The 1908 Great Car Race; George Reamus, The King of the Bootleggers
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Welcome to episode 87 also known as Season Three, Episode 8. For our last episode of the season, we are doing some adventure and true crime history! We are joined by Laurel's husband, Kristian, back from Season One Episode 4 to hear about another wild race from history--the 1908 Great Car Race in which 6 cars went on a race from New York to Paris.
Next up, Kt takes us through some true crime with some bootlegger history and murder with the tale of the King of the Bootleggers, George Reamus!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PzFS76T9lc "Behind the Headlights" The Speed Channel
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/automobiles
https://thegreatestautorace.com/the-people/
https://www.buffalohistorygazette.net/2018/02/new-york-to-paris-great-auto-race-of.html
~*~*~*~*~* Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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