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The Dark Side of New Orleans History: Executions, Duels, Brothels & Debauchery

New Orleans has always known how to have a good time. Sometimes a little too good. Long before Bourbon Street became famous for neon lights and frozen drinks, New Orleans had already earned a reputation for drinking, gambling, brothels, duels, questionable entertainment and behavior that respectable society supposedly frowned upon—while frequently participating in it. It…