Bootleggers, Mine Massacres, and Brooklyn (with Linda Stasi) | Episode 123
About this episode
Linda Stasi discusses her family's survival of the Ludlow Massacre and their journey to Brooklyn, revealing connections to mafia lore.
Long before mobster legends took over New York, Italian immigrants were riding in rodeos, surviving coal mine massacres, and brewing bootleg wine in the Colorado mountains. In this episode of Stories That Live In Us, best-selling author and journalist Linda Stasi joins Crista Cowan to uncover how her family survived the horrific 1914 Ludlow Massacre in Pueblo, Colorado, fled to Red Hook, Brooklyn, and inspired real-life Western mafia lore. Plus, stay tuned for an eerie family address coincide...
People in this episode
Host: Crista Cowan
Guest: Linda Stasi
Topics covered
- Italian immigrants
- coal mine massacres
- bootlegging
- New York history
- family survival
- mafia lore
Keywords
- bootleggers
- mine massacres
- Brooklyn
- Italian immigrants
- Ludlow Massacre
- Western mafia
- family history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Pueblo, Colorado, Red Hook, Brooklyn
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