prohibition
Couple discovers creepy, 100-year-old room under jacuzzi — and its shocking secret use
They let the mystery sink in.
Don't force NY's small towns to sell booze
State Sen. James Skoufis has proposed a bill that would strike down a 1934 law that allowed towns to decide for themselves whether to sell alcohol after prohibition was lifted.
Sharpton urging Biden admin to stub out menthol cigarette ban over black market fears
"Menthol prohibitions will create illicit markets and more police interactions, especially in minority communities,'' the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network wrote in its letter to the FDA.
$4.1M estate built during Prohibition in LA has a secret floor
This nearly 5,000-square-foot offering comes with a secret, and it came quite in handy at a time when booze was prohibited.
Capone's sunken Prohibition Era speakeasy seen in eerie pics
Stunning underwater photos of legendary mobster Al Capone’s sunken speakeasy have been revealed.
Century-old message in a bottle slamming prohibition found under statue in Canada
A letter bemoaning the booze ban dated July 30, 1921 was discovered in a broken bottle beneath the base of the Queen Victoria statue at the city’s Legislative Assembly offices.
Couple discovers walls of whiskey hidden in 'bootlegger bungalow' upstate
The home in the small hamlet near Albany was formerly owned by Adolph Humphner, the so-called “Mystery Man of the Mohawk Valley” who many believed was a bootlegger during Prohibition.
Iconic NYC speak-easy Chumley's closes
Its famous fixtures are up for auction.
Prohibition began 100 years ago — and its legacy remains
The Prohibition Era, which lasted from Jan. 17, 1920, until December 1933, is now viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking, but there are several intriguing parallels in...
This Hamptons hideaway has a rum-running history
During the Prohibition era, the rum-running (aka bootlegging) owner of 208 Main St. in Sag Harbor Village used to bottle booze on his property, which he stored in a garage...
This small town is 'dry' and wants to keep prohibition-era law in place
SALT LAKE CITY — One of Utah's last "dry" communities appeared Wednesday on track to maintain its eight-decade prohibition on alcohol sales after voters rejected a measure to allow sales...
Descendant of Prohibition-era NYPD commish just became cop
The great-great-great grandson of former NYPD Police Commissioner Richard Enright — who busted up illegal booze operations during the violent “Bootleg Wars” in the 1920s — has followed in his...
Isolation, madness and syphilis: Inside Al Capone's final years
Al Capone, Public Enemy No. 1 and the most powerful gangster of the Prohibition era, spent the last years of his life in seclusion at his house in Florida. He...
If we legalize pot, gangs will diversify
I’ve long supported drug legalization for many reasons, but like many other advocates, I consider the reduction of violent crime to be the main benefit. Deprived of the ability to...
Drunk with power -- how Prohibition led to big government
If they think about Prohibition at all, most Americans probably accept Columbia University historian Richard Hofstadter’s conclusion that it was a farce, a “ludicrous caricature of the reforming impulse,” an...
What’s really the oldest bar in New York City?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfPaOVl3VQk&feature=youtu.be The title of oldest bar in New York City is as hotly debated as who has the best bagel or when the Second Avenue subway line is finally going...
You can buy Prohibition-era hideout Whiskey Island for just $3 million
Liquor lovers have a shot at owning their very own boozy island.
Congresswoman wants to end ban on USPS shipping booze
A California congresswoman is out to overturn a 106-year-old law that prohibits the US Postal Service from shipping booze. “It’s ridiculous that we’re allowing UPS, FedEx and other companies to...
Estate of 'Untouchable' Eliot Ness in legal fight
MIAMI — A legal fight is brewing in Florida between the estate of "Untouchables" Prohibition agent Eliot Ness and an Ohio company over some long-undiscovered stock that apparently belonged to...
Indian town puts a pub's rights ahead of Gandhi's
In a move rich in symbolism, a town in southern India put a humble pub ahead of the nation’s revered founder, Mahatma Gandhi. Well, a Gandhi statue, anyway. Locals protested...