Maggie Bailey: Moonshine Queen of the Kentucky Hills

On this episode of Our American Stories, Maggie Bailey started selling moonshine in the Appalachian hills at just 17 years old and kept her bootlegging business alive for the better part of a century. Known as the “Queen of the Mountain Moonshiners,” Maggie became a local legend not just for the quality of her shine, but for the way she used her profits. She paid college tuition for local kids, fed the hungry, and took care of her community. She was so loved that no jury would convict her. J.D. Phillips, the Appalachian Storyteller, shares the tale of a woman who bent the law without ever breaking her word.

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