In Eastern Kentucky in the 1930's, the Black Legs Gang was accused of terrorizing citizens Magoffin and Floyd counties. These masked men were allegedly breaking into homes, ripping people from their beds and beating them with switches. The violence was carried out mainly because the victims supposedly talked bad about the gang leader. Others were beaten because they had dirty homes, refused to work or failed to send their kids to school. Will this gang be brought to justice? Or will corruption and widespread fear lead to an acquittal?
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Lexington Herald 3/25/35
Park City Daily News: 5/28/36
The Owensboro Messenger 5/29/36, 1/8/37, 1/9/37, 1/13/37
The Advocate Messenger 8/29/35
Kentucky Post and Times Star 1/8/37, 4/8/37, 4/10/37,
Courier Journal 1/10/37, 1/17/37, 4/7/37, 4/9/37, 4/13/37
Paducah Sun Democrat 1/13/37, 1/17/37
Portsmouth Daily Times 1/13/37
Springfield News Sun 1/13/37
The Times Recorder 1/15/37
Messenger Inquirer 1/18/37, 1/19/37
The Kentucky Advocate 1/11/37, 1/18/37
The Daily News 1/21/37
The Salem News 1/22/37
Lancaster Eagle Gazette 4/9/37
The St Louis Post Dispatch 4/18/37
People leave cults: https://www.peopleleavecults.com/resources/is-this-a-cult/non-religious-cults
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployed_Councils
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legion_(political_movement)
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