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Speaker 1: M hmm, I walked straight line shackle chain, oh gluesome girdie.

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It's calling my name.

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Speaker 2: There is no mercy and it's been a tentery juice

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as the hill Stream game wrangled the three.

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Speaker 3: I'm here, be.

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Speaker 4: By, here to die inside these walls, inside the wild.

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Haven't went more girls as I'm.

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Speaker 5: Hey everyone, and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast

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one hundred and forty two years in the making, the

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complete story of America's bloodiest present. I'm Jim Chapman, and

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today we are going to talk about a resident at

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Angola who at one time was the most feared gangster

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in New Orleans. And his name was Telly Hankton. Now

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it was twenty eleven when Telly Hankton really got on

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the rail anywhere outside of New Orleans. Now, inside of

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New Orleans, he was very well known. But how he

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got to be a household name was when the then

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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrew held a press conference after

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the murder of a bar manager at a dakery shop.

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This was on South Claiborne Avenue in the French Quarter

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and it's called Jazz Dakri. Now, before we go any further,

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let me quickly explain something as it relates to how

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things work inside of New Orleans. The gang activity, the

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drug activity typically stay out of the French Quarter, and

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there's good reason for that. New Orleans economy is largely

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dependent on tourism. Nearly twenty million people traveled to the

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Crescent City each year. Super Bowls are played there. Taylor

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Swift toured there in twenty twenty four. Loan tourists over

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ten billion dollars with a B inside the city. So

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there's an understanding with the gangsters and the drug dealers.

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They know don't fuck around in the French Quarter. And

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the reason for all of that is crime inside the

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French Quarter keeps the tourist out, and the powers of

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Bee they ain't having any of that inside the French Quarter.

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So when this bar manager was killed, the political powers

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they took notice big time and the first thing they

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wanted to figure out was what led to this public killing. Well,

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the victim in this case was a guy by the

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name of Curtis Matthews. Curtis Matthews had a brother, his

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name was John Matthews. Now John Matthews incidentally owned that

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bar on South Clayborne. He had been shot seventeen times

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while in his home prior to the murder of his brother,

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and the reason for that was John Matthews was set

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to testify against Telly Hankton in a murder trial in

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the death of a twenty three year old. His name

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was Darnell Stewart. He was shot three years prior to

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John Matthews's brother getting shot Curtis in front of the

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same bar. Now, miraculously, John Matthews, despite being shot seventeen times,

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Speaker 6: But it wasn't hard.

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Speaker 5: For NOPD to put together the pieces of the puzzle.

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They knew what time it was and when Curtis Matthews

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got killed, they instantly knew that Telly Hankton was behind it.

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Mitch Landrew actually said at that press conference quote, I'm

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sending this message to Telly Hankton and his family and anyone.

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Speaker 6: Else associated with this. We are coming for you.

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Speaker 5: So if you notice, Landry specifically said Telly Hanton and

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his family. And that's because Telly Hanton at this point

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he was head of a criminal organization where many of

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his direct family members were involved. Nakiah Hanton, Shirley Hanton,

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Thomas Hanton, Andre Hankton, Troy Hanton, and numerous others, most

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in their thirties. There were thirteen in all that would

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be indicted by the Feds using RICO just a year later.

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So federal prosecutors would claim that Telly Hancton had built

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a criminal enterprise. Now, he took over this enterprise from

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a relative of his and kind of a mentor, and

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he went by the nickname Cup but for the prior

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six years. As a matter of fact, in two thousand

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and six, out of his house on Josephine Street in

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what's known as the Central City area of New Orleans,

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he built a forty three million dollar empire. So interesting

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side note, one of those names I just mentioned above

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as being indicted was Troy Hankton, and Troy was actually

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recruited and received a full scholarship to play football for

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arguably the best coach in college football history, Nick Saban

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at LSU.

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Speaker 6: He actually went.

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Speaker 5: There, but it didn't work out for him.

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Speaker 6: Because he had some medical issues.

