Mobsters, Madams Murder in Steubenv..., Susan M. Guy
Mobsters, Madams Murder in Steubenv..., Susan M. Guy
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Mobsters, Madams & Murder in Steubenville, Ohio
The Story of Little Chicago

Author: Susan M. Guy

Narrator: Emily Durante

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/15/2022

Synopsis

This true crime history chronicles more than a century in the life of a small Midwestern city with an outsized reputation for violence and vice.

Gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging have been going on in Steubenville for well over century. In its heyday, the city's Water Street red-light district drew men from hundreds of miles away, as well as underage runaways. The white slave trade was rampant, and along with all the vice crimes, murders became a weekly occurrence. This revealing history chronicles the rise of Steubenville's prodigious underworld from the 1890s to the modern day.

By the turn of the century, Steubenville's law enforcement seemed to turn a blind eye, and cries of political corruption were heard in the state capital. This scenario replayed itself over and over again during the past century as mobsters and madams ruled and murders plagued the city and surrounding county at an alarming rate. Newspapers nationwide would come to nickname this mecca of murder "Little Chicago."

About Susan M. Guy

Susan M. Guy is a correction officer for the state of Ohio and a former police sergeant with the Cross Creek Township Police Department. She also serves as the director of public relations for the Tri-State Writers Society, a member of the Jefferson County Historical Museum, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

The problem with this book is that it is just a list of crimes without a larger theme to tie them together. They are interesting but the author never addresses why it that all these crime are happening. She could have tied it to the larger prohibition related issues thematically.......more

Goodreads review by Zachariah

I've lived in Stratton, Ohio all my life (nearly 30 years); just 15 minutes, north of Steubenville, and have always heard some of these nicknames like "Little Chicago," and some of the individuals mentioned in this book. I've passed their headstones in cemeteries numerous times throughout my life, j......more

Goodreads review by John

The overall literary style is somewhat lacking. I gave the book 4 stars instead of 3 because I'm a Steubenville resident and enjoyed the local history. It was insightful to see family names that are still in the area and to read of locations, buildings, and businesses that are still in operation. Th......more

Goodreads review by Paul

The 1920s is an era in American history quite unlike any other especially when it comes to the rise of crime associated with that period as the battle between dry & wet in some spots would explode in a organized crime waves which affected different places differently. In "Mobsters, Madams & Murder i......more

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