Episode 126 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes a cruise through The Sands and The Levee, the red light districts of Chicago during the turn of the 20th Century. Red Light Districts were neighborhoods that were dotted with houses of ill repute, dance halls, bars, and other seamier establishments. Those who lived in these neighborhoods, at the time, were often drunk, gambling, and selling their bodies. We will visit a few of the establishments, and meet a few folk who lived and worked in these areas.

We will quickly jump to modern times and see that Chicago's Red Light Districts are much more widespread and a little more reclusive, and given to violent pimps and human trafficking.

BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF closes this episode with the poem, "The Harlot", by Oscar Wilde.

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