How Lewis Redmond Became the Moonshine King of the Carolinas


An unknown NC moonshiner became the subject of books, manhunts, and buckshot battles. “Major” Lewis Redmond had many titles: moonshiner, bootlegger, killer, and most impressively, King of the Moonshiners. Playwright Gary Carden may have given Redmond his most colorful moniker, the Prince of Dark Corners, which is the title of his play based on the […]


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Kentucky Bank Robber Becomes First Alcatraz Inmate to Reach Shore


A disastrous break-in and shoot-out in a small town leads to a daring escape attempt from “The Rock.” John “Paul” Scott shocked prison authorities and perhaps the entire world on Sunday, December 16, 1962, when he became as Rich Jordan writing for the San Francisco Examiner put it “the only man known for certain to


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