Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg

Episode 10: Honoring Alan.

Decades after his shocking murder, Alan Berg was mostly forgotten, even among the people of Denver who had fallen in love with his radio show. That tide turned in 2022 when the Denver Press Club finally inducted him into their Hall of Fame. But what took so long? And what could Alan Berg have become had his life not ended so tragically and so abruptly? All that and more is explored in our final episode.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Episode 9: The Trial of the Order.

After their leader is killed in a violent firefight with federal agents, the remaining members of the Order come together to stand trial in a Seattle courtroom. For the first time, Alan Berg's friends and colleagues are privy to all the details of exactly who killed this titan of talk radio and the lengths they went to in order to track him down. And one particular detail in the prosecution's case truly shocks the staff at KOA radio in Denver, revealing that at one point a member of the Order actually walked amongst them. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Episode 8: Standoff at Whidbey Island.

Following the discovery of the weapon used to murder Alan Berg, Wayne Manis and the FBI close in on the Order's leader, Robert Mathews. Their attempt to bring Mathews to justice culminates in a violent and fiery exchange on Whidbey Island, Washington. And the details of that standoff between Mathews and authorities proved just as startling as the decision made by Denver's district attorney, Norman Early. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Episode 7: Cracking the Case.

Following the shocking murder of popular radio host Alan Berg, local law enforcement in Denver went weeks without much of a lead. But all that changed when an armored car was held up hundreds of miles away in Ukiah, California. A single piece of evidence from that brazen robbery swiftly cracked the case wide open, with FBI agent Wayne Manis uncovering a direct link between Berg's murder and a violent organization no one had heard of up to that point. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Episode 6: Mourning a Friend, Investigating a Murder.

In the wake of the shocking assassination of Alan Berg, KOA staff were forced to balance mourning their friend with the task of reporting his murder. All while the Denver Police Department struggled to find any leads. As station manager Lee Larsen worked to maintain calm and order at KOA, his producers got to work finding out who could have committed this crime. And eventually the case broke wide open in a way nobody could have expected. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.