https://www.spreaker.com/show/7419310enTrue Crime© 2026 YesOui.aihttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2dbb1fc2887cccd685b37e8f1d3fc7ab.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/7419310Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:47:04 +0000YesOuiYesOuihello@yesoui.aiThe eleven-day siege on an Idaho mountain in August 1992. Randy Weaver, the failed federal informant. The sawed-off shotgun charge. The initial marshal service confrontation. Vicki Weaver killed at the cabin door. Sammy Weaver killed in the woods. The...false2af9eeb1-7b1c-5473-9947-b94b537c4137trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-on-the-mountain-the-siege-that-sparked-a-movement--75442093
This episode traces every step of the road to Ruby Ridge: the Aryan Nations connection, the failed informant recruitment, the coerced firearms charge, and the fateful decision by federal prosecutors to halt negotiations and send marshals into the woods. It examines the firefight that killed fourteen-year-old Sammy Weaver and Deputy Marshal William Degan, the disputed rules of engagement that authorised FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi to shoot, and the moment Vicki Weaver was killed at her own cabin door holding her infant daughter.

But Ruby Ridge is more than a story about one family. The acquittals at Randy Weaver's trial exposed the government's conduct to a national audience. Within three years, Timothy McVeigh would name Ruby Ridge among his justifications for the Oklahoma City bombing. The modern American militia movement — with all its lasting political consequences — traces a direct line back to those eleven days in August 1992.

This is the story of how a sawed-off shotgun charge became a turning point in American history.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75442093Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:00:21 +0000trueYesOuiIn the summer of 1992, a remote ridge in northern Idaho became the site of one of the most consequential law enforcement disasters in American history. What began as a low-level ATF sting — a government informant coaxing Randy Weaver into selling two...
This episode traces every step of the road to Ruby Ridge: the Aryan Nations connection, the failed informant recruitment, the coerced firearms charge, and the fateful decision by federal prosecutors to halt negotiations and send marshals into the woods. It examines the firefight that killed fourteen-year-old Sammy Weaver and Deputy Marshal William Degan, the disputed rules of engagement that authorised FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi to shoot, and the moment Vicki Weaver was killed at her own cabin door holding her infant daughter.

But Ruby Ridge is more than a story about one family. The acquittals at Randy Weaver's trial exposed the government's conduct to a national audience. Within three years, Timothy McVeigh would name Ruby Ridge among his justifications for the Oklahoma City bombing. The modern American militia movement — with all its lasting political consequences — traces a direct line back to those eleven days in August 1992.

This is the story of how a sawed-off shotgun charge became a turning point in American history.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>7951992 standoff,atf sting,fbi standoff,government overreach,idaho siege,lon horiuchi,militia movement,randy weaver,ruby ridge,timothy mcveigh,true crime podcast,vicki weaverfalsefull