Drinks, Crime and Prohibition

Name: Drinks, Crime and Prohibition
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-11
Cast: Ryan Mill

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1 Season

2 Episodes

June 11, 2018

Documentary

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.

Status

Ended

Network

Smithsonian Channel

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

June 11, 2018

Episodes

Episode 1

Flappers and Bootleggers

June 11, 201851m

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

Episode 2

Gangsters and G-Men

June 18, 201851m

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.