Tag: escape

In the Rearview: The Life and Times of OKC’s Most Notorious Bootlegger — Part 4

by Lynne Rostochil.  Photos from the Oklahoma History Center unless otherwise stated.   The life and times of bootlegger, Lindsey Chambless get much crazier in this, the fourth installment of the series.  To read previous installments, go to Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.)   The Flame of Gunfire On October 25, 1952, just […]

In the Rearview: The Life and Times of OKC’s Most Notorious Bootlegger — Part 1

by Lynne Rostochil.  Photos from the Oklahoma History Center unless otherwise noted. As you may know, I love a good true crime story, and when I learned about an Oklahoma City bootlegger named Lindsey Chambless, who operated in the Metro throughout the 1940s and 1950s, I decided to do a little Mod Blog post devoted […]