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Military Murder

ALABAMA: Jimmy Lee Dykes (Murder of Chuck Poland)

Military Murder

Mama Margot Productions LLC

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Our story today pins one veteran against the other. But what happens when one veteran, Chuck Poland, takes a stand against the other veteran, Jimmy Lee Dykes, in a standoff for the lives of a few dozen kids? It's a story of good vs evil. Join Margot as she discusses a 2013 kidnapping (committed by a stranger) from a school bus in Midland City, Alabama. ——- Ways to support your favorite podcast: Join My Patreon Family! Subscribe to Military Murder Premium on Apple Podcast! Rate/Review the Show! Tell a Friend about Military Murder —— Thanks to Today’s Sponsor: Everyplate! Visit everyplate.com/podcast and use code “49militarymama” for $1.49 meals and $1 steaks for life. ----- Military Murder is a military true crime podcast that focuses on murders committed by military members, veterans, and sometimes their family members. ---- Follow on social: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mamamargot TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@militarymargot Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/militarymurderpodcast Discussion Group: https://facebook.com/groups/militarytruecrime Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back TrueCram Army. I am your host Margo and this is military murder.

0:04.6

A show where I focus on crimes committed by military members and veterans.

0:08.4

But don't worry, you don't have to know anything about the military to listen, I promise.

0:12.3

You just have to be a true-Cram enthusiast and if that anything about the military to listen, I promise.

0:12.6

You just have to be a true crime enthusiast, and if that's you, welcome home.

0:17.2

Today's story is one of the most insane modern stories I had heard in a while.

0:21.8

Like I swear when I think about today's case, it almost appears I had to

0:25.0

to a while. Like, I swear when I think about today's case, it almost appears in my mind like on a news channel on one of those TV's that you had to walk up to to change the channel with knobs and antennas and stuff. I know, I know. But seriously, today's case was a

0:35.0

listener suggested case and it involves a bus full of kids, a kidnapping in

0:40.2

broad daylight, a seven-day hostage negotiation and an underground bunker in 2013.

0:48.8

Think about it, that was just 11 years ago.

0:51.8

It finally occurred to me that I hadn't heard about this story because

0:54.7

during the time that this was taking place I was finishing up my tour in

0:58.7

Afghanistan when everything went down but today's case was on national news.

1:04.4

Now today's topic is near and dear to my heart as my kids bus driver was recently

1:09.3

rerouted, leaving us all guessing as to when the substitute bus driver would arrive in the mornings.

1:15.2

But anyway, in addition to being grateful for teachers who put up with all them kids, including

1:20.0

mine, can we give props to bus drivers who put up with all the kids at the end of the day?

1:25.6

I know because I swear my two sweet angels come off the bus looking like they just got home

1:30.9

from moving rocks from one side of the field to the other. I'm like, is everything

1:35.9

okay? Shoot, when I was a kid, I was happy to be home at the end of the day. Not my kids, I

1:41.1

have to ramp myself up for their arrival at the end of every day.

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