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"Ain't Misbehavin'" Highlights Dark Side of the Roarin' Twenties

Clare Roth
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Iowa Public Radio
An exhibit modeled after a 1920s speakeasy at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

The roaring 20s are oft-idealized in modern media, but a dark side persisted. To fuel the parties, the booze, and the fun, an elaborate system of bootlegging, grifting, prostitution and gambling was created by a few prominent mobsters.

In this Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Jonathan Eig, author of Get Capone, and Markus Eckhart, curator of Ain't Misbehavin? The World of the Gangster at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.

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Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa