Hello friends, welcome to episode 6 in our new series about prohibition from hatchets

to hoods.

Mayhem in a dry America.

Today we're going to explore the New York Jazz and Speakeasy scene and meet a few people

who embodied that old adage.

Sometimes appearances can be deceiving.

And of course if there's anywhere in time and place to reinvent yourself, it's New York

City in the 1920s.

I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.

From a young age the Prince of Wales who would later become King Edward VIII of Britain

was captivated by American culture.

He loved everything from cowboys to chewing gum.

He made several visits to the United States in the 1920s when he himself was a devilishly

good looking man of 25 and he delighted in the lavish parties, the jazz music scene,

and above all American women.

He parted every night.

He bought it hard.

The LFA, a well-known New York City nightclub, was a melting pot of patrons, everyone

from the super wealthy, to politicians, college boys, mobsters, and the working class people

jostled together for a space in the Speakeasy.

All it took to get inside was a little bit of pocket money and the passcode.

In a Tay Day, it was visited by celebrities like Babe Ruth, Charles Lindberg, Charlie

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