Charles Norris

…they start adding real poison to alcohol in levels sufficient to kill people. We get into the really remarkable story of the New York City Medical Examiner's Office, Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler, who kind of pieced this together by examining the corpses of a lot of people dying and starting to see patterns of different chemicals and poisonings. And…

…Customers waiting for doors to open so they can snatch up bottles of imported scotch and wine. As for Charles Norris, well, the end of Prohibition is in sight, but he's still got plenty of work to do. He travels through New York, the waterfront, the Bowery, collecting data and writing down his observations for his annual report. The city is still far from p…

…As the Great Depression pushes Prohibition off center stage, Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler take stock. And so do we. In the U.S. Senate mailroom, a new clerk is sorting the day's incoming letters. It's the spring of 1930, another election year. There's plenty of mail flying in and out as senators coordinate their campaigns. But this new clerk can't s…