Murder of Mary Phagan and Leo Frank's Trial by Media
Murder of Mary Phagan and Leo Frank's Trial by Media

Murder of Mary Phagan and Leo Frank's Trial by Media

December 11, 2024 2:01am
24:44
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A young girl is brutally murdered in 1913 Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta PD will focus on a "Jewish Carpetbagger" from New York as the killer. But was this a horrible miscarriage of justice. In a case that would highlight the social conflict in a post-Reconstruction New South was Leo Frank railroaded in a show trial by those with political ambitions?

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Duration:24:44
Published:December 11, 2024 2:01am
File Size:22.9 MB
Type:audio/x-m4a

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A young girl is brutally murdered in 1913 Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta PD will focus on a "Jewish Carpetbagger" from New York as the killer. But was this a horrible miscarriage of justice. In a case that would highlight the social conflict in a post-Reconstruction New South was Leo Frank railroaded in a show trial by those with political ambitions? ...

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