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The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs & Murderwritten by Sally Denton is a book about a drug smuggling ring based out of Lexington, Kentucky in the late 1970s/early 1980s. "The Company" was led by Andrew C. Thornton II, a former Lexington police officer and lawyer. We also discussed the infamous Pablo EskoBear and Kentucky's very own Mingua Beef Jerky.

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