The Dixie Mafia, or the Dixie Mob, is an American criminal organization composed mainly of White Southerners and based in Biloxi, Mississippi, operating primarily throughout the Southern United States since at least the late 1960s.

Mar 2, 2021 · During the 1960s, a group of criminals known as the Dixie Mafia began to creep across cities and towns in the South. Far from a sophisticated organization, this crime ring was a loose network of “thugs,” as the FBI called them.

Nov 17, 2019 · Growing up with the leader of the Dixie Mafia, Billy learned about life much faster than other kids his age. At age 11, Billy already liked night clubs. His favorite was “Reese Spencer’s ‘Night Owl Lounge,” where he watched people and learned about them. As his father played cards, Billy took notes.

Called the Dixie Mafia, they’re the mob you never knew. Active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, the Dixie Mafia is more accurately understood as several different Dixie mafias, spread across the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida.

Jan 17, 2023 · Dixie Mafia members Mike Gillich and Kirksey Nix helped plot the murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry in corrupt 1980s Biloxi, Mississippi.

Sep 4, 2012 · The murder of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Margaret, at the hands of the so-called Dixie Mafia exposed the lawlessness and corruption that had overtaken Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in...

The Dixie Mafia built a monopoly over the region's illegal moneymaking operations by any means necessary, which included the bribery and extortion of public officials and murder. The group became known for carrying out contract killings, often against former members.

Feb 26, 2025 · He, John Ransom, Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. – a Dixie Mafia figure who was serving life in a Louisiana prison during the plotting – and Nix’s girlfriend, Sheri LaRa Sharpe, were convicted in 1991 on a federal conspiracy charge.

May 10, 2021 · Buford Pusser’s story of his battle against The Dixie Mafia was more than an action movie. He was real and so was the Dixie Mafia. The Dixie Mafia was also known as the State Line Mob and they controlled many rural counties in …

Mar 16, 2023 · Mike Gillich Jr., a striptease club owner and Dixie Mafia’s leader on the streets, hired a hitman from Texas named Thomas Leslie Holcomb to commit the two murders. Another gang member, John Ransom, gave the murder weapon to Sheri, who passed it on to Thomas.