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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2025 · 47 MIN

The Debutante at Elohim City: Dennis Mahon, Pt. 4

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In 1994, a former debutante named Carol Howe became an informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. For six months, she and Dennis Mahon made weekend trips to a white supremacist compound called Elohim City. Carol reported back to the government that Dennis Mahon was stockpiling weapons and talking about blowing up federal buildings. In April of 1995, someone did blow up a federal building. Had her handlers ignored credible information about the plot?  Sources: Jones, Steven. Others Unknown: The Oklahoma City Case and Conspiracy. Public Affairs, 1998 Hammer, David Paul. Deadly Secrets: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Authorhouse, 2010. Painting, Wendy. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real. Trine Day, 2012 Newton, Michael. White Robes and Burning Crosses: A History of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866. McFarland and Company, Inc, 2014. Lee, Martin. The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. Little,  Brown and Company, 1997. Ronson, Jon. “The Debutante.” Audible Originals, 2023 Gumbel, Andrew and Charles, Roger. Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed and Why it Still Matters. William Morrow, 2012 Flynn, Kevin, and Gary Gerhardt. The Silent Brotherhood: Inside America's Racist Underground Free Press ; Collier Macmillan, 1989. https://politicalresearch.org/2006/08/01/white-power-cyberculture https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/racist-skinheads-klan-groups-2002 https://rogues.wiki/index.php/Wendy_Iwanow  https://www.villagevoice.com/beyond-mcveigh/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/barbecue-nations-6405901 https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1997/07/15/sighting-accounts-differ-grand-jury-witnesses-put-bomber-in-2-places/62308562007/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220211005304/https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2451569/elohim-city-residents-enjoy-separate-lifestyle-religion   https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/20/us/oklahoma-city-building-was-target-of-plot-as-early-as-83-official-says.html?pagewanted=all&src=pmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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