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Lesley A Hall
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I wonder if scammers will eventually go full Chrimes Brothers and try to blackmail the women seeking their fake remedies for seeking illegal abortions: thequackdoctor.com/index.php/no... (Such pills were a massively advertised racket in C19th-early C20th but these guys took it to the next level.)
Notorious Chrimes: The Blackmail Pills | The Quack Doctor
In 1890s London, the 'Lady Montrose Pills' blackmail scheme efficiently and heartlessly targeted more than 8,000 victims.
LA
Lesley A Hall
@erinacean.bsky.social
Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist
@erinacean
@erinacean@h-net.social
www.lesleyahall.net
lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
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