The MLK Tapes - Official Trailer

Explore the rare recordings of eye-witness testimony that reveal the true story of the plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr. From the creators of Atlanta Monster, this is The MLK Tapes. The first two episodes are available now.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
When I got home, my wife and I was in
the kitchen and it came over radio and it just
knocked me down. Martin Luther King Jr. Was killed tonight
in Memphis, Tennessee, shot in the face as he stood
alone on the balcony of his hotel room, just saying
with me and my Sirion, they scared for me, But

(00:23):
the Lord told me not the word. I wanted to
tell this here, I've ben't want to tell it. All
My lions, you know the story. On April four, Dr
Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis. A
petty criminal named James Earl Ray was arrested. He pled
guilty to the crime and spent the rest of his

(00:44):
life in prison. Case closed right. One of the problems
that came out when I got the Ray case was
that some of the evidence, as far as I was concerned,
did not match the circumstances. The authorities were paraded. Oh,
we found a gun that James L. Ray bought in

(01:05):
Birmingham that killed Dr. King, Except it wasn't the gun
that killed Dr. King. Since Ray didn't have a trial,
the evidence against him was never tested by a jury,
and witnesses with the counts that didn't fit with the
official narrative never got a chance to take the stand.
But over the years, one by one people overcame fear

(01:26):
and stepped forward with what they saw, what they heard,
and in some cases what they did. The plan was
to get King to the city because they wanted it
handled in Memphis. Were dead in them could Hammon. I
called the Union Hall as his matter life and death.
I said, I thank these peoples of planning to kill

(01:48):
Dr King. From My Heart Radio and Tenderfoot TV, a
new series that challenges what we've all been told about
the murder of Martin Luther King, A story told by
people who would there. The news media likes to put
it out. James Earl Ray, the self confessed killer of
Dr Martin Luther King. Well that's an error. He never confessed.

(02:10):
He always denied it. James Elvy was upon for the
official story. I'm Bill Claibur and this is the MLK tapes. Well,
there were great and I knew right do the killing

(02:34):
because I was looking at him with the Jacques we barked.
I would want to vo