When Crandal Mackey was elected commonwealth's attorney in 1903, he set his sights on the illegal bars, bordellos and casinos of Alexandria County. The Virginia county--now Arlington County and parts of Alexandria--was plagued by crime in the streets and corruption at City Hall. Armed with a shotgun and accompanied by an axe-wielding posse, Mackey embarked on a crusade, busting up saloons and conducting raids throughout the county. When the dust settled, Mackey had shut down an infamous racetrack in Del Ray and politicians on the take in Alexandria County's political machine. Yet, in 1915 he mysteriously withdrew his bid for another term. Author Michael Lee Pope uncovers the little-known story of one man's battle to rid Alexandria and Arlington of sinister vice and violent crime.
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True Crime, Pt. 1: Jack the Ripper - The Story of a Murderer (Audiodrama)
True Crime Northern Virginia in the '50s & '60s
Northern Ohio Cold Cases
Historic Louisville Murders
St. Louis Gambling Kingpins
The Thibodaux Massacre : Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike
California's Lamson Murder Mystery : The Depression Era Case that Divided Santa Clara County
Crooked Politics in Northwest Indiana
The Boy Nevada Killed: Floyd Loveless and the Juvenile Capital Punishment Debate
True Crime Stories of Burlington, Vermont
Condemned for Love in Old Virginia : The Lynching of Arthur Jordan
Mafia Cop Killers in Akron : The Gang War before Prohibition