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1976, Part 19: The Strange Story of Patty Hearst
Welcome to The Georgia Politics Podcast! It's 1976 again, and this time we explore the strange and controversial story of Patty Hearst.
In 1974, the granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a radical militant group. What followed shocked the nation as Hearst later appeared to join her captors, participating in a bank robbery and becoming one of the most notorious figures in a case that captivated the American public.
We look back at Hearst's kidnapping, her transformation from victim to accused accomplice, the media…
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