Ghosts of Eden Park

In the early days after the enactment of Prohibition in the United States, long before Al Capone's name became known to all Americans, the son of German immigrants, George Remus, abandoned his legal practice to engage in whiskey trading. Within two years, he became a multimillionaire. At extravagant parties in his luxurious mansion in Cincinnati, he, together with his wife, socialite Imogen, generously lavished gifts on his guests: diamonds for men, expensive cars for women. By mid-1921, Remus controlled 35% of all alcohol trade in the U.S.

Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt decided to dethrone the "king of bootleggers." She sent her best agent, Franklin Dodge, to investigate the activities of Remus's empire. This decision had deadly consequences: Remus ended up in prison, and his wife began an affair with the cunning agent. They conspired against Remus, an intrigue that reached the highest levels of power and culminated in a shocking murder that rocked America. The story told by Karen Abbott seems incredible, but it is true from the first to the last word and is entirely based on historical documents.