On April 7th, 1919, a violent explosion ripped through the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth — a blast so powerful it shattered windows a mile away and left dozens of soldiers dead.
The government called it an accident.
The prisoners called it revenge.
And more than a century later, guards still whisper that something beneath those walls remembers.

In this Halloween finale, Becca unearths the haunting true story of The Blast Inside the Walls — a mix of fact, fire, and the ghosts of justice gone wrong.

This episode of Deadly Truths contains historical accounts of death, military justice, and violence. Listener discretion is advised.
All sources are cited and verified through official records and archival materials.
While the haunting elements are dramatized for storytelling, the historical foundation remains factual.📚 Resources & References:

• The Leavenworth Times (1919–1921 incident reports)

• Army Signal Corps Archives

• U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Fire Investigation Records (1919)

• Fort Leavenworth Military Historical Society

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🩶 New bonus season out now: Morally Bankrupt — the true stories of America’s 1930s bank robbers, from Dillinger to Bonnie & Clyde.

He robbed banks when the banks were robbing everyone else.
He burned mortgage records so families could keep their homes.
And when the FBI called him Public Enemy Number One, Oklahoma called him a hero.

In this episode of Deadly Truths, we uncover the rise and fall of Pretty Boy Floyd — from barefoot farm boy to Depression-era legend — and how the government’s war on crime turned a desperate man into an American myth.

Was he a cold-blooded killer… or the outlaw America needed most?

Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen.
— Woody Guthrie

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She wasn’t a mastermind. She was a mother — and Hoover needed a monster.

Before she was a headline, she was just a woman standing in a kitchen in the Ozarks — a pot boiling, four boys yelling, and a husband running out of patience.
Arizona Donnie Clark Barker — “Ma” — wasn’t born a monster. She was born poor, in a world that punished women for being anything but quiet.

When the FBI raided her Florida hideout in 1935, they claimed she was the criminal mastermind behind one of America’s most dangerous gangs — a gray-haired matriarch orchestrating kidnappings and murders while knitting in the corner.

But what if that was never true?
What if J. Edgar Hoover needed a story more than he needed the truth?

In this episode of Deadly Truths: Morally Bankrupt, Becca pulls back the curtain on the real Ma Barker — tracing her path from poverty in the Ozarks to the myth that made her a national villain. Using declassified FBI files, firsthand accounts, and Alvin Karpis’s own words, this story explores how one mother’s loyalty became a weapon — and how the government turned grief into propaganda.

🔎 Featuring:
– The Barker-Karpis Gang and the Edward Bremer kidnapping
– Hoover’s PR war and the creation of America’s first “gangster mother”
– Newly declassified records that reveal the truth behind the bullets at Ocklawaha

Was Ma Barker the most dangerous woman in America — or just the most convenient scapegoat?

Listen now to uncover the mother of all lies.

Written, narrated, and produced by Becca
Research sources include FBI declassified case files, On the Rock by Alvin Karpis, and contemporary press archives from The St. Paul Pioneer Press and The New York Times.

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