PODCAST HIGHLIGHT: INFAMOUS AMERICA
The first installation of Infamous America’s coverage of the Dixie Mafia, 6 episodes focused mostly on the Georgia side of the group, is some of the best work ever done on them. The second installation…
The Badge and the Brothel: How Phenix City’s Lawmen Built a Criminal Empire
When “To Protect and Serve” Meant Something Altogether Different In the annals of American corruption, few stories match the brazen audacity of Phenix City, Alabama’s law enforcement in the 1940s and early 1950s. While most…
The Lamar Reid Voter Fraud Case (1954)
Background Lamar Reid was a 28-year-old Birmingham attorney who served as the chairman of the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee in 1954. He became entangled in one of Alabama’s most infamous political corruption scandals connected…
The Bomb That Changed Georgia Law Forever: Jackson County’s Dark Era and the Murder That Made History
How the Assassination of a Prosecutor Led to the Only County in Georgia Where the GBI Still Has Permanent Authority On the morning of August 7, 1967, Floyd Hoard kissed his wife Imogene goodbye, finished…
The Fate Leebern Murder (1946)
Background Fayette “Fate” D. Leebern was a prominent crime kingpin and liquor dealer from Columbus, Georgia, operating during the 1940s. He was a successful businessman who founded Georgia Crown Distributing Company (originally Columbus Wine Company…
The Dixie Mafia in Georgia: A Comprehensive History
Focus on North and Northeast Georgia Operations (1940s-1980s) INTRODUCTION The Dixie Mafia’s Georgia operations represent one of the darkest chapters in the state’s criminal history. Unlike the structured Italian-American Mafia, the Dixie Mafia was a…