Joe Whitehead is enraged by recent events and makes brazen threats to Moss and Rodney. Rodney has an incredible opportunity to learn everything about the case, but he won’t be able to print a word. 



Written and hosted by Lindsay Byron - goodtimesbadgirls.com



Music and sound design by Guy Kelly - guykelly.com



CAST:

Newscaster - Lauren Vogelbaum

Prosecutor - Ben Bowlin

Deputy Moss - Ramsey Yount



SOURCES:

The first-hand accounts from Frankie Jones come from an interview I conducted with him in June 2022.

The newscast detailing Whitehead’s ill-fated visit to the Sheriff’s office comes from the 1977 Grand Jury report indicting Whitehead, Holley, Henderson, Boyd, Dowdy, and Barker (“The Big Six”) on Federal RICO charges. 

The first-hand accounts from Rodney Smith come from an interview I conducted with him on January 26th, 2022. 

The courtroom exchange in which Moss details harassment from Whitehead comes from US Prosecuting Attorney Robert Amidon’s direct examination of Deputy Sheriff B.H. Moss on December 5, 1977.  

The newscast describing Whitehead’s harassment of Rodney Smith comes from the 1977 Grand Jury report.

Joe Whitehead is enraged by recent events and makes brazen threats to Moss and Rodney. Rodney has an incredible opportunity to learn everything about the case, but he won’t be able to print a word. 
 
Written and hosted by Lindsay Byron -<a href="http://goodtimesbadgirls.com"> goodtimesbadgirls.com</a>
 
Music and sound design by Guy Kelly -<a href="http://guykelly.com"> guykelly.com</a>
 
CAST:
Newscaster - Lauren Vogelbaum
Prosecutor - Ben Bowlin
Deputy Moss - Ramsey Yount
 
SOURCES:
The first-hand accounts from Frankie Jones come from an interview I conducted with him in June 2022.
The newscast detailing Whitehead’s ill-fated visit to the Sheriff’s office comes from the 1977 Grand Jury report indicting Whitehead, Holley, Henderson, Boyd, Dowdy, and Barker (“The Big Six”) on Federal RICO charges. 
The first-hand accounts from Rodney Smith come from an interview I conducted with him on January 26th, 2022. 
The courtroom exchange in which Moss details harassment from Whitehead comes from US Prosecuting Attorney Robert Amidon’s direct examination of Deputy Sheriff B.H. Moss on December 5, 1977.  
The newscast describing Whitehead’s harassment of Rodney Smith comes from the 1977 Grand Jury report.

Truck-stop brothels run by a web of ex-cons… a commonwealth attorney wasted on whiskey and power… protection exchanged for cash and flesh… a brash local reporter exposing it all… This is HOOKERGATE: Criminals and Libertines in the South. I am your host, Dr. Lindsay Byron, author, historian, and lifelong wayward woman—and this forgotten scandal happened in my hometown. Join me as I use crumbling news clippings, interviews, and dramatic re-enactments to bring to life for the first time in nearly 50 years this wild ride of hedonistic corruption. 

Truck-stop brothels run by a web of ex-cons… a commonwealth attorney wasted on whiskey and power… protection exchanged for cash and flesh… a brash local reporter exposing it all… This is HOOKERGATE: Criminals and Libertines in the South. I am your host, Dr. Lindsay Byron, author, historian, and lifelong wayward woman—and this forgotten scandal happened in my hometown. Join me as I use crumbling news clippings, interviews, and dramatic re-enactments to bring to life for the first time in nearly 50 years this wild ride of hedonistic corruption.

Hookergate: Criminals and Libertines in the South

Threats

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