A Reporter's Memoir: When the Mob Ruled Newport

This book reveals the never-before told thoughts of the head of the mob that ruled Newport Kentucky and the Cincinnati Enquirers role in freeing the city from mobster influence in the late 1950s. Dan Pinger the Enquirers lead reporter on the story writes about Sleepout Louie the gamblers reformers crooked public servants look-the-other-way citizens the drugging of a famous former football star the dens of trickery and houses of love. It is a behind-the-scenes look at what was then one of the most followed news stories in the history of Midwest journalism.