Weird Little Guys

Host Molly Conger details how segregationist attorney R.

Host Molly Conger explores how Wickliffe Draper’s Pioneer Fund secretly bankrolled Mississippi’s anti-civil rights efforts and organized a team of eugenicists to challenge school integration.

Host Molly Conger details the life of John Patler, a Greek-American who became a high-ranking member of the American Nazi Party under George Lincoln Rockwell.

Host Molly Conger traces the origins of modern "race realist" pseudoscience to the Pioneer Fund, established by wealthy eugenicist Wickliffe Draper.

Host Molly Conger examines the tragic story of Ota Benga, a Congolese man displayed in a 1904 World’s Fair human zoo, to contextualize modern scientific racism.

This episode chronicles reporter Jerry Mitchell’s relentless pursuit of justice for civil rights murders, detailing how leaked state records exposed jury tampering in Byron de la Beckwith’s trial.

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This episode explores the rise of the Mississippi White Knights of the KKK in 1964, linking their formation to Byron De La Beckwith’s trial for Medgar Evers’ murder.

This episode details the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and the subsequent legal saga surrounding his killer, Byron De La Beckwith.

This episode details the 1962 Ole Miss riot and the life of Byron De La Beckwith, a violent segregationist obsessed with Medgar Evers.

This episode examines the 1965 "White Monday" rally in Jackson, Mississippi, featuring George Wallace and Sheriff Jim Clark, as a reaction to the 1954 Brown v.