Mary Mahoney’s Old French House: Fish Fraud

The Opportunist

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Mary Mahoney’s Old French House was a beloved Gulf Coast landmark, serving presidents, celebrities, and locals for decades. On this episode of The Opportunist, we uncover the hidden story that threatened to tarnish its celebrated reputation.

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	U.K. slash Wondery. That's audible.com. UK slash Wondery.
0:28.6	The town of Biloxi, Mississippi sits on the southern end of the state, right along the Gulf Coast. It's a small community of 50,000 people, featuring peaceful white sand beaches, rolling hills of manicured golf courses, as well as tourist attractions like fine
0:40.3	dining. Since it's right on the water, seafood is a big part of life in Biloxi. And one of the most
0:47.9	well-known seafood restaurants is a place called Mary Mahoney's Old French House.
0:57.1	Everybody in town knows who the Mahonies are.
1:02.0	I found when talking to sources, there were some sources that didn't want to talk to me for the story.
1:04.3	The Mahonies are a big, powerful family.
1:09.4	In the years since the restaurant opened back in 1964,
1:14.5	Mary Mahonies became a local institution, drawing in both townies and tourists alike. The gorgeous old building that houses the restaurant features
1:21.1	ivy-colored walls, exposed brick, pine floors, and an open fireplace.
1:33.6	The elegant dining room features tables covered with crisp white linen tablecloths.
1:37.6	People go to Mary Mahoney's for a special experience.
1:40.9	Something serene and elevated.
1:48.8	But on the morning of November 19, 2019, that serenity was shattered by something very unexpected. Some of the details are sort of wrapped in secrecy, but there was an anonymous
1:56.0	tipster who went and talked to the state.
2:05.9	At least 15 federal agents burst into the courtyard garden and swarmed into the elegant dining room.
2:09.3	Someone had tipped them off that something about Mary Mahoney's old French house
2:14.3	wasn't what it seemed to be.
2:24.0	Yeah. old French house wasn't what it seemed to be. This is the opportunist, an original podcast from podcast one.
2:29.2	You're listening to a story told in one episode called Mary Mahoney's Old French House, Fish Fraud.
2:36.4	I'm Sarah James McLaughlin.
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