The Absolute CHAOS of Ten Cent Beer Night | Fascinating History

I tell the story of an ill-conceived Ten Cent Beer Night promotion that almost caused a riot in 1974...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:46 - The Warm Up
► 04:16 - The Game
► 14:38 - The Clean Up

MUSIC: 🎵
► "A Stranger Thing" by Bruno E

ILLUSTRATIONS: 🎨
► Comics by Emma Galloway (https://artofemmag.carrd.co/)

SOURCES: 📑
► "1976: The Year Cleveland Became Bomb City, USA" published by Cleveland Public Library, October 2017. Link: https://cpl.org/1976-the-year-clevela...
► "Fifty years later, the chaos of Cleveland's 10-Cent Beer Night still shocks" by Zack Meisel, published by The Athletic/The New York Times, March 2024. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5528...
► "The Beer Night Riot, 50 Years Ago: What Was That America Like?" by Daniel McGraw, published by The Bulwark, June 2024. Link: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-beer...
► "10 Cent Beer Night: An Oral History of Cleveland Baseball's Most Infamous Night" by Vince Guerrieri, published by Cleveland Magazine, May 2024. Link: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-...
► "Ten Cent Beer Night: The Complete Guide to the Riot That Helped Save Baseball in Cleveland" by Scott Jarrett, published by Bookbaby, July 2024. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

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