The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

  • 2022
  • 1 Seasons
  • 3 Episodes
  •  7.5  (2)
  •   Ended

Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
Seasons
Sin Cities
3. Sin Cities
June 26, 2022
The invention of the luxury resort casino helps birth Sin City; a Harlem woman goes to war for what will become the state lottery system; an alluring magazine like no other is launched; one of the most famous cigarette brands in history is created.
Empires Lost
2. Empires Lost
June 19, 2022
One of the richest men in the world may lose his tobacco empire; alcohol titans fight for their lives against the growing threat of prohibition; New York City becomes ground zero in the battle to legalize contraception.
Secrets & Sins
1. Secrets & Sins
June 12, 2022
Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms…all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.
The Booze, Bets And Sex That Built America | Three-Part Series Premieres June 12 at 8/7c | HISTORY

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Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.
  • Genres
    DocumentaryDrama
  • Cast
    James M. Reilly
    Delbert Hunt
    Zach Meiser
    Bart Elliott
    Barbara Hahn
    Sarah Milov
    Garrett Oliver
    Colin Spoelman
    Richard Zacks
    Norman Chad
    Carey Latimore
    Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
    Jesse Dupree
    Maureen Ogle
    Samara B. Davis
    Adam Harper
  • Channel
    History
  • Premiere Date
    June 12, 2022
  • Rating
    7.5  (2)
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