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The Dixie Mafia: Gone South w/Jed Lipinski

2025/2/18
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The Dixie Mafia, a loosely organized group of criminals from the Southeast U.S., was active in the 60s and 70s, engaging in various crimes without a defined hierarchy. They were labeled as a 'mafia' to secure law enforcement funding, despite their informal structure.
  • The Dixie Mafia was a loose collective of criminals from the Southeast U.S.
  • They engaged in organized heists, safe cracking, and other crimes.
  • The term 'Dixie Mafia' was created for law enforcement funding purposes.
  • There was no real hierarchy or godfather in the Dixie Mafia.
  • They operated over state lines, making it hard for law enforcement to track them.

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The Dixie Mafia terrorized the southern US for decades before authorities were finally able to bring them down. Starting off as a loose collective of career criminals who specialized in burglaries and robberies, they grew more organized after starting to use the infamous Biloxi strip of undercover brothels and gambling houses as a base, eventually shifting to everything from drug smuggling to contract killing to even running national romance scams.

We're joined by Jed Lipinski of Gone South to break down everything from carnie robberies to corrupt sheriffs and murdered judges.

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