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The perfect day.

I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leeb. And this is Ghost Town. So I'm going to show you a picture of somebody and you just tell me what your perceptions are.

I would say kind of sultry, vampy, a little like Lady Gaga.

You're not the first person to say that.

Everyone thinks that this woman looks like Lady Gaga.

I mean, very. A lot like Lady Gaga. Yeah, she's not Lady Gaga. But if this woman looks like Lady Gaga. I mean, a lot like Lady Gaga.

Yeah, she's not Lady Gaga.

But if this woman had like a movie, right, like,

Lady Gaga would be pretty pissed.

This is not Lady Gaga, but it is the portrait of a captivating cabaret performer,

charismatic public figure, and bisexual femme fatale,

who single-handedly and infamously pushed the limits of both fame and obscurity. Today on Ghost Town, the wildlife, mysterious disappearance, and surprising

death of Francis Day. Francis Victoria Shank was born in East Orange, New Jersey, a Jersey girl

in 1908. By the age of 16, she was dancing in New York City's

speak-easies, dangerous places, venues synonymous with Prohibition-era rebellion. These formative

years competing for attention with booze, cigarettes, and all kinds of risque entertainment,

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