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Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi terrorist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was burned alive during a shootout with approximately 75 federal law enforcement agents who surrounded his house on Whidbey Island , near Freeland, Washington .
The Order was founded by Robert Jay Mathews in late September 1983 at his farm near Metaline, Washington. [14] Reportedly, Mathews's farm was where the members trained. [ 15 ] Mathews had previously formed the Sons of Liberty, an anti-communist militia mostly made up of Mormon survivalists , fundamentalists and associates of John Singer that ...
Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. The person they were after was Robert Jay Mathews, the leader of a white supremacist group committing armed robberies to finance plans to overthrow the government. The standoff lasted more than 30 hours.
Brotherhood of Murder is a 1999 American crime drama television film directed by Martin Bell and written by Robert J. Avrech, based on the 1988 autobiography by Tom Martinez and John Guinther. The film stars William Baldwin , Peter Gallagher , and Kelly Lynch , and tells the true story of the white supremacist group The Order , its founder ...
The Order, now a movie starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, was a real-life white nationalist organization in the 1980s.
Directed by Justin Kurzel and co-starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in revelatory turns, the film chronicles the rise of a hate group in the Pacific Northwest.
They are inspired by the real-life radical leader Robert Jay Mathews, played by Nicholas Hoult, and are plotting a war against the U.S. government. Ford said that “There is no doubt” that ...
In 1983, Robert Jay Mathews founded a revolutionary white supremacist terrorist group known as The Order (or The Silent Brotherhood) on his farm in Metaline, Washington. The group was formed with the goal of overthrowing the United States Federal Government, which they called " Zionist Occupation Government " (ZOG), and to establish an all ...