On a cold dark night in December of 1896, many of the richest men in New York City were enjoying themselves at a bachelor party, when it was suddenly and unexpectedly raided by the police, on the basis of a tip that “indecent entertainment” was taking place at the party, including the famous exotic dancer Little Egypt and other similar performers. This episode tells the story of the party and its aftermath.           

 

HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

 

New York Times, December 21-24, 27 & 29-31, 1896; January 1-6 & 8-14, 16-18, 21-24, 26-28 & 30-31, 1897.

Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 13, 16, 19, 23, 27 & 28-29, 1897.

 

LITTLE EGYPT (ASHEA WABA):

 

Photo-1896

 

Photo-1897

 

Illustration of dance performance by Little Egypt,

from National Police Gazette, March 1894.

 

GUEST VOICES:

 

Captain George “Whiskers” Chapman – Floyd Fry from the The Pop List Podcast.

 

William Howe, Attorney – Pavo from the Foot of the Mountain Podcast, the Pancast Podcast and That’s no Moon, it’s a Podcast.

 

Lottie Mortimer - Keri Schroeder from the Books In The Wild and the Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun Podcast

 

Herbert Seeley - Alex Peters from DACAPO Productions and the music duo Bards of Copper.

 

Colonel E.C. James, Attorney - David Ginsburg from The Tales from The Fandom Podcast

 

Minnie Renwood - Erin Whitehead from The Braless Podcast

 

Anabelle Moore - Karen Wickham from the Stat! Podcast

 

Little Egypt (Ashea Waba); Cora Routt – Kit Caren from the Forgotten News Podcast

 

Host Intro: Nina Innstead

 

Extro Aphorism - Anabelle D-C from [email protected]

 

MUSIC:

 

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –                              

Licensed under Creative Commons:                                              By Attribution 3.0 License                                                               http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0

 

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Life of Riley

Wagner Bridal Chorus

 

SOUND EFFECTS:

 

Wedding Bells; Female Walking Quickly - Freesound.org

 

EXTRO APHORISM:

 

Source:  Chesterton, G.K., Cockneys And Their Jokes (1909), included in All Things Considered, a collection of Chesterton essays.

 

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