Keeping the Peace
34m
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Hookergate: Criminals and Libertines in the South
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Janet grows uneasy with the truck stop operations as Tommy struggles to keep the money coming in. Robin finds her way out of the back room and into the front office. Joe Whitehead spirals out of control and takes out his frustrations on Janet.
Written and hosted by Lindsay Byron - goodtimesbadgirls.com
Music and sound design by Guy Kelly - guykelly.com
CAST:
Defense Attorney Rosenberg - Sean Rhodes
Breanna - Lauren Vogelbaum
Robin Dowdy - Sam McVey
Newscaster - Lauren Vogelbaum
Prosecutor - Ben Bowlin
Janet Barker - Anney Reese
SOURCES:
The first-hand accounts from Frankie Jones come from an interview I conducted with him in June 2022.
The courtroom scene in which a woman recounts being forced into prostitution comes from Defense Attorney William Rosenberger’s cross examination of Breanna (not her real name) on December 7, 1977.
The courtroom exchange in which Robin Dowdy says she is “much more capable” of running the truck stop comes from her cross examination by Defense Attorney Rosenberger on December 14, 1977.
The newscast that describes Whitehead’s psychological state comes from
a psychological evaluation on January 3 and 4, 1978, by interviewer Nancy L. Foley, stored as evidence in the National Archives in Philadelphia.
The courtroom exchange in which Janet Barker describes Whitehead’s explosive behavior comes from US Prosecuting Attorney Robert Stubb’s direct examination of her on December 9, 1977.
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SOURCES:
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CAST:
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SOURCES:
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CAST:
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SOURCES:
The opening courtroom exchange is from the December 6 1977 direct examination of US State Trooper Raymond Paul Turner Jr by US Prosecuting Attorney Robert Amidon.
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