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There’s almost this wink at the end where Fanny says, By the way, Charles brought our son to bawdy houses so he could be educated just as Charles was.—
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30 Oct. 2025 -
The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
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After the attack, Ricks put the knife back in the kitchen, showered, packed some clothes, put his 9-month old son Isaiah into his crib and left the apartment.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Choose from sizes crib to king.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Kraft also faced misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution charges in 2019 after visiting a massage parlor in Jupiter, Florida; the charges were dropped after the evidence was ruled inadmissible.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The statement said the business is an unpermitted massage parlor that operated as a brothel.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The building was built in 1874 as Brackett Brothers Drug Store and became a brothel years later.—
Jenna Thompson
March 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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The only additional information we, and Claire and Jamie, get is how Fanny and Jane wound up being kidnapped and taken to the brothel where William found them.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Call house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20house. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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