Popcorn Sutton, North Carolina’s moonshining legend

Published: April 14, 2021, 5 a.m.

Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton was a world-famous moonshiner and North Carolina native whose life, persona, moonshine, and death are things of legend. And believe it or not, most of it just happened within the past 20 years!

On this episode of Tying It Together With Tim Boyum, Tim talks with Neal Hutcheson, an author and filmmaker who just released a new book, “The Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton.”

In addition to his book, Hutcheson has also produced multiple documentaries on the moonshine legend.

So, grab yourself a nice glass of “likker” and take a listen as he takes us behind the scenes of his relationship with one of the state’s most notorious characters of all time.

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