When 2000lbs of Cocaine Washed Up in a Small Town

Today's episode is thanks to a comment I received from a viewer alerting me to a very important local history. It might not be my normal fare, but it was such an interesting story I felt it deserved an episode.

This is the legend of Antonino Quinci, Sicilian smuggler: the first time it snowed in the Azores.

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