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Buford Pusser didn’t just enforce the law—he was the law. A towering sheriff with a personal vendetta, Pusser took on the ...
“In the Red Clay” — Hosted by Sean Kipe, this true crime podcast has been telling stories about the Dixie Mafia since 2020.The show was started on stories of Billy Sunday Birt, a serial ...
Dixie Mafia members Mike Gillich and Kirksey Nix helped plot the murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry in corrupt 1980s Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dixie Mafia boss who ordered murder of judge, wife, and possibly Buford Pusser’s shooting, seeks prison release. Published: Dec. 13, 2023, 2:58 p.m.
These men and their other associates known as the Dixie Mafia instilled fear back in the 1960s and 1970s, according to Ingram. “Even after they were incarcerated people were afraid of them ...
The Dixie Mafia kingpin who orchestrated the murders of a prominent Biloxi couple over 36 years ago is asking for compassionate release from federal prison.. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. was a 44-year ...
Dixie Mafia boss Kirksey McCord Nix is in prison for the deaths of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret who were murdered in 1987. By WLOX Staff. Published: Dec. 11, 2023 at 9:39 PM CST ...
In 2019, Snowden Wright published “American Pop,” which I enjoyed immensely. That novel, set in Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi, followed for a century the fortunes of the Forster ...
Dixie Mafia leader Mike Gillich Jr. helped to plot the murders. Nix’s inside connection was LaRa Sharpe, his girlfriend who worked in the Sherry-Halat law firm.
The Dixie Mafia, previously “a bunch of untrained bozos,” is now organized into executives, middle management and angry, disillusioned Vietnam vets who know how handle weapons and explosives ...
Birt's father was well known as the boss of the "Dixie Mafia," a group of criminals active in Georgia in the 1960s and 1970s. Billy Sunday Birt is known as "the most dangerous man in Georgia history." ...
The Dixie Mafia, previously “a bunch of untrained bozos,” is now organized into executives, middle management and angry, disillusioned Vietnam vets who know how handle weapons and explosives ...