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Speaker 5: Ended up transferring to Southern and left Southern shortly thereafter.

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He returned to New Orleans. And you got to live

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up to the name, right, I actually watched an interview

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with Troy Hankton recently, and this guy, he's actually really

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put together and seems to be squared away, not what

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you would expect. So you may want to check that

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Speaker 6: But back to it.

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Speaker 5: According to federal prosecutors, starting in two thousand and six,

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a bona fide turf war was going down in the

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Josephine Street area in Telly Hankton and y'all, this is

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a year post Katrina, right, Telly is hanging out on

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Josephine Street and there's a dry by shooting and an

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attempt to kill him when he is shot at, And

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it was not long at all before Telly figured out

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who was behind it. I mean, the streets talk. All

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you got to do is ask questions, especially when you're

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Telly Hankton, and come to find out it was a

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rival by the name of Darvin Bessie. So a week later,

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Darvin Bessie is shot and killed allegedly by Telly on MLK.

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Speaker 5: Now, word on the street was at the time, if

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you shoot at the King, don't miss, And the king

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at that time was Telly Hankton.

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Speaker 6: Then two months later.

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Speaker 5: In June of two thousand and six, Telly Hanton's name

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surfaced nationally when five teenagers were shot dead at the

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corner of Josephine Street in Daniel Street, and because this

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took place on the corner of Josephine, Telly's name would surface.

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He ran Josephine Street in New Orleans. He and his

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family now eventually an associate of the Hanktons. It was

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a guy named Mike, Mike Anderson. He would take the

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right for the killings. But the Feds, even to this day,

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they say that Telly was the one who fired a

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total of twenty one bullets into these teens. In two

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thousand and seven, a rival gang, they decide they want

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to make a run to what's known as a very

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popular snowball stand in that area of New Orleans, and

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it's known as a Red Rooster. Now, what they did

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not know at the time was that the Hantons were there.

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there at the time, So they pull in. Telly Hankton

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spots them, He alerts Troy, and allegedly they ambushed the

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three men as they were leaving the Red Rooster. Now

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only one of the three, a man by the name

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of Kareem Peters, was hit by any gunfire. But this

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is the streets again, and this would not be the

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end of that.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 5: Incidentally, again, Telly Hankton, former LSU football player, was allegedly

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involved in that. So about three months later, as you

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would expect, payback ensues when George cup Hanton, the guy

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who was the mentor for Telly, he was a cousin

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of his, He was washing his car at a car

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wash in that area and he was shot dead by

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the same three men that were shot at by the

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Hanktons outside of the Red Rooster snowball stand.

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Speaker 3: Jim, did you see what happened in Texas today?

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Speaker 5: Wait before you tell me that, let me tell you

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what happened in New York.

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Speaker 3: It cannot be as crazy as the case I told

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you about yesterday in Louisiana.

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Speaker 5: You know what, we should do a podcast.

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Speaker 3: About it, and with that we did. Crime War Weekly

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covers the crime news headlines that have dominated the week.

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Speaker 5: We cover trending crimes from all over the country and

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even sprinkle in a few globally.

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Speaker 5: Simply by searching Crime War Weekly or clicking the link

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in the description of this podcast. So all of that

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led to the killing in two thousand and eight at

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the Daker Bar. That led to the seventeen shots fired

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in to the owner of that Dakery bar years later

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when he was set to testify against Telly, and that

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led to Curtis Matthews getting killed in front of that

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Dakery Bar. And that led to Mayor Mitch Landrew calling

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out the Hanktons in twenty eleven, and that led to

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the indictments of thirteen members of the Hankton family and

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close assasiates in twenty.

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Speaker 6: Twelve of rico charges.

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Speaker 5: Now, when they got indicted, Tilly had nine counts. Thomas

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Hankton also had nine counts. A guy by the name

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of Walter Porter who went by Arkle of all things.

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He was the lead assassin allegedly for the Hantons, and

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he had fourteen counts against him. Even Telly's mother, Shirley,

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was indicted for lying to a federal grand jury. So

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what happened. So we're gonna get into the indictments just quickly.

