Episode 3: Power Cedes to Power

Aug 4, 2025
31 mins

Episode Description

“He helped people. He loaned people. He wasn't to be trifled with”

Charlie Fitzgerald built multiple businesses across Myrtle Beach – the hotel, the club, the cab company, the high-stakes poker game – and loaned money to white folks in town to bend the rules in his favor. How long would this last before Charlie became a target?

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