Drinks, Crime and Prohibition
Season 1
2018tvEnded1 Season · 2 Ep
Documentary
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Network: Smithsonian Channel
Season aired: 2018-06-11
Overview
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.
Episodes · 2
1
Flappers and Bootleggers
51m2018-06-11
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
2
Gangsters and G-Men
51m2018-06-18
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.