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I'm going to tell you what happened to these guys.

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Telly Hanton as head of the organization. He received a

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federal life sentence for convictions that included three counts of

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murder in aid of racketeering, and that was in addition

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to a separate state life sentence he was already serving

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for the two thousand and eight murder of Darnel Stewart.

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Andre Hanton, who is Telly's cousin, he received a life sentence,

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though some of his convictions were later vacated on appeal.

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He had been found guilty of using a firearm to

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cause a death in connection with the murder of Darnel Stewart.

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Kevin Jackson got sentenced to life in prison. He was

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convicted for his role in the murder of Jesse Reid,

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who was another Hanton rival. Walter Erkele Porter, the hit

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man for the gang that I told you was kind

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of their go to guy. He was givenneral life sentences

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for his conviction on numerous charges, all fourteen that he

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was indicted, including multiple murders in aid of racketeering. Shirley Hanton,

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Telly Hanton's mother. She pleaded guilty to racketeering and was

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sentenced to sixty months five years in prison. Thomas Hanton,

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a key leader in the drug dealing operation. He pleaded

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guilty to racketeering and other charges, and he was sentenced

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to twenty five years in prison. Now that was later

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reduced to twenty years, and he had a lot of

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time served there. Troy Hankton, the former LSU player and

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the cousin of Telly Hankton that I've told you about.

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He pleaded guilty to firearms conspiracy. He was sentenced to

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fourteen years in prison. He's now out of prison. Julius Hankton,

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in a separate case, was sentenced to forty years in

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prison for a twenty fourteen manslaughter charge. An an interesting

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side note on him, he was actually found dead in

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his cell in Hunt Correctional Center. I never could find

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out the exact cause of death, but I'll let you

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use your imagination on that. Nikiah Hanckton, she was sentenced

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to one hundred and thirty two months eleven years in

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prison for racketeering in drug conspiracy. Another associate by the

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name of Derek Smothers, he received a net sentence of

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fourteen years, and Terrell Smothers was sentenced to twelve years

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in prison for racketeering. And those were associates of the Hanktons.

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So there you have that I wanted to bring you.

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I know it's a little bit short, Believe me. I

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could do a series a mile long on these guys,

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but I had somebody reach out and they just wanted

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information on who the Hanktons were, So I wanted to

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bring you that today. They were a very big deal

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in New Orleans as it relates to crime in the

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mid two thousands and early two thousand's, most now in

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prison or have served some serious prison time. And to

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move on to something else that somebody asked me to

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cover on Bloody and Gola, and that is the fact

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that Angola is being used as an ice facility as

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of right now. And I'm going to read you just

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a few breaking headlines that came out in September regarding this,

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because I haven't covered it. And the first one is

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from the Louisiana Eliminator. This was on September third of

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this year. It says a section of the Louisiana State

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Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house immigration

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and custom enforcement detainees that from Governor Jeff Landry. Jeff

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Landry said the facility will house the worst of the

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worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE. A complex at

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the state prison is already being used to house fifty

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one detainees and has a total capacity of four hundred

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and sixteen. Joining Landry at the present to make the

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announcement were US Attorney General Pam Bondy, Homeland Security Secretary

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Christy Nome, and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheehan, who previously

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served as Landry's Wildlife and Fishery Secretary. Quote, Louisiana, You're

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going to be an example for the rest of the

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country that from the age. Landry declared a state of

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emergency in late July to allow an expedited repair of

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Camp Jay at Angola. This four building complex has been

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closed permanently since twenty eighteen, with its only use as

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episode on Camp Jay's search back and that was a

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Speaker 5: Neither the governor nor Nome shared whether the facility will

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be used as a post conviction facility or as another

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ICE detention center where detainees await charges. The detainees will

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join more than four thousand inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary,

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which stands on the site of a former slave plantation

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that is a still working form today. It goes on

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to say the Camp Jay section of the prison where

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disciplinary reasons. Prison officials closed it seven years ago after

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its cell locks malfunctioned, allowing inmates to evade security checks.

