194: The History of the Dixie Mafia

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

By the 1960s, organized crime gangs were well and truly already becoming a presence across the north of the United States, as underworld figures fought for sole control over highly lucrative gambling, illegal alcohol, and prostitution rings. Down south, things were done a slightly different way. But even though one criminal network in particular didn’t have a strict code, this didn’t make them any less dangerous. Based out of Biloxi, MI, they soon monopolized the control of many illicit activities across numerous states where big profits could be made, but only by those willing to be uncompromisingly ruthless. This is the history of the Dixie Mafia.

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Suggested reading:
‘Wicked Phenix City’ by Faith Serafin, ‘Last Gangster in Austin’ by Jesse Sublett, ‘The Twelfth of August: The Story of Buford Pusser’ by W.R. Morris, and of course, ‘Mississippi Mud, Southern Justice, and the Dixie Mafia’ by Edward Humes.

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0:00.8	Southern Fraud True Crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners,
0:05.2	and there may also be some explicit language used.
0:08.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.4	Just over three years ago, I released Episode 91, The Sherry Murders, The Dixie Mafia
0:20.4	and Corruption in Biloxie. The way it organized crime in Biloxie and the dangerous and powerful
0:26.1	Dixie Mafia, in particular began and went on to operate, played a fundamental role in the story
0:31.9	of the 1987 Murders of Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret. Throughout the episode,
0:38.0	I sprinkled information about the house, whose and wise of relevant Dixie Mafia activities
0:43.5	and corruption, to give an overall socio-historical context and essence of place and time.
0:49.4	But there is much more to this criminal enterprises sorted in CD history, aside from the Sherry case.
0:57.8	I've been inundated with requests for a standalone episode on the Dixie Mafia,
1:02.5	so this one, while not exhaustive, is solely dedicated to exploring the profound impact
1:08.4	the network's operations had on life and the law in the South.
1:13.6	Welcome to bonus Episode 194, The History of the Dixie Mafia.
1:28.0	If you're not familiar with the story of the Sherry Murders and the Dixie Mafia's involvement
1:32.7	in that case, I do recommend that you go back and listen to the episode.
1:37.3	While there's much discussion in Southern folklore about how exactly and when the Dixie Mafia
1:42.6	was born, one theory has it that the group emerged out of the Appalachian states,
1:47.6	taking root in Baloxima, Mississippi, before spreading across the Southeast United States,
1:52.8	throughout the mid-late 20th century. Despite their nickname of the Cornbread Kosanostra,
1:59.6	the Dixie Mafia didn't operate like traditional Italian and Eastern European crime families.
2:05.2	In the South, common sense more than anything was the catalyst for this transient,
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