441: Arizona's Murdered Madams w/ Merry Gordon

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, Education, History

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is Merry Gordon, author of Arizona's Murdered Madams: Death in the Red-Light Districts. She shares the stories of two of Territorial Arizona's most infamous madams, former Mormon Minnie Powers and "Belgian Jennie" Bauters, including the cold-blooded murders that ended their lives. She also talks about the colorful and often dangerous world of sex workers in the Old West. The author's Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Merry-Gordon/author/B07F99X97T The author's publisher page: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/arizonas-murdered-madams-9781467171069 The author on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merrygordonwrites/ Free shipping and 365-day returns with Quince! Refresh your wardrobe here: https://www.quince.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, Micah, what do you want now?
0:05.0	Roy! It's coming home, baby. Can't you feel it? The excitement, the group chants, the atmosphere.
0:13.0	Well...
0:15.0	Come on! I've got a good feeling about this one, Roy!
0:20.0	The world's gone football!
0:25.2	Ork here, Dan.
0:26.7	A bit.
0:28.2	Getting on the action this summer with Skybet.
0:30.6	18 plus gambleaware.org.
0:32.6	Blowing ad budget on metrics that look great till the CFO sees them.
0:36.5	That's bullspend. And marketers are calling it out in dashboard confessions.
0:42.3	I remember telling my boss it'll be good for the brand when leads were slow.
0:46.3	Yeah, it wasn't.
0:48.3	Cut the ball spend.
0:50.3	LinkedIn lets you target by company, job title and more.
0:53.3	Advertise on LinkedIn.
0:55.4	Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit.
0:58.3	Go to LinkedIn.com slash lead.
0:59.8	Terms and conditions apply. Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast.
1:32.8	Thank you for listening.
1:34.7	It is so nice to introduce Mary Gordon to the show.
1:37.9	She is a writer, editor, and teacher who is very passionate about preserving the past
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