The Backstory: Dying for a Drink
Podcast: The Backstory with Patty SteelePublished On: Fri Jul 11 2025
Description: 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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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