The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America โ Season 1, Episode 1: Secrets & Sins
Documentary, Drama โข 83 min โข 1 season, 3 episodes โข โ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
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 condomsโฆall while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.
About The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
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.