Sartorial Violence at its Finest: The Straw Hat Riot

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Lady Marm-alade: Fredericka Mandelbaum

Fredericka Mandelbaum (Marm or Ma, if you're nasty) was the powerful ruler of a criminal empire. Based on pickpocketing, theft, bank robbery, and forgery, her organization raked it in at the end of the 1800s in New York City and beyond. Out of reach from the law thanks to payoffs ...  Show more

How To Free Your Man With a Helicopter: Nadine Vaujour

Single mom Nadine Vaujour was something of a romantic. Which helps explain why it pained her heart so to be separated from her lover. It also helps explain why, one day, she decided it was time to spring her lover from the French prison where he was locked up. And to make her dar ...  Show more

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