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Meet the Woman Who Was the Nixon Era’s Alex Jones

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Mae Brussell was a Carmel, California housewife living a normal life. Then JFK was shot, and she started…believing things. Then she got a radio show. Sound familiar?

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Matt Lewis

Matt Lewis

Senior Columnist

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