In recent years, the cocaine gold rush by Columbian Cartels in the 70s & 80s has become gangster mythology.

We have been inundated by shows like Narcos, Cocaine Cowboys, American Made & others that have attempted to tell the stories of Pablo Escobar, Giselda Blanco, Barry Seale, Carlos Lehder and the Medellin Cartel.

Pilot Jack Carlton Reed was a world record holding drag racer before making the decision to begin smuggling cocaine in the 70s. After being introduced to Carlos Lehder, he would move to Norman's Cay and for almost four years assisted him on the infamous Bahamian island that the government claims moved tons of cocaine into the United States.

Reed would eventually be the co-defendant to Lehder in the longest running drug trial in American history, convicted and given two life sentences.

He would refuse all interview requests, book and film offers until a fellow pilot & journalist named MayCay Beeler while researching a documentary film on Norman's Cay.

The two would form an indelible bond, leading to Reed writing his memoirs for Beeler's book Buccaneer- the Provocative Odyssey of Jack Reed- Adventurer, Drug Smuggler and Pilot Extraordinaire, and MayCay questioning how a non-violent offender could be given multiple life sentences.

In Glamour Profession, we take a look at Jack Reed's adventures, and give listeners the real story of Norman's Cay. We also take a deep dive into the drug trial of Reed and his close friend Carlos Lehder.

Finally MayCay Beeler, our co-pilot in the telling of this epic story, tells listeners about her two year battle with the government to see Jack Reed released from prison.

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