Someone in the newsroom has asked what was the impact of Prohibition in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. The answer: not much. Here’s more from a 2002 column and a 2005 feature: Prohibition, ...

The week before American Prohibition ended in 1933, Brown-Forman started mashing and fermenting grain. Owsley Brown I had heard rumblings the law was about to be overturned and he wanted one of ...

In this Kings and Generals animated documentary, we trace the history of the American Mafia—from its roots in New York’s Five Points to its rise to power during the Prohibition era. Meet infamous ...

Editor's note: The following Post Times column by former staff writer Eliot Kleinberg originally ran in May 2020. We are reprinting it here to coincide with the publication of "Hypocrite's Row," the ...

Criminal organizations took control of alcohol smuggling and distribution to hotels and speakeasies. In 1930, two Prohibition agents were shot and killed during a raid in West Palm Beach. Editor's ...