⚖️ Episode 20: The Steunenberg Assassination and the Haywood Trial (1905–1907)

In this landmark episode of The Glitched Gavel, we witness a explosive clash between industrial titans and radical labor in the "Trial of the Century," where the legal system was pushed to the brink by kidnapping, corporate-funded trains, and a star witness with a history of blowing things up.

• The Gates of Hell: On New Year’s Eve 1905, former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg was assassinated by a bomb rigged to his garden gate. The killer, a drifter named Harry Orchard, confessed to the crime but claimed he was a hired hitman for the "Inner Circle" of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), specifically targeting Steunenberg for his brutal suppression of mining strikes years earlier.
• The "Speci ...