Let the Good Times Roll
In the early twentieth century, New Orleans Alderman Sidney Story promoted an ordinance to create a 38-block vice district that allowed legal sex work. Known by most as Storyville, this notorious red-light district not only helped give New Orleans its reputation as a city of sin but also became an integral part of early Jazz.
This minisode is a companion to the episode, The Fiery Tomb of Josie Arlington.
Additional Links From This Episode:
Listen to some of the music to come out of Storyville on our Spotify Playlist - Southern Gothic: Storyville, New Orleans
“A Visit to Storyville, New Orleans’ Most Famous Red Light District.”
Sources:
Arceneaux, Pamela. Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans. New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1982.
Asher, Sally. “The Last Days of Storyville.” My New Orleans. September 29, 2017. https://www.myneworleans.com/last-days-of-storyville/.
Historic New Orleans Collection. “Storyville: Madames and Music.” The Historic New Orleans Collection. Accessed December 12, 2022. https://www.hnoc.org/virtual/storyville.
Long, Alecia P. “Josie Arlington.” 64 Parishes, updated May 13, 2019. https://64parishes.org/entry/josie-arlington.
Rose, Al. Storyville, New Orleans. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
