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Episode 196 - The Shadow King of the Maritimes “Joe Walnut” - Organized Crime

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Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Organized Crime. This episode Mike covers Albenie J. Violette better known as Joe Walnut from New Brunswick Canada. Sources Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter. Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter   Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/f/joe-walnut-and-the-madawaska-mob   Anon. (n.d.). Prohibition in New Brunswick.  Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Anon. (n.d.). Prohibition-era gangsters. W. J. Helmer. Retrieved from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b7ea2794cde7a79e7c00582/t/630d2a814ca14379ad60d0d0/1661807234080/prohibition-gangsters.pdf   Anon. (n.d.). Rum Running part – 1. Yarmouth.org. Retrieved from https://yarmouth.org/villages/town/history/rumrun/rum01.htm   Anon. (n.d.). Rum Running in the Crazy 1920s.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/rum-running-in-the-crazy-1920s   Anon. (n.d.). Temperance and Prohibition. OpenTextBC. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/chapter/7-7-temperance-and-prohibition/   Anon. (n.d.). The Trapper & the Detective: Part 1.  Backyard History. Retrieved from(https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/the-trapper-the-detective?blogcategory=Rum+Runners+%26+Prohibition)   Anon. (n.d.). Top five mobsters you’ve probably never heard of.  The Mob Museum Blog. Retrieved from https://themobmuseum.org/blog/top-five-mobsters-youve-probably-never-heard-of/   Anon. (n.d.). Violette family fonds.  Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Anon. (2023, December 31). Albani/Albenie Joseph Violette b. 6 Oct 1873 St. Leonard-Parent, NB d. 24 Apr 1928 St. Leonard, NB.  Violette Registry. Retrieved from(https://violetteregistry.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=P2846&tree=vfa1)   Clark, J., & Collin, M. (2023, September 6). A.J. Violette: New Brunswick’s very own Al Capone.  Global News. Retrieved from https://globalnews.ca/news/9934704/aj-violette-bootlegger-rum-moonshine-creek-distillery/.   MacLean, A. (n.d.). Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/f/joe-walnut-and-the-madawaska-mob   MacLean, A. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter   Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. (n.d.). Prohibition in New Brunswick.  Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content!  Keywords:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Organized Crime. This episode Mike covers Albenie J. Violette better known as Joe Walnut from New Brunswick Canada. Sources Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter. Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter   Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/f/joe-walnut-and-the-madawaska-mob   Anon. (n.d.). Prohibition in New Brunswick.  Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Anon. (n.d.). Prohibition-era gangsters. W. J. Helmer. Retrieved from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b7ea2794cde7a79e7c00582/t/630d2a814ca14379ad60d0d0/1661807234080/prohibition-gangsters.pdf   Anon. (n.d.). Rum Running part – 1. Yarmouth.org. Retrieved from https://yarmouth.org/villages/town/history/rumrun/rum01.htm   Anon. (n.d.). Rum Running in the Crazy 1920s.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/rum-running-in-the-crazy-1920s   Anon. (n.d.). Temperance and Prohibition. OpenTextBC. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/chapter/7-7-temperance-and-prohibition/   Anon. (n.d.). The Trapper & the Detective: Part 1.  Backyard History. Retrieved from(https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/the-trapper-the-detective?blogcategory=Rum+Runners+%26+Prohibition)   Anon. (n.d.). Top five mobsters you’ve probably never heard of.  The Mob Museum Blog. Retrieved from https://themobmuseum.org/blog/top-five-mobsters-youve-probably-never-heard-of/   Anon. (n.d.). Violette family fonds.  Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Anon. (2023, December 31). Albani/Albenie Joseph Violette b. 6 Oct 1873 St. Leonard-Parent, NB d. 24 Apr 1928 St. Leonard, NB.  Violette Registry. Retrieved from(https://violetteregistry.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=P2846&tree=vfa1)   Clark, J., & Collin, M. (2023, September 6). A.J. Violette: New Brunswick’s very own Al Capone.  Global News. Retrieved from https://globalnews.ca/news/9934704/aj-violette-bootlegger-rum-moonshine-creek-distillery/.   MacLean, A. (n.d.). Joe Walnut and the Madawaska Mob.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/f/joe-walnut-and-the-madawaska-mob   MacLean, A. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter.  Backyard History. Retrieved from https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/joe-walnut-detective-carrs-first-encounter   Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. (n.d.). Prohibition in New Brunswick.  Retrieved from(http://archives.gnb.ca/associates/Newsletters/2011-31-Winter-e.pdf)   Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content!  Keywords:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Organized Crime. This episode Mike covers Albenie J. Violette better known as Joe Walnut from New Brunswick Canada. Sources Anon. (n.d.). Joe Walnut & Detective Carr’s First Encounter. Backyard...

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