Eleanor Roosevelt’s FBI Dossier
Did J Edgar Hoover secretly fear Eleanor Roosevelt?
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46 mins
Explore how J. Edgar Hoover built a vast FBI dossier on Eleanor Roosevelt and turned his personal resentment into decades of surveillance. Discover the controversial allegations, intercepted reports, and supposed “Lash affair” that Hoover collected and later used against her. Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt’s refusal to be intimidated.
Ep 1:
The Background Check That Started a War
A routine background check on a White House aide spirals into decades of FBI vendetta, as Hoover brands Eleanor Roosevelt an enemy and hunts for scandal to use against her.
Ep 2:
Files, Fear, and the Machinery of Power
Inside Hoover's secret vaults of blackmail and the covert war of COINTELPRO, where fabricated smears destroyed reputations, wrecked lives, and helped push actress Jean Seberg toward tragedy.
Ep 3:
Race, Rivals, and the Art of the File
Hoover's uneasy dance with civil rights, tokenism, and political blackmail reveals how he traded secrets with presidents while quietly sabotaging Eleanor Roosevelt's influence and reappointment hopes.
Ep 4:
Unbreakable: Eleanor Versus the Files
Eleanor Roosevelt refuses to bend to Hoover's dossiers and paranoid suspicions, while her death and his leave behind a legacy of fear, files, and unanswered questions about power.
Discussions (5)
Jason
Level 3 · 3 weeks agoHoover served as FBI director from 1924 to 1972, that checks out
Saul
Level 2 · 3 weeks agoHoover never forgot anything
Willie
Level 5 · 3 weeks agoHoover had 3000 pages on Eleanor and she still didn't care. That's not a file, that's a hobby.
