DIXIE MAFIA: PHENIX CITY Ep. 3 | “The Murder”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Corruption and murder challenge the system of crime in Phenix City. Hoyt Shepherd and Jimmie Matthews work to rig local elections using every available method. They use illegal tactics to help the mayor during his campaign for a spot on the City Commission, and a victory party becomes the setting for a murder that could finally shake up the criminal status quo. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Phoenix City, Alabama was a roaring good time in the late 1930s, even as the Great Depression
1:20.6	still gripped America.
1:22.5	The most common date listed as the end of the Depression is 1939, but economic depressions
1:28.3	don't simply stop overnight.
1:30.6	They gradually fade away as the economy improves.
1:34.4	So Americans were still suffering from hard times in 1938, even though the economy was slowly
1:40.4	getting better.
1:42.2	That year in Phoenix City, the Ritz Cafe collapsed and killed 24 people.
1:48.0	The Ritz was a gambling parlor that was owned by the two kingpins of the Phoenix City Underworld,
1:53.6	Hoit Shepherd and Jimmy Matthews.
1:56.4	A gambling racket called The Bug was so popular that Shepherd and Matthews rushed to
2:02.0	add a new room to the Ritz to accommodate all the people who wanted to try to win the daily
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