Absinthe is a drink with a very sordid past. Alesha talks about the beverage with all kinds of powers to make you see things you've never seen before, or behave in ways you never thought possible. Even murder! We'll talk about the green fairy, a very sordid tail from it's early beginnings and the power of absinthe wormwood that is still in production today!

The Absinthe Murders: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/site-absinthe-murders

All About Absinthe:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_absinthium

The Cocktail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_the_Afternoon