SDPB Specials
Operation Hotbed: Who Really Ended Prostitution in Deadwood?
Special | 1h 7m 2s
A co-presentation featuring the Honorable Jeffrey Viken and Mark Meierhenry.
Deadwood’s houses of prostitution ran openly well into 1980, until a firearm linked to the 1979 murder of a federal judge in San Antonio was traced to Pam’s Purple Door. The Honorable Jeffrey Viken and Former South Dakota Attorney General Mark Meierhenry discuss the story behind the closing of Deadwood's brothels.
SDPB Specials is a local public television program presented by SDPB
Support SDPB with a gift to the Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting
SDPB Specials
Operation Hotbed: Who Really Ended Prostitution in Deadwood?
Special | 1h 7m 2s
Deadwood’s houses of prostitution ran openly well into 1980, until a firearm linked to the 1979 murder of a federal judge in San Antonio was traced to Pam’s Purple Door. The Honorable Jeffrey Viken and Former South Dakota Attorney General Mark Meierhenry discuss the story behind the closing of Deadwood's brothels.
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SDPB Specials is a local public television program presented by SDPB
Support SDPB with a gift to the Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting