Episode 312: Ma Barker Shootout

from Welcome to Florida · host Chadd Scott

Invasive Burmese pythons continue swallowing the Everglades while the state wastes money on concentration camps.Ma Barker and one of her sons engaged federal agents in an hours-long gunfight near Ocala in the 1930s. Wayne Hughes is a tour guide at the Ma Barker House and tells us the story."Welcome to Florida" patrons receive exclusive access to your Florida Conservation Newsletter, a weekly roundup of the top conservation stories from around the state.

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