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The Colorful Madam Mollie Teal - Full Episode 21


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"Did you know Huntsville's first hospital was originally a brothel?!"  That's a clickbait-y fun fact that gets thrown around a good bit, but like most stories, there's a lot more to it.  In this episode, I dove down a rabbit hole of census records, newspapers, misspellings, and pedantic court battles to piece together the story of Mollie Teal, the madam who donated her home to the city over 120 years ago.  Sort of.

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