32: Kidnapping The Kaiser

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On December 31, 1918, Colonel Luke Lea of the 114th Field Artillery Regiment handed his commanding officer a request for leave from his post in Allied-occupied Luxembourg. He would not say where he was going or what he intended to do, though he assured the general he had nothing to worry about. General Spaulding called it the "strangest request for leave he had ever read," but approved it anyway. After all, Luke Lea was not just an excellent officer, he was also a successful lawyer, newspaper publisher, and one-term senator from Tennessee. How much trouble could he possibly get into.....

Grab a baseball and an ashtray (trust me). Reb is breaking down State v. Wallace B. Davis, Luke Lea, & Luke Lea, Jr. (1932), but more importantly, all of the unbelievable chaos that happened before it.

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0:00 - Intro w/ Executive Producer Simba

2:59 - CASE STARTS / LET’S GO BACK TO WWI

4:00 - Colonel Luke Lea needs a vacation to be a nuisance

6:00 - Tennesseans only

6:59 - We’re kidnapping whomst?

7:46 - What’s the Kaiser been up to these days?

11:40 - COLONEL LUKE LEA’S *MESSY* LORE

12:41 - Bloody Tennessee political drama

16:07 - Luke’s newspaper is now TMZ

19:12 - A good ol’ fashioned duel in the street

20:32 - Luke is messy and reaps the benefits

22:30 - REB’S SUMMARY OF ALL THAT CHAOTIC BEEF & LUKE LEA LORE

24:20 - The U.S. declares war, Luke joins the Army

24:50 - What was the plan here, babes?

27:23 - It’s Armistice Time! No need to ~arm~ the stice!

28:07 - Colonel Lea takes a vacation to….somewhere….

29:05 - ONLY Tennesseans allowed on my poorly planned kidnapping mission

30:00 - SUDDENLY I’M PATRIOTIC / LARRY MACPHAIL BASEBALL LEGEND

34:32 - KIDNAPPING ROAD TRIP IN A CADILLAC

42:05 - The border is crossed, shenanigans ensue

56:32 - #AshtrayGate

57:45 - PUNISHMENT….?

1:06:57 - I think Luke is a weirdo / Luke dabbles in felonies back home in the States

1:11:59 - What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm II, his cool ashtray, and the MLB guy who stole it?

1:12:58 - REB’S REBUTTAL

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