Madame DeBlanches had quite the reputation in 1921, as either a cesspool of villainy and sin or the best time it was possible to have in upstate New York. When the Mayor of Rochester’s brother, Mr. Herbert Walker, takes it upon himself to have a heart attack there one fine March evening, the women of Madame DeBlanche’s are forced to act quickly to save themselves from the moralizing wrath of the town.

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The Bootleggers Ep. 3: He Died Smiling (Downloadable mp3 – right click the link and choose “Save Link As…”)

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Written, Directed, and Edited by Karl Sparks.

Recording Engineered by Alex Keller

Voice Actors (in order of appearance):

Jack – Jesse Edmund (http://docpalindromeme.com/)

Uncle Richard – Derek Shoales (http://derekshoalesvoice.com/)

Katie – Mallory Scott

Dr. Crosby – Alex Keller

Mary – Carrie Klocke

Madame Deblanche – Bronwyn Lucas

Camilla – Amber Cutter

Frankie – M. J. P.

The Blue Nose – Karl Sparks

Marcus Sanac – Dan Barnak

Billy – Dan Brennan

The Pocket Radio Theater theme is by The Pueblano Boys 2011 – https://soundcloud.com/pueblano-boys-2011. Used with permission.

“Drunken Goodnight Irene” was written by Huddie ‘Leadbelly’ Ledbetter in 1908. Our pianist is Greg Madejski and vocals were provided by The Bootlegging Choir.

“Hungaria” by Latché Swing was released under a Attribution – Noncommercial – Share in Same Conditions France 2.0 license (link for more details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/fr/) This license requires that derivative works using this piece of music must be released under the same license – and so the section of this radio drama that includes this music (including the faux-phonograph version) are released under the equivalent license – feel free to use the recordings as I have modified them, and don’t feel obligated to attribute me (although of course you must attribute Latché Swing). THE REMAINDER OF THE DRAMA IS NOT RELEASED UNDER THIS LICENSE (this is because we have been granted explicit permission to use Virginia Liston’s recordings (described below) and we cannot grant same permissions to those who wish to use the recordings). It was downloaded from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Latch_Swing/demo_2008/Hungaria. Their website is http://www.latcheswing.fr/

The following three recordings:

Evil Minded Blues

Written by Virginia Liston (1890-1932)

Performed by Virginia Liston (vocals), unknown (cornet), unknown (banjo), unknown (piano)

Recording date: Chicago 29 May 1926

Cat Number: Vocalion 1031

Duration: 02’48”

I’m Gonna Get Me A Man That’s All

Written by Virginia Liston (1890-1932)

Performed by Virginia Liston (vocals), unknown (cornet), unknown (banjo), unknown (piano)

Recording date: Chicago 29 May 1926 

Cat Number: Vocalion 1032

Duration: 03’04”

Rolls Royce Papa

Written by Virginia Liston (1890-1932)

Performed by Virginia Liston (vocals), unknown (cornet), unknown (banjo), unknown (piano)

Recording date: Chicago 29 May 1926

Cat Number: Vocalion 1032

Duration: 02’54”

Are in the public domain. Document Records (document-records.com) allowed me to use their recordings gratis provided the episode has some educational value – we think this episode would be a useful component of a college class discussing the parallels between the women’s liberation movement and prohibition, as well as offering insight (when taken with the other episodes) into the connections between poverty and bootlegging.

“The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin (written in 1902), recorded using a player piano and a piano role and released by Kazoom