Belle Cora went from minister’s daughter, to prostitute, to San Francisco’s richest madam, to wife of a man hung for the murder of someone who insulted her—all that before her death at 34.

The Backstory: Technology: Where We Came From and Why We’re So Lonely
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The Backstory: The London Fog That Killed 12,000
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The Backstory: Sibling Squabbles in Royal Families
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