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The Legend of Guy Fisher and the Apollo Theater
FromShoe Leather
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
May 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Apollo Theater — the venue that shaped 20th-century Black music more than any other — shut its doors in the mid-1970s and stayed closed for years. It almost disappeared for good. But a mysterious buyer purchased the theater and reopened it in 1978. According to unofficial histories of the Apollo, the new owner was a man named Guy Fisher, one of the biggest heroin kingpins New York City has ever seen. The official history of the Apollo doesn’t ever mention Guy Fisher, and we wanted to know why. Our investigation uncovered a story of ambition. Of a love triangle. Of violence. And of redemption.
Released:
May 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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