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Isolationism in the US after World War I leads to increased crime and corruption during Prohibition, highlighting the unintended consequences of restrictive policies.
In September 1926, a hail of gunfire outside the Hawthorne Inn in Cicero, Illinois, targeted Al Capone, who escaped unscathed from 1,000 shots.
Las Vegas was incorporated on March 16, 1911, and transformed from a frontier town into a major gambling hub influenced by organized crime.
Seven men associated with Bugs Moran's crew were gunned down execution style in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929.
James Kraft transforms cheese-making while the Pabst brothers fight to survive Prohibition.
Al Capone, a notorious figure during the Prohibition era, is examined for his criminal activities and rise to power in 1920s Chicago.
Owney Madden, the Irish mobster, rules New York's Prohibition-era underworld from Hell's Kitchen.
Cecil Love began his moonshining career in 1940 at the age of 12 and ran as much as 600 gallons a day, evading the law for over 60 years.
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, sentenced to 50 years in prison, negotiated his release after 10 years to aid the US military during World War II.
In 1920, Al Capone arrived in Chicago, transforming the city's illegal liquor trade and establishing a powerful criminal organization.
On December 12, 2005, Eastford, Connecticut, voted to lift its 130-year-old ban on alcohol sales, leaving Bridgewater as the only dry town in the state.
For 30 years, Vincent Gigante wandered the streets of New York's Greenwich Village in a bathrobe, while the FBI believed he led the Genovese crime family.
Owney Madden rises as a powerful Irish-American mobster in New York during Prohibition.
This episode reveals the American Mafia's origins from Southern Italy to the United States.
On the 227th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, a panel discusses its relevance and recent court cases at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Mark Will-Weber discusses how the shift from alcohol taxes to income taxes influenced the prohibition movement and its impact on American society.
William Fox, a Hungarian immigrant, died alone in 1952, having played a key role in establishing Twentieth Century Fox as a major Hollywood studio.
This chilling episode of Deadly Women reveals greed-driven murders and twisted love affairs.
Alvin Shipwreck Kelly spent 49 days atop a 225-foot flagpole in Atlantic City in 1929, drawing crowds and earning up to $500 a day.
Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and began his rise to fame in the 1930s as a singer in big bands.
Prohibition began in January 1920 and lasted for 13 years, during which women played a significant role in its establishment and subsequent public drinking.
In the 1920s, women began drinking together in illegal speakeasies, marking a shift in social norms during Prohibition.
Krishna Andavolu covers Bernard Noble's 13-year sentence for possessing two joints in Weediquette.
Al Capone rules Chicago's underworld as a bootlegger and faces his eventual downfall.
Americans find loopholes to drink alcohol despite Prohibition laws in this colorful series episode.
President Roosevelt authorizes beer sales nine days after his inauguration, ending Prohibition.
George Remus made $40 million in three years by reselling legal medicinal alcohol into the illegal black market during Prohibition.
Prohibition targets Black and Hispanic people, leading to the KKK's revival in America.
The video shows how yachts became a loophole for drinking alcohol during Prohibition.
Bihar, India, faces a deadly underground liquor trade due to a decade-long alcohol ban.
A half dollar coin from the Prohibition era is discovered in a network of hidden bootlegger tunnels beneath a distillery.
Prohibition inspires Flappers to challenge conservative norms in the 1920s jazz age.
500 million people in the Western world now have access to medical marijuana, while the UK government still considers it to have no medicinal benefits.
Bangor, Maine, earned the nickname "the devil's halfacre" due to its history of brothels, saloons, and weekly murder headlines in the 1800s.
Matt discusses the brewing process, including hops from the Middle Ages and the impact of prohibition.
The term 'Scofflaw' backfires, inspiring a cocktail named 'The Scofflaw' during prohibition.
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, marking the start of the Civil War and the historical context for Jimmy Red corn moonshine.
Al Capone became America's most infamous gangster during Prohibition, known for his public persona and a press conference denying involvement in a murder.
Portland's city workers were allowed rum breaks during Prohibition, reflecting the city's historical ties to alcohol production and trade.
A minimum of 10,000 deaths nationwide resulted from the U.S. government's decision to add toxic substances to industrial alcohol during Prohibition.
