BAD TOWN #6 BAD LADY TOWN

It’s episode #6 BAD LADY TOWN

AKA Female Trouble, AKA Lady Problems, AKA… the Bad Bitches of Bad Town.

Apologies for the problematic gendered terminology, we mean these terms in their BROADest sense…. okay, apologies for the terrible pun. We truly are bad. Don’t get us wrong! WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT THE FLUIDITY OF SEX/GENDER!!!

If you didn’t already know - the Good Time Girls have teamed up with the ladies of The City of Subdued Podcast to bring you the darkest, the most oppressive, the spookiest, and the baaaaaadest parts of Bellingham History!

In this week’s episode we feature stories of the less-often-arrested sex. We tell stories about women who ran afoul of the law,  as well as the women charged with policing them!  

You can read more details on some of what we discuss in a previous blog here: https://bellinghistory.com/blog/2018/9/10/jail-tales-female-trouble

Meanwhile…

Mugshot of Georgia Allen, who was arrested in 1912 for attempting to aid prisoners to escape the Whatcom County Jail.  She was sentenced to Walla Walla State Penitentiary at age 19.

Mugshot of Georgia Allen, who was arrested in 1912 for attempting to aid prisoners to escape the Whatcom County Jail. She was sentenced to Walla Walla State Penitentiary at age 19.

Meet Georgia Allen, alias “Gypsy Cameron”

Back in the early years of the Good Time Girls, Marissa had visited the state archives and taken photos of various Walla Walla State Prison records. There were very few women included in those mugshots, and as this one was also arrested IN BELLINGHAM it really stood out to us. 

Let’s talk about  her mugshot... she looks like a pretty average 1912 era young lady, clearly not wealthy or fancy… she’s wearing spectacles on a chain…  Through our modern lens she kinda looks like a librarian at first glance.

But Georgia clearly had an interesting, and decidedly hard, life… here are her stats:

Prisoner # 6488

Name:  Georgia Allen   Nee: Georgia McDonald   Alias: Gypsy Cameron

Age: 19  Height 5’3”  Weight:  140 lbs

Hair:  dark brown  Eyes:  brown

Born in and native to Canada

Crime:  Aiding prisoner to escape

Received from Whatcom April 4, 1912 

Sentenced to 1-10 years

Marks and Scars:  Red and blue tattoo, clasped hands on heart & wreath on outer left bicep.   U.S. Flag, British Union Jack, rising sun & arrowhead (one design) outer right bicep. Oblique scar outer 2nd joint left thumb.  Boil scar on back right wrist.  Vertical scar on forehead, a little to left center. 

You can also at any of these podcast-listening places: google podcasts, apple podcasts, spotify, or podbay as well as on local Bellingham radio station KMRE Thu Nov 12 2020, 10:00pm - 11:00pm

And stay tuned for more bad-lady-town fun next week with the true story of a GASP, female barber…

WELCOME TO BAD TOWN!

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