Outlaws & Gunslingers

In this episode we cover the Reagon assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. We'll get into why he did it, the events during the shooting and of course the aftermath. As usual, if we missed anything or got somethiing wrong, email us at bangdangpodcast@gmail.com and let us know! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/outlaws-gunslingers--4737234/support . Subscribe t...

On November 5th, 2017, a gunman opened fire on worshippers at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX. A churchgoer, Stephen Willeford, then shot him twice causing him to flee the scene but not before he killed 26 people and wounded another 22. Willeford chased him down causing him to crash and when the police arrived at the scene they discovered the shooter dead from a self inflicted g...

The Tulsa Race Riot also known as the Black Wall Street Massacre started on May 30th, 1921 when 19 year old Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting a 17 year old white girl named Sarah Page in Tulsa, Oklahoma.. After he was arrested, a massive crowd showed up at the courthouse with talks of him being lynched. Just then, an elderly white man tried to disarm a black man carrying a pistol. Shots rang...

In this episode we take a look at the highly controversial 2017 Las Vegas shooting commited by Stephen Paddock. Paddock fired over 1000 rounds from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd of 22,000 concert goers, killing 60 and wounding at least 413. Following the incident, nationwide attention was put on bump stocks and gun control with the latter still being debated to this day. 5...

In 1968 the city of Cleveland, like much of the U.S., racial tension was at an all time high. This tension came to a head on July 23rd when members of a militant group called the Black Nationalist of New Libya engaged in a shootout with Cleveland police that left 3 militants, 3 police officers, and 1 civilian dead. This led to a riot in the Glenville neighborhood that lasted until July 27th result...

On January 2nd, 2016 a far right group calling themselves the Citizens For Constitutional Freedom, lead by Ammon Bundy, took control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon. They were seeking the release of 2 men convicted of arson of federal land as well as demanding the release of federal land back to the state. This event made headlines with the shooting of Lavoy Finicu...

The Columbine school shooting is arguably the beginning of this trend of school shootings that we are still currently in. When it happened, there was intense media coverage especially when it came to the motive. Was it bullying, or video games, or even Marilyn Manson? This event inspired many copycat incidents which led to a dramatic spike in school shootings that we still see today. We will go th...

There have been many events labeled the "crime of the century" and we have covered a few. This time, we go all the way back to 1924 when two students at the University of Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, decide they want to commit the "perfect crime" The two hatch up a plan and abduct and kill 14 year old Bobby Franks. Will they succeed? bangdangpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @OGMMPodcast Bec...

On February 6th. 1993, a truck bomb exploded under the WTC North Tower. Perpetrated by Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammed Salameh and several others, they intended for the bomb to topple the North Tower and send it crashing into the South Tower killing thousands in retaliation of the USA backing of Israel. Although that plan failed, they did manage to kill 6 and wound several hundred others...

On December 8th, 1980, Mark David Chapman stood outside of John Lennon's New York residence and asked for his autograph. Later that night as Lennon returned home from the recording studio, Chapman fired five hollow point bullets at Lennon's back, striking him four times. Lennon was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Chapman would later say that he shot Lennon because of his "bigg...

On August 1st, 1966, after stabbing his wife and mother, Charles Whitman went to the observation deck on the main building tower at the University Of Texas and started shooting. After 96 minutes he killed 14 and injured 31 people. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Send your questions or comments to bangdangpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Twitter @OGMMPodcast! Bec...

It's the 30th anniversary of Ruby Ridge, which was the site of an eleven day siege in 1992 in Boundary County, Idaho. It began on August 21st, when deputies of the United States Marshals Service tried to arrest Randy Weaver for a warrant related to a firearms charge. When he resisted, the standoff began, the FBI was called in and that's when all hell breaks loose. Email us at bangdangpodcast@gmail...

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist act committed by four members of a local KKK chapter on September 15th, 1963. They planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device under the steps of the church. The bomb exploded and killed four young girls and injured 22. Due to shady work by the FBI (as usual), no prosecutions were conducted until 1977 and it was...

The 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting occurred on December 7, 1993, aboard a Long Island Rail Road train in Garden City Park, New York. As the train arrived at Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol killing 6 and injuring 19. The trial was one of the most bizarre in history as Ferguson chose to represent himself and even qu...

In the summer of 1996, the world's best athletes and spectators from around the world converged on Atlanta for the 26th summer Olympic games. On July 26th, the event would be marred by a pipe bomb that exploded and killed 1 person and injured 111. Security guard Richard Jewel found the bag that the bomb was in and alerted authorities. Despite this, the media fueled rumors that he was the one who d...

Frank Abagnale was a con man who impersonated numerous professions including claiming he was a pilot and doctor. He was jailed several times for check fraud. Many people label him a liar and say he embellished aspects of his life, which he disputes to this day. In 1980, he wrote a book about his life which was later adapted into the 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and To...

On the morning of June 6th, 2015 two prisoners escapes from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY. Richard Matt and David Sweat were both in prison for murder and decided they didn't want to be there anymore. With the help of prison guards they made their escape and a manhunt ensued. The search lasted for 3 weeks until Matt was killed and Sweat taken into custody. This is their story....

On the morning of May 18th, 1927, Andrew Kehoe murdered his wife and set his farm on fire. Meanwhile, at the Bath Consolidated School, he rigged explosives to go off at about the same time. He then drove to the school, parked his truck out front and detonated a bomb in his truck killing himself as well as other people surrounding it. After it was all said and done, he killed 38 students and 6 adul...

On July 18th 1984, James Huberty went to his local McDonald's armed with a 9mm Browning HP, a semi-automatic 9mm Uzi, and a Winchester 1200 12 gauge pump action shotgun. Once inside, he opened fire and spent the next 77 minutes shooting innocent people, killing 21 and injuring another 19. The response time of the police to the scene as well as him being in the building so long sparked public outra...

We wrap up the O.J. murder case with our 3rd and final episode. In part 2, we heard the prosecution's case and ended with the defense getting ready to claim that the police planted evidence and was racist towards Simpson. That is where we begin with this episode and we take it to the end of the trial which spawns the infamous Johnny Cochran quote "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." We end on the...

In part 2 the highly anticipated trial gets underway. The prosecution initially bases their case around the multiple domestic violence incidents between Simpson and Brown but that quickly gets dropped in favor of the overwhelming evidence against O.J. Meanwhile, the defense starts their case with claims of evidence being contaminated before switching it to the police allegedly planting evidence in...

On this episode we cover one of the most shocking events in American history, the O.J. Simpson murder case. Hailed as "The Trial Of The Century" millions had their eyes glued to the tv waiting to see what happened next. In part one we go over the murders and the events leading up to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman as well as the infamous white Bronco chase that nearly 100 milli...

The Rajneesh Movement was formed in India in the early 70's and after some trouble with the local authorities there, they moved their group to Oregon. While there they formed their own town called Rajneeshpuram and attempted to take over the nearby town of Antelope. This would lead to several group members being arrested for poisoning local salad bars with salmonella in which was the United States...

The Black Liberation Army was a far-left black nationalist organization formed by former Black Panther Party and Republic of New Afrika members. They were active from 1970-1981 during which they committed several crimes. The most notable being the robbery of a Brinks truck in 1981 that killed a guard and two police officers. Their most famous member, Assata Shakur, is Tupac's god-mother and Black...

We take it back all the way to the Prohibition era and take a look at Harry Pierpont. Harry Pierpont was a bank robber active from 1921 to 1934. While at the State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, he met John Dillinger and mentored him into the bank robber he would become. He escaped from prison several times, robbing banks in between before being caught for the last time and executed on October...