S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

1980s Prostitution in the Streets of Detroit Back in the 1980s, Mark Bando was a Detroit police officer working the streets of Detroit. His assignment was to keep tabs on women forced into prostitution, their pimps, and the sugar daddies who kept them in business. Dawn Spens was one of those women. We follow their interlaced story. Dawn’s sugar daddy was a prominent psychologist named Alan Canty. He would meet her for sex during his lunch break. This relationship went on for two years. Meanwhile, his wife Jan Canty didn’t know what was really going on. This rendezvous didn’t last forever. Hear how Alan Canty’s double life was exposed. Meet the characters The Sugar Daddy- Alan Canty The Sex Worker- Dawn Spens The Pimp- John “Lucky” Links and sources: If you enjoyed the story, check out Lowell Lowell Cauffiel’s book titled Masquerade To read Jan Canty’s memoir visit Amazon or www.jancantyphd.com This is part one of a two-part series. Subscribe to Patreon to listen to part two right now Credits This episode was written and produced by Javier Leiva Edited by Molly Brock Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Podington Bear Theme music by Joe Basile and thechicken.net ------- Story idea? If you have a story to share, email Javier a voice memo or short written description at info@pretendradio.org. For more episodes like this visit pretendradio.org. To get early releases and bonus episodes go to pretendradio.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	Before we begin, I want to give a quick warning that some of the language you use on today's
0:41.7	episode may come across as insensitive and outdated.
0:46.2	These are words that were commonly used during the time that this story took place, but today,
0:51.7	today these words do nothing but dehumanize and demean women.
0:56.2	You'll hear words like prostitute, hooker, and other ways of describing women who are forced
1:02.1	to sell their body for sex. Some may even refer to
1:05.6	them as sex workers, but in my opinion, the woman in this story was just
1:10.3	battling addiction and not doing this as a career choice. So keep that in mind while you're listening.
1:17.0	Okay, let's jump in. When Mark Bando was a 33 year old Detroit police officer, he carried around a binder in his patrol unit.
1:34.4	It was a ledger of more than a thousand pictures of women and their pimps.
1:40.3	He used it to keep track of who was working for home.
1:44.0	Back in the 1980s,
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