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In this episode, Kara expands on Prohibition and how it started to affect society and all the different ways people tried to skirt around the 18th Amendment. She dives into how the Federal government tried to crack down on the sale and consumption of alcohol to how people would figure out loopholes and straight up brazen methods of procuring, producing, and transferring alcohol into America.

What was supposed to be movement that entailed women's rights and voting to making a society of men who could be trusted and be reliable, instead the whole amendment backfired horrifically and Kara's only two episodes in! She's got two more in the works involving Prohibition.

If you have not listened to Prohibition Fire Part 1. - Episode 59 be sure to check it out in the feed or wherever you get your podcasts.

Some other episodes that were mentioned that you might find interest:

Donner Party of 90 Fire

I love the Smell of Lead Fire

Britain's Sketchy Bread Recipes Fire

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In this episode, Kara dives into the beginnings of one of the greatest dumpster fires in American history. What started off as a noble movement to make men better men and to eliminate a societal toxin, turned into a decade of insanity, crime, and abject poverty for many.

We all know about Prohibition from the textbooks, but did you know that the movement started since before the Civil War? Did you know that the movement started because women didn't think men were bad, but alcohol turned them into something else in most cases?

Kara takes us down the origins of what would become one of the most famous constitutional amendments in modern history. Alcohol is one of the most influential contributors to the development of this nation, but simultaneously, a major detractor.

For more details and Kara's extensive show notes, check out the website. And in this episode, the Great Molasses Flood Episode is mention that is closely tied to this episode.

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After a bit of a break, Kara and Ed are back on the mic with a real "banger" of an episode so to speak. Our hosts are trying something different where they both put in their own contributions to the idea of how things go bad even after death.

Kara's going to start of with King William the Conqueror's rise to fame and subsequent death and the issues that can arise when you don't bury a portly man in a quick enough time. Let's just say it involves a burning village in the middle of a dispute of who owns the land the King is being buried, and how to squeeze a fat dude in a small coffin... it doesn't end the way you think!

Ed's contribution takes us to Florence, Oregon in 1970, where a 40 foot 8,000 dead whale washes ashore for about a week and no one knows how to remove it. So they use 200 lbs of dynamite to blow the thing into the ocean. Once again... it doesn't end the way you would think.

So take a listen and embrace the fact that you're currently doing better than William the Conqueror and a dead whale on a beach (or any of bystanders who watched what happened)

For some other episodes that you might find interesting that kind of tie into this one check these out.

The Valley of the Kings and King Tut

Byford Dolphin Incident

Boston Molasses Flood

For a complete catalog of nearly 60 historical dumpster fires, check out The Day's Dumpster Fire website!

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