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Bootleggers and Bandits: The Wild Side of Prohibition in Vegas

Bootleggers and Bandits: The Wild Side of Prohibition in Vegas

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This podcast episode was originally released as part of the Sin City Stories: Vegas True Crime series


With the passage of the 18th Amendment and the Federal Volstead Act, liquor was, by and large, made illegal across the United States starting in 1920 – including in the tiny newly-formed desert town of Las Vegas.

This immediately created a lucrative black market for the illicit sale of alcohol, and along with it came an explosion of violent crime as competing rackets fought for control of this new underground market.k h

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