Description

A funeral furlough turned to gunfire. A lifer who somehow ran the prison from the inside. Sisters who couldn’t stay out of headlines. In Episode 8, Influence and Infamy, the Kimes name shifts from back-road robberies to front-page spectacle: Matthew becomes a powerful “trusty” inside McAlester, George pleads for mercy with a heartbreaking letter, and Nellie and Jackie spiral through arrests, rumors, and bad company. Quail hunts, prison rodeos, forged paroles, and a public furious at the idea of clemency—this is the uneasy calm before the next storm.

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Chapters00:00 — Previous episode recap

01:25 — The Shadow Lingers

03:45 — “Most Powerful Behind the Walls”

07:10 — The Quail Hunt Leave

08:22 — Voices of the Victims

10:25 — Misidentifications, arrests, and George in solitary

13:39 — Pilfering charges, Matt loses trusty status, and George’s desperate letter

18:52 — “Fighters, Incarcerated”

23:35 — Toward the Door Marked Clemency

23:57 — Preview of Episode 9

🎵 Theme Music: A Lazy Farmer Boy by Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931

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Dust Toll, Kimes Brothers, Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma History, True Crime Podcast, Historical Crime, Bank Robbery, Beggs Oklahoma, 1920s Outlaws, Phantom Bandit, Dust Toll Podcast