Ep 241 - Country AND Western Music Part 1 and Joseph Paul Franklin

Send us Fan MailWelcome to another week of the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, the good and the bad, and the Nerd and the Murd.This week on Nerdery & Murdery, the Nerdery comes first as Zig kicks off Part 1 of Country and Western music, perfectly summed up with the line: “We got BOTH kinds: Country AND Western.” From early roots to defining sounds, this is the start of a deep dive into the music that shaped generations.On the Murdery side, we continue our A–Z journey across America’s serial killers, moving from Alaska to Alabama.This episode examines the case of Joseph Paul Franklin, an ideologically driven serial killer whose crimes spanned multiple states. Rather than focusing on where his story ended, we look at where it began, and how early acts of violence, treated as isolated and random, allowed something far more dangerous to grow unnoticed.Support the show