ENCORE The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst | On the Road
1/6/202641 min
With the SLA in tatters, Patricia Hearst goes on the run. The FBI gets an unusual tip, one that promises a breakthrough.
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First 90 secondsLindsay Graham· Host0:00
Want to get more from American Scandal? Subscribe to Wondery Plus for early access to new episodes, ad-free listening, and exclusive content you can't find anywhere else. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. This episode previously aired in 2022. A listener note, this episode contains descriptions of violence and may not be suitable for a younger audience. Wondery. It's the evening of May 17th, 1974. In a motel room in Anaheim, California, Patricia Hearst is sitting on a carpet watching the news. In a live broadcast, armed police officers in Los Angeles are swarming a residential neighborhood. A small yellow house is burning to the ground, and as billows of smoke drift into the sky, one of the TV commentators asks the question that seems to be on everyone's mind, has Patricia Hearst just died? Hearst sits up, disoriented by the surreal turn of events. Only minutes ago, the core members of the Symbionese Liberation Army got in a shootout with Los Angeles Police. The two sides exchanged thousands of rounds. It was a chaotic battle with seemingly no end in sight. But the fight took a turn when the SLA's house suddenly burst into flames, growing into a raging inferno. Hearst and two SLA members,