Stories That Live In Us

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Bootleggers, Mine Massacres, and Brooklyn (with Linda Stasi) | Episode 123

Bootleggers, Mine Massacres, and Brooklyn (with Linda Stasi) | Episode 1236 Aug40 min

Long before mobster legends took over New York, Italian immigrants were riding in rodeos, surviving coal mine massacres, and brewing bootleg wine in the Colorado mountains. In this episode of Stories That Live In Us, best-selling author and journalist Linda Stasi joins Crista Cowan to uncover how her family survived the horrific 1914 Ludlow Massacre in Pueblo, Colorado, fled to Red Hook, Brooklyn, and inspired real-life Western mafia lore. Plus, stay tuned for an eerie family address coincide...