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1: Illegal Drinking pt. 1: Michael Malloy

Well, I Laughed

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The Mermaid Speakeasy

Between 1928 and 1932, New York was averaging about 780 deaths per year from alcohol poisoning alone. That feels like a pretty low number for an era when alcohol was literally poison. The Mermaid Speakeasy is located on 3775, third avenue in the Bronx. Just one bar in a city of 7 million people in 1930.

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