This week, the boys crack open one of the most chilling and under-told chapters in American history. Timothy Egan’s A Fever in the Heartland reads like a true crime thriller — except it actually happened. And it happened here.
The guys dive into the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the Midwest, led by a charismatic monster named D.C. Stephenson. It's got it all: power, politics, propaganda, and one courageous woman whose bravery brought it all crashing down.
From Indiana politics to national headlines, from hoods to handcuffs, we explore:
How the Klan became disturbingly mainstream
Why Midwest respectability was the perfect disguise for evil
And how a single trial exposed the rot underneath the robe
This isn’t just a history lesson.. Buckle up.
