124: Prohibition's "Bootleg King" George Remus w/ Karen Abbott - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

My guest is Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of "Sin in the Second City", "American Rose", and "Liar, Temptress, Soldier. Spy".

She discusses her new book, "The Ghosts of Eden Park", and the wild story of George Remus, the most powerful bootlegger in early Prohibition-era America. It's a roller-coaster tale - his rise, his fall, and the strange love triangle he shared with wife Imogene and Prohibition Agent Franklin Dodge, which would ultimately drive him to such rage that he would shoot her dead and face a sensational trial.

The author's website: https://karenabbott.net/

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1:16.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of the most notorious podcast,
1:20.0	I'm Eric Rivenes. Happy to have you here with me as always.
1:24.0	My guest today is Karen Abbott.
1:27.0	She is the New York Times best-selling author of Sin in the Second City,
1:32.0	one of my all-time favorites, American Rose,
1:35.0	and most recently, Liar Temptress Soldier Spy.
1:38.0	And I interviewed her about that particular book, about three years ago or so,
1:43.0	for those of you who remember.
1:45.0	Her new book, The Ghosts of Eden Park, is an indie next pick,
1:51.0	an Amazon Best Book of August, and a top-fall history title for publishers weekly,
1:57.0	which in its starred review, called it a real-life page-turner that will appeal to fans of Eric Larson.
2:04.0	Thank you for coming on again.
2:07.0	Thank you so much for having me, Eric.
2:09.0	So how long have you been working on this book?
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