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John Currington describes delivering a briefcase containing $125,000 in cash to attorney Percy Foreman to ensure that James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. The goal was to prevent a public trial where Ray might reveal who actually funded or organized the assassination. This payoff, orchestrated by H.L. Hunt, effectively closed the case and protected the high-level conspirators involved.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The official narrative identified James Earl Ray as the lone gunman who fired from a nearby rooming house bathroom. However, the hosts introduce skepticism regarding this account, noting that Ray's "three names" fit a typical pattern for alleged lone assassins in American history.
Judge Joe Brown asserts that the rifle on display at the Civil Rights Museum was not the weapon used to kill Dr. King. Brown claims a two-man hit team fired from a fire station dormitory, not the rooming house. He further explains that James Earl Ray never actually confessed to the murder but entered an "Alford plea," which allows a defendant to maintain innocence while accepting a plea deal in their best interest.
The show concludes with a "fact or fiction" segment about a 2002 MLK Day plaque in Lauderhill, Florida, that accidentally thanked "James Earl Ray" instead of the intended speaker, James Earl Jones. The hosts use this dark irony to wrap up their discussion on the hidden facts of King's life. They sign off by encouraging listeners to pay attention to everything and return for the next episode.
