Conspiracy Story That Was True

 This is a little history story about a conspiracy story that was hyped-up to be negative and would later be found to absolutely true.

As 1920 arrived....the Prohibition Era was dumped upon Americans.  What started as a development to halt consumption of booze/alcohol....turned into a problem for people that favored alcohol.

People then figured out that you could brew your own booze....if you had the right ingredients.  By 1925, it was decided that something had to be done.  

Quietly, without saying a lot....the US government went to the companies that made legit commercial/industrial alcohol.  They instructed (guided) the companies.....to add some ingredients that would make highly dangerous for consumption.  They figured.....with a warning on bucket/barrel.....that was enough.

Between 1926 and 1933 (the end of Prohibition)....it's generally figured today that around 10,000 Americans died of chemical poisoning through the consumption of homemade alcohol.

Treated as a conspiracy?  Probably for more than thirty years....this was quietly discussed and treated as a joke.  By the 1960s, a lot of this information finally filtered out.  It was no longer a conspiracy.....it actually did occur.  The 10,000 number?  This is one part of the story that you can't be sure about.  It's estimated to be 10,000.....but it could just as well be 100,000.