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EPISODE · Jul 9, 2016 · 12 MIN

The Franklin County Moonshine Trial

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

During the Depression Franklin County, Virginia, was known as the moonshine capital of the United States. Federal officials noted that the small county consumed more sugar per month than the entire city of New York, with it being used in distilling whiskey. And all of this moonshine production was not only being done under the […]

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