Prohibition - William "Big Bill" Dwyer
Big Bill was an Irish American bootlegger from New York who turned a small operation into a multi million dollar empire. At the height of his success, he had a smuggling operation that ran from Europe...
20 Jul 202144min
Prohibition - Women Of Prohibition
You don't really much about women during Prohibition, but believe it or not they were major players in the game. Back in those days women were not ever suspected of being bootleggers so they took adva...
14 Jul 20211h 31min
Prohibition - The Purple Gang
The Purple Gang ran Detroit during the 1920's with their control of the liquor, prostitution, and gambling businesses. All that money wasn't enough as they also hired themselves out as hitmen for othe...
6 Jul 202152min
Prohibition - John Ashley: King Of The Everglades
John Ashley was the so called "King Of The Everglades" and for good reason. Throughout the 1910s and early 20's he and his gang ran South Florida, operating several stills in the hard to reach swamp l...
29 Jun 202153min
Prohibition - Nucky Johnson
You might know Nucky from the popular HBO series Boardwalk Empire where Steve Buscemi portrayed him as Nucky Thompson. Although based on Johnson, that character was highly fictionalized as Johnson was...
22 Jun 202136min
Prohibition - Eliot Ness
Everyone knows about Ness and his role in taking down Capone, but do you know his life after? Ness made his claim to fame on bringing down Al Capone, but that was the highlight. After the Capone case ...
15 Jun 202145min
Prohibition - Bill McCoy
On this episode we take a look at Bill McCoy who was a prominent rum runner in the early days of Prohibition. He started out as a boat builder as well as a captain but when this business started to fa...
8 Jun 202134min
Prohibition - Lucky Luciano
On this episode hear all about Lucky Luciano! One of the early members of the American Mafia, he played a key role in bootlegging during the prohibition as well. We take a look at his early years in c...
3 Jun 20211h 24min
