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The Backstory: Dying for a Drink

The Backstory: Dying for a Drink

The Backstory with Patty Steele

July 11, 20257m 4s

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Show Notes

During the Prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s, speakeasies and gin joints were the place to be to get ahold of “evil booze.” How did the government try to control access? They purposely poisoned industrial alcohol that was being repurposed for cocktails. It wound up killing and maiming tens of thousands of would-be partiers!

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