FtV - The Bootlegger Queen of Vermont
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 38 – In Episode 162, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger travel back to 1925 in West Halifax, Vermont – the height of prohibition – to ride shotgun with Hilda Stone, the Bootlegger Queen of Vermont, on one of her many runs to Canada. Stone was drawn into a life of crime after her husband came into financial difficulties, but she stayed for the love of the chase. Stone became an icon in the newspapers, and got arrested more times than you can count on one hand. But she kept coming back to deliver illegal booze to New Englanders. This episode first aired September 24, 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, legendary listeners. |
| 0:01.7 | Thanks for tuning in to From the Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes. |
| 0:06.1 | Look for a new episode every week. |
| 0:07.8 | Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England Legends.com? |
| 0:11.6 | You bet. |
| 0:12.2 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:20.7 | So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:28.3 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome to the Vault. |
| 0:30.6 | Good to have you here. |
| 0:31.9 | Thanks for covering for me last week, Ray. |
| 0:33.8 | Hey, I'm so sorry you were sick. |
| 0:35.3 | You sound better now. |
| 0:36.4 | I'm feeling much, much better. So |
| 0:38.1 | apologies for the doubling up on the vault, but, you know. It is what it is. And it's the holiday season. It's a weird time of the year. It is all those things. More vaults coming up, actually. That's right. We've got some more vaults coming up because we get a little time off to. be with |
| 0:50.6 | We should, |
| 0:51.3 | right? |
| 0:51.6 | We should. |
| 0:52.2 | Okay. |
| 0:52.4 | We've earned it. |
| 0:53.2 | I know. |
| 0:53.8 | I know, I know. |
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