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Dozens of weapons were discovered after its closure, and more

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than eighty prison employees quit, retired, or refired related to

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misconduct at Camp Jay. Though it was rumored Camp Jay

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will be renamed Camp forty seven to honor President Donald Trump,

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it is still instead been renamed Camp fifty seven in

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honor of Landry, who is the fifty seventh governor of Louisiana.

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The governor also referred to the facility as Louisiana Lockup,

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a title that was featured prominently on an oversized license

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plate that adorned the electern he bonding them used at

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the press conference Landry's emergency order in late July suspended

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State Procurement Code and Public Bid Law to allow officials

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to secure any materials or mend any contracts needed to

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respond to emergencies. Despite being asked by multiple reporters, Landry

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would not disclose how much money the state spent on

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renovations or operations, or whether the federal government would reimburse

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the state for any cost. So that comes out and

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it looks like some detainees are going to be locked

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up there, and they were indeed locked up there, and

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it wasn't long before they determined they didn't like bloody

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Angola that much. And a headline came out it said

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nineteen detainees launch hunger strike at Angola Ice Facility and

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that from an advocacy group.

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Speaker 6: This was from WFB Baton Roriage.

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Speaker 5: It said nineteen people detained at the Louisiana Ice Processing

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Center in Camp Jay at the Louisiana State Penitentiary have

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entered the fourth day of a hunger strike. This according

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to a press release from the Southeast Dignity Not Detention

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Coalition That's a Mouthful and the National Immigration Project. The

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group stated that the detainees are requesting medical and mental

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health care, access to prescription medication, and basic necessities including

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toilet paper, hygiene products, and clean water. They are also

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seeking visitation from ICE officers to address concerns about conditions

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inside of the facility. According to the release, detainees were

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recently moved into Camp Jay, a unit shut down in

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twenty eighteen, and advocates say the facility lacks essential services,

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including a law library in religious programming. Some detainees with

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chronic health conditions are reportedly not receiving medications. The organizations

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said the end Goala facility was reopened earlier this month

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as part of an expansion, and we got into all that,

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so I won't get into that again. You know, when

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you get these price releases and they're from advocacy groups,

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got to kind of take a lot of that with

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a grain of salt. I'm sure they maybe they were

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doing hunger strikes, but officials they jumped on it pretty

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quick on these allegations of a hunger strike and especially

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the inhumane conditions, and they had a response. They said

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recent misleading reports about the detainee treatment at Louisiana Lockup

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in Camp fifty seven are unacceptable in creating a false

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narrative about the facility's operations. There was no hunger strike

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before the news outlets reported. One officials said on Sunday,

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after the reports emerged, seventeen detainees refused their meals, though

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only three continue to do so by Monday afternoon, according

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to the statement, So they thought that was a good

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idea to they really got hungry. This action appears to

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be sparked by false narratives in the media that put

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that idea in the detainees' heads, the statement said. Southeast

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Dignity Non Detention Coalition maintained that a hunger strike is ongoing.

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Speaker 6: Quote.

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Speaker 5: These men detained in Camp Jay are bravely and with

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great thought in intention, putting their lives on the line

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to advocate for the rights, the group said in a statement,

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using the former name of the prison wing being used

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to house ice detainees. So Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia

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McLaughlin also denied the advocacy group's allegations. In a statement

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that she released, she said, here are the facts. There

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is no hunger strike at Louisiana Lockup. Unfortunately, this isn't

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the first time, nor will it be the last, that

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the media repeats unsubstantiated false allegations peddled by a criminal

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illegal alias millions about detention facilities. By the way, this

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facility is housing d and it's all in caps worst

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of the worst, including murderers, pedophiles, and rapists. Last week,

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before news and the hunger strike e merged, the Department

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of Public Public Safety referred inquiries about Camp fifty seven

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to ICE. Though Camp fifty seven is located in Gola,

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which is operated by the state, officials have said it

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is being run by ICE contractors, though they have not

