Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction 11
1 Double Murder at Axtel Ridge: Inez Palmer (1926-27) 13
2 Launched into Eternity: Hester Foster (1844) 27
3 Ohio's Madam: Lizzie (1871-1908) 30
4 The Love Plot: Jean Maude Lowther (1930 31) 47
5 Within the Scaffold's Shadow: "Big Liz" Carter (1890) 61
6 Axis Sally, World War II Traitor: Mildred Gillars (1941-45) 70
7 The Madams of Ottawa County: Rose Pasco and Lillian Pasco Tailford Belt (1930 71) 84
8 The Devil Put Me Up to It: Martha Wise (1925) 99
9 The Woman Who Could Not Cry: Dovic Blanche Dean (1952) 111
10 The Demimonde of Cleveland: Clara Palmer (1881 97) 121
11 The Blond Borgia: Anna Marie Hahn (1937) 130
Sources 147
Index 153
About the Author 159