History Happy Hour: Machine guns, moonshine and murder

Machine guns, moonshine, and murder are all part of the Southern Illinois gangster wars. During Prohibition, Southern Illinois became a battleground between rival gangsters over the control of the lucrative vice business. Join Amanda Bryden at Anvil & Forge to discover more about the fighting between the bootleggers from homemade armored trucks and scores of assassinations. The players are long gone, but to this day the Shelton Gang and the Birger Gang remain infamous for their ingenuity and ruthlessness. History Happy Hour is a partnership between the ISM and the ALPLM.