Think Indiana is just endless cornfields, high school basketball, and quiet, small towns where nothing ever happens? Think again. Welcome to the dark, beating heart of the Midwestern underworld.

For over a century, the Crossroads of America hasn’t just been a quiet country neighbor—it has functioned as a premier sanctuary, highway, and headquarters for organized crime. Our geography made us perfect for it. With thousands of miles of unpoliced rural backroads, direct rail lines to Chicago and Detroit, and historically underpaid local authorities who were easily bought, Indiana became the ultimate playground for vice.

Hosted by Erica, this podcast pulls back the curtain on the shadow history running right alongside our state highways and gravel roads. We are weaving together a timeline of past and present Hoosier underworlds. We’ll take ...