27. The Boys of Boise Scandal

Podcast: Homocidal Tendency: A Queer True Crime Podcast · Homocidal Tendency | LGBTQ Crime & Dark History

Opublikowano: 2026-06-28

​What happens when the justice system itself becomes the monster? In Episode 27, we are stepping away from our usual murder cases to uncover one of the most chilling examples of systemic corruption and moral panic in American history: the 1955 Boys of Boise scandal. ​At the height of the Cold War and the Lavender Scare, a single local incident in Boise, Idaho, was weaponized by police, politicians, and the Idaho Statesman newspaper into a massive, city-wide witch hunt. We explore how a community turned against its own citizens utilizing off-the-books interrogation rooms, FBI agents, and the threa...