363. The Disappearance That Brought Down a Criminal Empire: Breanna Taylor

This week’s episode is a little different. Instead of focusing on a single crime, we're diving into an entire criminal organization, one built on loyalty, fear, violence, and an unbreakable code of silence. It all begins with the disappearance of 19-year-old Breanna Taylor from a quiet Ohio suburb in 2006. At first, her case seemed like another missing-person investigation. But as detectives dug deeper, they uncovered something far more disturbing: a sprawling white supremacist criminal enterprise operating in plain sight. What started as a search for one missing young woman would eventually expose a network of murder, drug trafficking, racketeering, and corruption, and lead to what federal prosecutors called the largest white supremacist racketeering case in American history. Join Cam and Jen as we discuss 'The Disappearance That Brought Down a Criminal Empire: Breanna Taylor.' Listener discretion by @OctoberpodVHS Music and editing @theinkypawprint Sources: https://thecinemaholic.com/breanna-taylor/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/the-aryan-brotherhood-of-texas-is-a-waitaminute-support-group-7141749/ https://www.kltv.com/story/8656782/aryan-brotherhood-member-arrested-in-owentown/ https://medium.com/@chelsealynnqueen94/the-aryan-brotherhood-of-texas-a-history-of-violence-and-power-ae1a0d6f9f83 https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2013/04/01/texas-prison-gang-to-get-scrutiny-in-double-slaying-sources-say/ http://dfwgangs.blogspot.com/2008/01/published-on-january-30-2008-at-1045am.html https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/dallas-police-to-tv-star-on-first-48/63BS4OSpJAg_ http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/us/aryan-brotherhood-texas-profile/ https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Aryan-Circle-Report.pdf https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/who-dale-tiger-jameton-do-details-the-takedown-american-aryans-subject-explored https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/largest-case-prosecuted-us-focusing-white-supremacist-prison-gang-members-swift-justice http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/aryan-brotherhood-texas-report.html https://tv.apple.com/au/show/the-takedown-american-aryans/umc.cmc.4udpssfpc8mnd8fhxmnjn2u1p https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/04/30/57-white-supremacist-gang-members-charged-in-north-texas-drug-trafficking-kidnapping-conspiracy/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/white-supremacist-gang-members-vast-criminal-conspiracy-detailed/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-11-29/news/love-among-the-ruinous/ https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/aryan-brotherhood-texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood_of_Texas https://www.hbomax.com/dm/en/shows/takedown-american-aryans/s1/c4b685b2-c1cd-47e9-80a9-95bf9afadd2c/e1-innocents/42d959c3-2ac7-40f7-bb5a-2d3b6fb87cb5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices