Before Las Vegas, there was Phenix City, Alabama—the original sin city.Once the sprawling capital of the Muscogee Indian Empire, the region took asinister turn when a holy war engulfed southern territories in 1812, leading to the murder of the infamous Chief WilliamMcIntosh. Later, atrocities continued at Fort Mitchell, the killing grounds forearly Georgia politicians who fought to the death over rival politics andbitter feuds. By the 1950s, Phenix City was home to the “Dixie Mafia,” andcrime and corruption ruled roughshod over the little riverfront city. Take awalk with author Faith Serafin as she travels through the darkest recesses ofPhenix City’s past.