Episode 167 with Amy Folk, Author and Historian, Rumrunning on the North Fork and Suffolk County

Today, we sit down with historian and author Amy Folk to explore one of the most colorful and covert chapters in Long Island’s past: the era of rumrunning. In her book Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island, Amy uncovers how geography, opportunity, and ingenuity turned the North Fork into a key hub of Prohibition-era smuggling.From daring midnight landings and hidden coves to the cat-and-mouse games between bootleggers and law enforcement, her research brings to life the people and places that defined a turbulent time. In our conversation, Amy shares surprising stories, and helps us understand how this illicit trade left a lasting imprint on Suffolk County’s culture and identity.