S1 Ep90: The Silent Witnesses: The Tragic Fates of Ira Briscoe and Limon Little
Uncover the deeply unsettling, unsolved deaths of Ira Briscoe and Limon Little in Sikeston, Missouri, in 1953, in this Among Monsters episode. Explore how these two Black men met their violent ends within months of each other, during the harsh era of Jim Crow segregation. This podcast meticulously details the official, yet highly contested, narratives: Briscoe's alleged suicide by hanging in police custody at the Sikeston city jail, despite evidence of severe bruising, and Little's supposed accidental drowning after a confrontation with a white city marshal, despite signs of a beating…
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