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I recently saw a cut down version of "Cross of Fire". I was interesting to discover that it was in most key respects it seems to be true.
Stephenson managed to grow the Klu Klux Klan to millions in the Mid West. He used his influence incredibly corruptly - especially in his home state of Indiana.
He became obsessed with his desire for a progressive woman public servant called Madge Oberholzer.
He raped her with such incredible sadism that he drove her to what turned out to be a slow suicide.
He was convicted of second degree murder. When the governor did not pardon him he released proof of the corruption of lots of high public officials.
The KKK collapsed from an organization of perhaps 6 million to a much smaller less mainstream group. (After release he again violently assaulted women and girls and he did die in jail in the 60s)
Had he tagetted women who did not have relatives who would fight for justice just how far could he and the Klan have got?