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WWI veterans on Harsens Island square off against the infamous 'Purple Gang' over illegal liquor in the 1920s. | dG1fRUM4XzlTNThuSWs
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00:00Well, it isn't Frankie Morganski.
00:04My name is Frankie. It's 1928, the roaring 20s are in full swing,
00:09and the city is alive with jazz music and flapper dresses.
00:14But beneath the glitz and glamour, a darker force lurks.
00:20America had gone dry thanks to the Protestant push,
00:23and in my home state of Michigan, this prohibition gave birth to bootlegging,
00:28which had become a thriving industry. Seemingly quick and easy money to be made.
00:35The eastern market gave an outlet for the cash to be sold.
00:38Young hoodlums and the sugarhouse gang had evolved into the feared purple gang.
00:43The purples had become the wealthiest and most feared mob in the country.
00:49Horror. Death. These silk-suited bullies preyed on the weak and scared.
00:58The purples were about to learn there's a new sheriff in town.
01:11War is coming to Horsensile.
01:16Jack, you're not telling me that you're afraid to keep selling to me, are you?
01:21And I would sell to the devil and sell it.
01:26Oh
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