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publicly identified what company is doing so. Lesile Corrections, a

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company that runs multiple ICE facilities in Louisiana, recently published

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job postings in Saint Francisville, nearing Gola. An executive for

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that firm did not return requests for comments. Officials, including

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Jeff Landry, have promised the facility is only for the

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worst of the worst. Fifty one detainees were moved at

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the facility upon its opening. That according to the Department

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of Homeland Security, which over sea ICE, and the agency

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said the detainees have been convicted of serious crimes such

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as homicide, rape, and sexual abuse of children. Federal and

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state officials have not answered recent questions about who else

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have been moved to the facility over the past several weeks.

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So there you have that, and to that person that

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reached out to me, now you have your update on

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the Ice situation as it relates to Bloody and Gola. Quickly,

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big time shit coming up on a podcast. I know

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a lot of you out there also listen to Unspeakable,

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a true crime podcast by Kelly Jennings. We got something

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big dropping the first week in November, and that is

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a multiple part series. I believe it's twenty episodes.

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Speaker 6: It is already done.

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Speaker 5: All we're doing is the back end stuff on that

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right now.

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Speaker 6: It is called d TL.

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Speaker 5: Of course, it covers the life and crimes of maybe

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Louisiana State Penitentiary in Gola's most infamous inmate, or definitely

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one of the most and that is Derek Todd Lee,

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also known as the Louisiana serial Killer, the Batinary serial Killer.

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Speaker 6: He's about as.

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Speaker 5: Evil a human being as you would ever come across.

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His crimes absolutely horrific, and no one can tell that

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story better than Kelly Jennings. So I'm going to play

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you quickly. The trailer for this This series drops every

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Monday on Unspeakable, a true crime podcasts by Kelly Jennings,

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and it starts November three.

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Speaker 6: And here's that trailer.

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Speaker 3: In the sultry heat of Louisiana, where the Bayous whisper

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secrets and the air hangs heavy with the scent of magnolias,

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a darkness lurked beneath the surface. Dereck Todd Lee was

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a man whose charm masked a sinister reality. He was

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a monster. Lee, a seemingly ordinary man with a disarming smile,

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led a double life that would unravel in a series

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of murders in the capital city of Baton Rouge and

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the surrounding areas. As the first reports of disappearances and

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murders began to surface, South Louisiana was thrust into a nightmare,

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igniting a frantic search for answers. The true horror was

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just beginning, and the hunt for a serial killer eventually

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known by just three letters, would reveal not only the

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depths of Derreck Todd Lee's depravity, but also the resilience

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of those most affected by his evil acts, the families

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and the survivors. This is DTL.

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Speaker 5: Now, as you noticed, you heard that music behind it.

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The way I describe this is like listening to a

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Netflix documentary. It's very highly produced. We spared no expense

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on this one. Some of these things do to my

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time constraints. I actually hired out some of the production

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of these episodes. They're very highly produced, professionally produced, and

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they're coming your way. First time we've ever done this

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with this large of a series, and I'm telling you

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it is absolute fire. You're gonna want to hear it.

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Unspeakable of True Crime podcast by Kelly Jennings brings you

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DTL November third, and that's all I got for you today.

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Thank you so much for listening to Bloody and Gola.

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If you are a Patreon supporter, I can't tell you

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how much I love and appreciate you. Show would not exist,

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would not without your continued support. Thank you so much

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for allowing me to do what I do with Bloody

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in Goa. And until next time for Bloody and Gola,

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a podcast one forty two years in the making, the

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complete story of America's bloodiest prison. I'm Jim Chapman, Peace.

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Speaker 2: A Wall Street line, shackle chain. Who's some gurdy it's

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calling my name?

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Speaker 1: There is no.

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Speaker 2: Mercy and this been a tentery juice sastly hugestream game

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Rango three.

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Speaker 4: I'm here, Bef.

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Speaker 3: I'm me to die.

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Speaker 4: Inside these walls, inside the wild. And when the walks

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as I know, it's olbody angle, ohbody angle,