Pirates on the Ohio – a history of Cave-in-Rock Criminals by Todd Carr

Once a hotbed for criminal activity, Red Banks, now better known as Henderson, Kentucky plays a big role in the nefarious conduct at Cave-in-Rock. Todd Carr, a member of the Hardin County Historical Society and Genealogical Society has mined historical accounts of the region, in doing so becoming the de facto expert for southeastern Illinois folklore and best transmitter of the region’s past. Monday night in Shawneetown, Carr gave another roomful of eager spectators a peak into some of the disreputable characters that spent their time doing crime up and down the Ohio.

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