Episode 15: Dry & Dirty

Join Lindsay for the SEASON FINALE of Disturbing the Peace. She tells the tale of prostitution and prohibition with ties to the Peace and beyond. Discussing some of the powerful and notorious women of the era and their ability to "queen-pin" the criminal underground.Stay Tuned for more content through July and August and Lindsay will be back on the mic on Thursday, September 5th!GrandeCon:grandecon.caSources:https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chungtext/1.0362192#p3z-5r0f:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_and_Great_Waterways_Railway_scandalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Siftonhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/taber-free-press/125423332/https://archive.org/details/rumrunners0000ande/page/15/mode/1up?view=theaterhttps://magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas/culture-society/the-madam-who-shot-the-mountie/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Starkmanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Lassandrohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_CanadaBook - The Unmentionable History of the West by Nancy MillarBook - Policing the Central Peace by Irving KurzBook - The Rum Runners by Frank W. AndersonBook - Red Serge and the Stetsons: Hundred Years of Mounties' Memories by Donovan T. SaulBook - Medicine, Madams & Mounties: Stories of a Yukon Doctor by Allan DuncanBook - Good Time Girls Of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush by Lael Morgan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.