ON March 11, 2025, Mary Phagan-Kean—the great-niece of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, who was brutally murdered in 1913 by Jewish B’nai B’rith official Leo Frank—appeared on the Stew Peters television program. You can watch the full interview by clicking the video link above.
The trial, conviction, and execution of Frank led to the creation of what is now one of the most powerful organizations in America: the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Since its founding, the ADL has worked to silence and punish those who expose Jewish abuses of power. Today, alongside its allies in the media, academia, and government, the ADL continues to push the false claim that Frank was an “innocent victim of anti-Semitism.” They ignore and downplay the massive amount of evidence proving his guilt. The Brief of Evidence alone is over a thousand pages long, yet Frank’s defenders dismiss it—along with the fact that every court, from the Grand Jury to the Georgia Court of Appeals, and even the U.S. Supreme Court, upheld his conviction. This was despite Frank having some of the most skilled and well-funded attorneys of his time.
During the interview, Mrs. Phagan-Kean shares how she first learned she was related to one of America’s most well-known murder victims. She describes how, after seeing how the ADL and other Jewish groups used their vast money and influence to mislead the public into believing Frank was the victim rather than the murderer, she decided to devote her life to exposing the truth.
(In no way can Mary Phagan-Kean be called a bigot or “Jew-hater”—in fact, after her father was the leader of the color guard who honored a fallen Jewish airman, the airman’s Jewish family unofficially adopted the Phagans, and Mary always knew them affectionately as “grandma” and “grandpa.”)
Mrs. Phagan also details how Frank’s defenders have spent more than a century covering up the facts. Their tactics include:
- Framing innocent Black men. First, they tried to pin the crime on night watchman Newt Lee by planting a fake bloody shirt at his home. When that failed, they attempted to frame janitor Jim Conley by planting a fake bloody club and pay stub—and they have continued their efforts to frame Jim Conley right up to 2025. If Leo Frank were really an innocent man, would his allies and defense team have resorted to such crimes?
- Fabricating a bite mark hoax. Years after the trial, Frank’s defenders claimed that Mary Phagan’s body had “bite marks” that did not match his dental X-rays. But the official autopsy recorded no such marks, and dental X-ray analysis was not even used in Georgia courts until 70 years after Frank’s trial.
- Slandering Mary Phagan. Frank’s supporters attempted to smear the 13-year-old girl—whose reputation was spotless—by suggesting she was a seductress. This was a blatant attempt to shift blame away from her killer.
- Inventing the myth of an anti-Semitic trial mob. Months after the trial, Frank’s defenders falsely claimed that a violent crowd had gathered at the courtroom doors and windows, shouting, “Hang the Jew or we’ll hang you!” and the like. Contemporary photos and newspaper reports prove that no such mob ever existed.
- Tampering with historical records. Without informing the Phagan family, Frank’s supporters secretly altered the text on the historical marker at Mary Phagan’s gravesite to promote the false claim of his “innocence.”
- Holding secret meetings with government officials. As recently as 2025, Frank’s defenders have met behind closed doors with Georgia and Fulton County officials—while deliberately excluding the Phagan family and the public—to push for his official exoneration.
And these are just a few of the deceptive tactics used in this long-running campaign to rewrite history.
Mrs. Phagan-Kean also announces that a new, expanded edition of her book, The Murder of Little Mary Phagan, will be released this year. This updated volume will include even more evidence proving Frank’s guilt, revealing the crimes and hoaxes of his defenders, and exposing the relentless effort to clear the name of a man who was rightfully convicted of the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl.
Be sure to share this important interview with others. Understanding the forces behind the campaign to exonerate Leo Frank is key to understanding the power structures shaping the world today.