Coast Files Podcast

During the era of Prohibition, alcohol was illegal, but the demand was high. Many were not interested in giving up their favorite drink, and rum runners were there to help. While this business could be very lucrative, with big rewards come big risks. Tune in as Lindsay takes us on a wild ride through prohibition, focusing on three prolific rum runners of this time!

References:

Contributors to Wikimedia projects. (2022, September 1). Rum-running. Simple English Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum-running

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2014, August 21). Prohibition | Definition, History, Eighteenth Amendment, & Repeal. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Prohibition-United-States-history-1920-1933

Gray, K. (2023, September 25). Dark ’n Stormy. Liquor.com. https://www.liquor.com/recipes/dark-n-stormy/

Tikkanen, A. (2022, July 12). Speakeasy | Definition, bar, History, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/speakeasy

Prohibition: An Interactive History. (2024, June 20). The Speakeasies of the 1920s – Prohibition: An Interactive history. https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-prohibition-underworld/the-speakeasies-of-the-1920s/

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, September 16). Al Capone. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#

Carstairs, I. (n.d.). Al Capone buys My Booze-ST. Pierre and Miquelon, and Prohibition. http://www.thathistorynerd.com/2019/04/al-capone-buys-my-booze-st-pierre-and.html

Prohibition: An Interactive History. (2024a, February 28). Prohibition Profits Transformed the Mob – Prohibition: An Interactive History. https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-rise-of-organized-crime/the-mob-during-prohibition/#:~:text=Huge%20sums%20were%20at%20stake,operate%20his%20illegal%20booze%20trade

Prohibition: An Interactive History. (2024b, February 28). Rumrunners delivered the good stuff to America’s speakeasies – Prohibition: an Interactive History. https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-rise-of-organized-crime/rum-running/

Wikipedia contributors. (2024a, August 26). Gertrude Lythgoe. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Lythgoe

Photos:

[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition]. (n.d.). The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/99405169/

[Coast Guard Cutter, USS Seneca chasing and capturing a “rum runner” 1924: Prohibition agents examining barrels on boat]. (n.d.). The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006675962/

Tikkanen, A. (2022b, July 12). Speakeasy | Definition, bar, History, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/speakeasy#/media/1/1794879/267773

File:William McCoy.jpg – Wikimedia Commons. (2010, June 8). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_McCoy.jpg

File:Al Capone in 1930.jpg – Wikimedia Commons. (1930). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg

File:Gertrude Lythgoe(The Baltimore Sun).png – Wikimedia Commons. (1924, June 8). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gertrude_Lythgoe(The_Baltimore_Sun).png