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OM Backroads Ep:85: Lake Erie Rum Runners versus the Coast Guard during Prohibition. Our interview with author RC Durkee
·1 hr 21 min·5 clips
A $1 bottle of whiskey became $147 in today's money, turning fishermen into rum runners overnight.
As heard by us
Lake Erie Prohibition history, told through a chase that turns grim.
Lake Erie Prohibition history sits at the center of this episode. The Coast Guard's old life-saving work slides into rum-running enforcement, and the timeline from the Volstead Act to the shoreline comes through cleanly. R.C.
Why you'd press play
Press play for an Ohio rum-running chase on Lake Erie, where Coast Guard boats and rum runners collide.
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