A manhunt is launched for MLK’s killer, James Earl Ray. After his capture he pleads guilty. With no trial the world won’t hear the facts of the case laid out in court, giving rise to decades of conspiracy theories that even the King family came to believe.
This episode dives into the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, tracing the massive FBI manhunt for James Earl Ray across continents and the strange, bungling criminal history that made him an unlikely assassin. The hosts explore the swift trial that left the world without answers, the persistent conspiracy theories—including a bombshell 90s civil trial involving the King family—and reflect on how MLK's death instantly reshaped American public opinion and policy, while pondering what might have been had he lived.
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