Wicked New Orleans Audiobook Libro.fm

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The author of Haunted New Orleans digs up NOLAs long and lawless historyfrom pirates and prostitutes to mobsters and murderers

Since as early as the 1700s New Orleans has been a city filled with sin and vice Those first pioneering citizens of the Big Easy were thieves vagabonds and criminals of all kinds By the time Louisiana fell under American control New Orleans had become a city of debauchery and corruption camouflaged by decadence It was also considered one of the countrys most dangerous cities with a reputation of crime and loose morals Rampant gambling and prostitution were the norm in nineteenthcentury New Orleans and over onethird of todays French Quarter was considered a hotbed of sin Tales in this volume include that of the notorious Axeman who plagued the streets of the Crescent City in the early 1900s and Kate Townsend a prostitute who was murdered by her own lover a man who later was awarded her inheritance Troy Taylor takes a look back at New Orleanss early wicked days and historic crimes