Drinks, Crime and Prohibition (2018)
Synopsis
A deep dive into the underbelly of the Prohibition era, which was characterized as much by jazz, illegal booze and female liberation as it was by gangsters and brutality.
First Air Date: 2018-06-11
Last Air Date: 2018-06-18
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 2
Networks: Smithsonian Channel
Top Cast
- Ryan Mill as Self - Narrator
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Season 1 (2018)
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Ep. 1: Flappers and Bootleggers
The 18th Amendment takes effect, though enforcement proves impossible. In an era without alcohol, speakeasies boomed, corruption infiltrated politics, and gangsters grew in power and notoriety
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Ep. 2: Gangsters and G-Men
Gangsters and bootleggers build an underground industry capitalizing on Americans desire for booze despite the federal prohibition on alcohol. Law enforcement closes in on America's most wanted outlaw, Al Capone.
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