On today’s episode of The Outfit, Dan and Alana head to Prohibition-era Cincinnati, where a former lawyer-turned-bootlegger becomes a mark for an ambitious conwoman. Plus, Dan and Alana reminisce on sophomore year English class.

Sources:

King of the Bootleggers: A Biography of George Remus by William A. Cook

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius by Bob Batchelor

Prohibition by Jeff Hill

The newspaper archives of the Chicago Tribune, The Cincinnati Enquirer, the Chicago Daily News, the Cincinnati Post, the Kentucky Post, the Pittsburgh Press, The Dayton Herald, Detroit Free Press, the New York Daily News, The Cleveland Press, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Dan and Alana revisit the story of Ken Eto, nicknamed “Tokyo Joe,” whose experience of racist persecution and American internment camps set him up for a life lived in the margins — and high up inside the Chicago Outfit. That is, before a fabulous FBI agent with a gun in her Gucci derails his underworld climb.

Sources:

Read Dan’s *award winning* Chicago Magazine story on Ken Eto here!

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On this, the day of the very first episode of The Outfit, Dan and Alana revisit one of the most famous mobsters to ever live: Al Capone. Plus, they look at how the mafia has shaped American life in surprising ways — and how it helps explain the world we live in today.

Sources:

Gus Russo, "The Outfit" 

Nelson Algren, “Chicago: City on the Make”  

John Binder, “Al Capone’s Beer Wars” 

William and John Balsamo, "Young Al Capone” 

John Kobler, "Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone” 

Laurence Bergreen, “Capone: The Man and the Era”

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Welcome to The Outfit premiering August 14th. Each week, a fascinating (and often hilarious) Mafia story reveals something deeper about the way our society works. Hosted by Alana Hope Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan. Produced by Higher Ground and Headgum.

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