The evolution of southern crime.
NO CHARGES FILED – Investigation Concluded November 2024 The GBI investigation into Jason Bragg concluded with no criminal charges being filed. District Attorney Billy Joe Nelson Jr. of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit issued a letter…
In the shadow of one of Alabama’s most significant military installations, a little-documented scandal allegedly unfolded in the 1960s that would tie together a local Romeo, a powerful congressman, and international arms dealing. The case…
The Setup The State Line Mob operated in the 1950s and 1960s at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and McNairy County, Tennessee, along U.S. Route 45, engaging in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, robbery,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
