If you’ve never heard of Georgia Tann, you are in for a wild ride. Her story is one of those that you can’t quite believe was allowed to happen. It’s one of those that makes you wonder just HOW some people gain power and then are able to stay in that power and use it and use it without consequence. Honestly, we usually see men in these types of power plays so that’s what makes this story even more fascinating. How did she become a woman so comfortable in her own skin and bold in her actions to take over an entire industry and make it something new, something sinister, something manipulative and diseased? That’s the thing I so wanted to understand and uncover. Today, we’re going to look at Georgia’s beginnings. Who and what shaped her into the complex, corrupt and strange woman she became?

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