed in Prison - Los Angeles Times: &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-07-me-22253-story.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;2nd-Oldest Barracks in U.S. Closes : Marines Won't Be Defending Maine Anymore - Los Angeles Times: &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-18-mn-5849-story.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;A Brief History of the Consent Decree: &lt;a href="https://library.csun.edu/virtual-exhibit/LAFR/documents/Part3_Training_1.pdf"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

128: CRASH!

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;What happens when your home is built on top of 20,000 tons of toxic chemical and radioactive waste? What about the park? The playground? Your child’s school? These questions were all too real for the residents of one sleepy Niagara Falls suburb, little they know they were in the fight of their lives. Learn more about the Love Canal disaster in this week’s episode.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patreon: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirts and more:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/38859851"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources and Further Reading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Making Love Canal: &lt;a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/making-love-canal"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Love Canal &amp;amp; Lois Gibbs 35 Years Later: &lt;a href="https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00050&amp;amp;segmentID=7"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;ABC News Close-Up: The Killing Ground (1979): &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4udLhOdPro&amp;amp;ab_channel=YorkVid"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Residents say Love Canal chemicals continue to make them sick: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GRkGYaBmM&amp;amp;ab_channel=PBSNewsHour"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;A history of the Love Canal disaster, 1893 to 1998: &lt;a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/local/history/a-history-of-the-love-canal-disaster-1893-to-1998/article_5df93af9-e5fe-5ae4-be74-efed7dbf43ed.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;There’s No Love Lost for Entrepreneur Who Envisioned Model City: &lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-16-mn-35999-story.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The International Boundary Water Treaty: &lt;a href="https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-municipal-history/boundary-waters-treaty/the-international-boundary-water-treaty/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Love Canal - Public Health Time Bomb: &lt;a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/love_canal/lctimbmb.htm"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Love Canal: A Special Report to the Governor &amp;amp; Legislature: April 1981: &lt;a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/love_canal/lcreport.htm"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lawsuits: Love Canal still oozes 35 years later: &lt;a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/02/suits-claim-love-canal-still-oozing-35-years-later/3384259/"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

127: Love Canal

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