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Coming to Curiosity podcast.

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If there has ever been a bigger bootlegging

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and George Remus of Cincinnati, the fact

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remains a secret. This

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is the unbelievable but true story

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of George Remus. You might know him

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as a character from Boardwalk Empire or

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as the inspiration for Jay Gatsby.

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He was an eccentric and genius lawyer

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who figured out how to game the system during

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Prohibition. Remus is in

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the whiskey business, and Remus

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is the biggest man in the business and

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stayed one step ahead of the Feds. I've

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got everyone and his brother in Washington

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on my payroll. Mabel Walker

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will and Brandt was the Assistant Attorney

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General of the United States. It was her

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job taunt down the top bootleggers

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and bring them to justice. She would

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soon scrawl one word across the folder,

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underlined with a heavy hand. Remus.

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We know he's been working his influence all up

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and down the line congressmen and

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public officials in the state of Ohio and clear

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up even to the White House itself, while

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living the life of luxury with his clamorous

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and ambitious wife, Imogene. Daddy,

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I am so glad you are here. But

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George Remus's wild existence took

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a dark and shocking turn, leading

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to betrayal. She had

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Remus just exactly where she wanted

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him to, poor boob revenge feel

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this muscle. I got this for Remus.

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I could crush him like an egg. I

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will settle this in myself and

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one of the most sensational murder trials in

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American history. On several

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occasions, she told me that he

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was a good guy, that she would get

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what he had. She was going to nick him.

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She said that she was going to roll him for his

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role. Now those were her words.

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He said he would follow her to the ends of the earth

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and see that she didn't have a dime or

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thread of reputation. Love, have

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you agreed upon a verdict? We the

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jury find the defendant. Join

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me Abbott Kaylor as we trace George

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Remus's transformation from bootleg King

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to alleged madman. Are you

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insane? Listen

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to Remus the Mad Bootleg King, a

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Starting July

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eighteenth,