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Ms. Mirage

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Ms. Mirage

Written by: Joe Tone
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
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When an investigative journalist’s bold and infamous undercover sting laid bare graft-ridden 1970s Chicago from inside a dummy pub, she became a star among men. But could she win the big one?

In the era of Watergate and rising feminist awareness, reporter Pam Zekman was queen of the muckrakers. Her biggest investigation: buy a bar, document the inevitable city department shakedowns and bribes, and publicly document Chicago’s institutionalized corruption. Her epic story changed Chicago and also raised serious questions about the future of journalism.

Joe Tone’s Ms. Mirage is part of Exposure, a collection of six incredible and true stories of American double lives from millionaire CEOs and suburban teens to undercover investigators and scam artists - all for whom secrets are a way of life. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single astonished sitting.

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Female investigative journalist spearheads an exposé in the late 1970s to chronicle official corruption and shakedowns by city officials on small businesses by setting up their own tavern. Some of the true tale was amusing, such as the journalists not actually able to tend a bar

Chicago official corruption in the 1970s

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