Ep. 8 - Evil Crime Queen Annie Cook
The city of Chicago is notorious for crime. Even as a frontier town, Chicago was known for rape, theft, arson and murder. Today, the city is plagued with shootings. These details put into perspective how bad crime was in the town of North Platte, Nebraska during Prohibition. Many may not think of a place in Nebraska as being a hub of intense crime, but it was so bad in North Platte, that it came to be known as Little Chicago. North Platte would become a base of operations for an evil woman. There really is no other way to describe Annie Cook. Her crimes were mind boggling. The effects of her deeds have continued on to our present era through supernatural activity. North Platte had been founded in 1866 and was named for the North Platte River. This town was established as the western terminus for the Union Pacific Railway. The railway would extend further west the following year to Laramie, Wyoming. Small towns with a railroad were attractive to criminals, particularly g...