Beyond the Brush: The Wild History of "Painting the Town Red"
Have you ever had a night so legendary that people were still talking about it nearly 200 years later? That is exactly what happened in 1837 when the Marquis of Waterford, a notorious prankster and "lush," decided to celebrate a successful hunt in the English town of Melton Mowbray.
Depending on where you look, the phrase takes on entirely different meanings: Paint the Town Red - Mark Dredge