Unknown Narrator / Historian Deborah Blum

He never went anywhere without his being driven by his chauffeur. And even when he went to crime scenes, you know, his chauffeur would take him to the crime scene and he would get out in his cashmere coat and his expensive hat.

He never went anywhere without his being driven by his chauffeur. And even when he went to crime scenes, you know, his chauffeur would take him to the crime scene and he would get out in his cashmere coat and his expensive hat.

At one point, he was actually forced to buy the clocks on the walls of the medical examiner's office because the mayor put the budget to such an agree that they couldn't even afford clocks.

At one point, he was actually forced to buy the clocks on the walls of the medical examiner's office because the mayor put the budget to such an agree that they couldn't even afford clocks.

As he thinks about organizing his department, the first thing he thinks is, we need a chemist.

As he thinks about organizing his department, the first thing he thinks is, we need a chemist.

He raised his kids in the middle of this kind of chaos of the Irish-American life in Brooklyn. I think that hugely influenced also his sense of the world because he was so connected to her family.

He raised his kids in the middle of this kind of chaos of the Irish-American life in Brooklyn. I think that hugely influenced also his sense of the world because he was so connected to her family.

As the amendment is circulating and moving forward to when it actually goes into place, around New York City, people are starting to prepare for it by making sure they have their own little home stills or backyard stills or, you know, what people used to call bathtub gin. Even if they can't get it legally, they want those systems in place.

As the amendment is circulating and moving forward to when it actually goes into place, around New York City, people are starting to prepare for it by making sure they have their own little home stills or backyard stills or, you know, what people used to call bathtub gin. Even if they can't get it legally, they want those systems in place.

And they were using wood or other materials that they could easily access in an urban area. And they were making wood alcohol.

And they were using wood or other materials that they could easily access in an urban area. And they were making wood alcohol.

Bellevue was this sort of gothic brick building on the sort of mid to lower east side of Manhattan. There was something about that brick, ivy, gothic look of the place. There was something about, you know, the fact that so many deaths occurred there. It had a kind of mythology about it for a number of reasons.

Bellevue was this sort of gothic brick building on the sort of mid to lower east side of Manhattan. There was something about that brick, ivy, gothic look of the place. There was something about, you know, the fact that so many deaths occurred there. It had a kind of mythology about it for a number of reasons.

They saved a lot of lives, but a lot of people died there, that it just had this kind of reputation of being a slightly haunted place.

They saved a lot of lives, but a lot of people died there, that it just had this kind of reputation of being a slightly haunted place.

they're really trying to get to the bones of this, right?

they're really trying to get to the bones of this, right?

How much poison alcohol is out there?

How much poison alcohol is out there?