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Wicked Philadelphia

sin in the city of brotherly love

"Wicked Philadelphia" is published by History Press in 2010 - Charleston, SC and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Wicked Philadelphia
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: History Press
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  • Publish Location: Charleston, SC

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  • Pagination: p. cm.

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"Wicked Philadelphia" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Introduction
  • 2- Oh! it's a lovely war! : the Mischianza, 1778
  • 3- Brotherly love and sisterly affection : the rise of the red light districts, ca. 1820
  • 4- The victorians called it "seduction" : the Heberton-Mercer murder case, 1843
  • 5- "Is there no law to hang them?" : body snatching at Lebanon cemetery, 1882
  • 6- The best little whorehouse in Philly : James R. Applegate's flying circus, 1890
  • 7- My mother, the "countess" : the Anita de Bettencourt fraud, 1892
  • 8- The Frayed Fabric of our lives : the storey Cotton Con, 1905
  • 9- The sugar daddy and the broadway butterfly : the Dot King murder, 1923
  • 10- The Sesqui sinks : the World's Fair Fiasco, 1926
  • 11- What lies beneath : the Lafayette cemetery scandal, 1946
  • 12- Good night, sweet prince : John Barrymore comes home, 1980.

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