What do you do when the skeleton in your family’s closet may know things about the most notorious murder of the 20th century?

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This week we will explore the real-life game of cops and robbers that Guy encountered as a young FBI agent, his biggest cases of his early career, his relationship with Hoover, and giving credit where credit is due. Was Guy at the shooting of John Dillinger? Or are the history books wrong?

Sources

Guy’s FBI File

Hoover’s FBI, by DeLoach

Persons in Hiding, by J. Edgar Hoover

Butte, Montana: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Siberia

Lester Gillis (“Baby Face” Nelson) — FBI

Bentz, Eddie (1894-1979) - HistoryLink.org

John Dillinger — FBI

FBI Records: The Vault — John Dillinger

Public Enemies: Ranking the Depression era criminals – Brian Hunt

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It’s not terribly notable that an FBI agent would be hunting down a kidnapper. The law changed in 1932 after the Lindbergh kidnapping, and kidnapping was placed fully in the jurisdiction of the FBI. What is very notable is that the 1936 raid wasn’t Guy’s first brush with a kidnapper.

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*Research assistance from our local library. Go check out a library in your area! Librarians! They drink coffee and know things!

*Thank you, Dad, Bruce, for all of your stories and help with the research, and thank you so much, anonymous FBI friend, for your help in interpreting Guy’s file.

*Thanks to the Butte Historical Society President, Paddy Dennehy, for his assistance.

Sources

The Monroe News-Star, the Monroe Morning World, The Macon News, and the Crowley Post-Signal, via Newspapers.com

Persons in Hiding, By J. Edgar Hoover

Hoover’s FBI, by Cartha DeLoach

Butte, Montana: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Siberia

The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America ‹ CrimeReads

When Kidnappings Were All the Rage

Roger “The Terrible” Touhy — FBI

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Who really was Guy Banister? Was he a hero, or a conspirator in the most impactful and infamous murder of the 20th century? Or was he something in between?

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Source Notes and Links:

"Cold Six Thousand," by James Ellroy

"American Tabloid," by James Ellroy

"Libra," by Don DeLillo

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/finding-aids/garrison-papers.html

https://jeffersonmorleybooks.com/

https://jfkfacts.substack.com/

https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Main_Page.html

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When I talk about the history of the Banisters, it almost seems like I'm name dropping as many famous or infamous people as I can. Today's episode is all about our relationship with Huey P. Long, the Kingfish of Louisiana, and how his story shows patterns still relevant today.

SOURCES

The Monroe News-Star, accessed via Newspapers.com, regarding Troy’s death

Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard D. White, Jr.

Huey Long-Website that is Pro-Huey Long

Louisiana After Long – The Louisiana Scandals

Long escaped early impeachment try

Louisiana’s Ethical Swamp — ProPublica-Details about current issues with corruption

The Enigmatic Kingfish, Huey Long — Historical Blindness

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Sources

Guy’s FBI File

Hoover’s FBI, by DeLoach

Persons in Hiding, by J. Edgar Hoover

Act of Treason, by Mark North

Hamer, Francis Augustus

J. Edgar Hoover,

The Nation Calls,

Hoover's Hidden Wordsmiths

Hoover Criticism

Lindbergh Kidnapping

Crime in the Depression

The FBI and the American Gangster

Mortality Statistics 1926

Mob Turned to Plastic Surgeons

Fingerprints as Evidence

Bonnie and Clyde: The Romanticized Outlaws

Serial Killer Series - Bonnie and Clyde

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Guy’s career took a sharp turn during this period. Many questions still loom about his life in this period. Nothing is in his FBI file regarding any specific intelligence work, but the family has known and reported for a long time that he was in counterintelligence. Who specifically did he work for? Was he working for the Office of Naval Intelligence as Jim Garrison alleged?

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CREDITS

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Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan’s Balloon Bomb Attack on America, by Ross Coen

Secrets and Spies: Behind-the-Scenes of World War II, by Multiple Authors, Published by Reader’s Digest

Espionage and the Manhattan Project, 1940-1945.

World War, Cold War, 1939-1953 — FBI

The American Home Front During World War II: Enemies on the Home Front (U.S. National Park Service)

Japanese Forces in the Pearl Harbor Attack

Who Was William Guy Banister and How Did He Relate to the JFK Assassination?

Banister and the ONI

Microdot Doll — FBI

Balloon Bombs: Japan's Answer to Doolittle > National Museum of the United States Air Force™ > Display.

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