Behind the Bastards

Part Two: Elizabeth Dilling: The Original Candace Owens

July 2, 2026·1h 7m·6-min readconversationaltrue crime
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Elizabeth Dilling was a far-right anti-communist activist in the 1930s and 1940s who weaponized fear, defamation, and conspiracy theories to build a proto-crowdfunding media empire, positioning herself as a 'patriotic' truth-teller while aligning with Nazis, spreading anti-Semitism, and att

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Father Coughlin

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Liz DillingFather CoughlinFDRDorothy ThompsonHarry YoungAlfred M. Landon

Books

The Red Networkby Elizabeth DillingThe Octopusby Elizabeth Dilling

Companies

German American BundAryan Bookstore of Los Angeles

Topics

AuthoritarianismCivil Rights HistoryHistorical FiguresInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeUs Politics

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