On August 21, 1992, federal agents engaged in firefight on Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that started an 11-day siege of the Weaver family which left a mother and her son dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask how the situation started, who was at fault, and how did it all go so disastrously bad.
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Links for this episode:
- Jess Walter’s book Ruby Ridge
- Jon Ronson’s book Them: Adventures with Extremists
- Gary Noesner’s book Stalling For Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
- Ruby Ridge
- Randy Weaver
- Bo Gritz
- Entrapment
- Department of Justice Ruby Ridge Task Force Report
- Charges (w/Verdicts) Against Weaver and Harris
- Sheriff’s Review on Who Killed Sammy
- Lon Horiuchi
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