#085 - She Harvey Oswald, Part 5

#085 - She Harvey Oswald, Part 5

From Fourth Reich Archaeology by Fourth Reich Archaeology

February 27, 2026 · 2h 6m

About this episode

The episode explores the life of Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme leading up to her assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford in September 1975.

This week marks our penultimate episode about the first of the two would-be assassins who, in September 1975, pointed a gun at President Gerald R. Ford and pulled the trigger. That’s right, folks, we are nearing the end of the line for Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. In this episode, we focus on the lead-up to the day that changed Squeaky’s life forever. We start off by returning to our dig site in the early 1970s, with Squeaky and her Manson sister, Sandra Good, living in Sacramento, California. Shacked up in a Victorian era mansion-turned tenement, Squeaky and Sandy find themselves in the closest they've had to a routine in a long time. They take classes at the local community college, dumpster dive for food, and sew clothes with their landlord. The two were also working on their next big scheme for Charlie, for Air Trees, Water, and Animals. Squeaky also continued to work full-time on her book and to secure visitation rights for Charlie. At the time, the city of Sacramento was experiencing conditions similar to those of many cities in the 1970s. Between the national spike in crime and the great suburban migration, Sacramento was turning into a bit of a ghost town. The perfect…

People in this episode

Host: Fourth Reich Archaeology

Topics covered

  • assassination attempt
  • Lynette Fromme
  • 1970s history
  • Gerald Ford
  • Manson family
  • California

Keywords

  • Lynette Fromme
  • Gerald Ford
  • assassination
  • Manson family
  • 1970s
  • California
  • history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Symbionese Liberation Army

Places: Sacramento, California

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