Moonshiners: True Crime & Shine

With insider access only true outlaws can boast, Tim, Tickle, Mark, and Digger investigate notorious crimes from the moonshine underworld to uncover the secrets, syndicates, mayhem, and murder at the fringes of America's centuries-old backwoods tradition.

Seasons

7 Episodes • Premiered 2025

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1. Rogue Sheriff

Mark, Digger, and Tim explore the 1970s-era Tennessee-Mississippi border where famed lawman Buford Pusser battled a crime mob fueled by illegal liquor money and ignited a lasting mystery about the disappearance of his would-be assassins.

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2. Pappygate Conspiracy

Moonshiners Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle delve deep into bourbon country's darkest secret. When 200 bottles of the coveted Pappy Van Winkle vanish, the theft of the world's most expensive bourbon is just the tip of a staggering criminal conspiracy.

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3. The Real McCoy

Moonshiners Mark, Digger, and Tim delve deep into the case of the most prolific and elusive bootlegger of the Prohibition era. Declared Public Enemy Number One by the government, Bill McCoy's outlaw mission was about a lot more than just fame and fortune.

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4. Murder on Thunder Road

Mark, Tim, and Josh investigate the murder of "Lightning" Lloyd Seay, a bootlegger turned stock car racer who was killed over a few bags of sugar.

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5. The Raid That Changed Moonshine

Moonshiners Henry Law, Tickle, and Tim revisit Operation Lightning Strike, a massive federal anti-moonshine action. Targeting Franklin County, Virginia, the so-called "Moonshine Capital of the World," its aftermath left deep scars in the community.

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6. Crimes Against Popcorn Sutton

For legendary outlaw Popcorn Sutton, freedom means answering to a higher law, making tax-free liquor as his forefathers did. But now that Popcorn's in the government's crosshairs, no moonshiner in history has ever felt more persecuted by the law.

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7. Caught in the Act

Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger deploy hard-won lessons from backwoods tradition to get away with making and bootlegging illegal moonshine. However, on the other side of the fence, law enforcement uses their own tactics and tech to catch them in the act.

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