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Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 1
Description: It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that J. Edgar Hoover was perhaps the most powerful American of the 20th century. By the time he established the FBI as America’s police force, presidents were afraid of him. Just exactly how did he get to be so puissant?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.