Absinthe isn’t Dangerous. It was Framed for Murder
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Have you ever tried absinthe - that fluorescent green spirit that people used to set on fire in the 90’s? It’s had a pretty bad reputation over the years. In fact, it was illegal in a lot of countries for almost a century!
But back in France during the period known as the Belle Époque, it was the drink associated with great artists and writers like Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas. Happy Hour was even known as ‘the Green Hour’.
So what happened? Well according to food and beverage writer Evan Rail, everything changed because of a murder. A murder that absinthe was blamed for…
Join podcast host Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole, Mastermind) as he unearths the odd facts surrounding this intriguing true crime mystery.
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