Illegal Latin Quarter, Wilder KY - 50c Pink w2 Blk Ins

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Illegal Latin Quarter 10 Licking Pike, Wilder, Kentucky $50c Pink, w/2 Black Inserts HS "Latin Quarter", SmKey Mold Located on Licking Pike in Wilder, this location has one of the most colorful histories of all the Northern Kentucky clubs. The building was originally used as a slaughterhouse, with a well for drained blood in the basement. It was closed in 1890 and soon became a gathering place for occultists. In 1896, two men were convicted for dismembering a young woman during a satanic ritual after a sensational murder trial. The two men were hanged and, interestingly, the head of the victim, Pearl Bryan, was never found, giving fuel to the ghost stories that continue to this day. After prohibition ended in 1933, E.A. "Buck" Brady, a truck driver who started working for the Cincinnati bootleg king George Remus, purchased the building turning it into a tavern and gambling facility. He named it the Blue Grass Inn, and then renamed it to the Primrose Club. In 1946 Brady decided to take on the Cleveland Syndicate, who were trying to take over his club, by shooting Red Masterson, the syndicate manager of the Merchant's Club. Brady gunned down Red Masterson outside the Merchant's Club, but red survived, and Brady was arrested for DISTURBING THE PEACE! Red did not testify and the charges against Brady were dismissed. The syndicate read more

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