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The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London

  • Written by LeeAnne M. Richardson, Associate Professor of English, Georgia State University
W.T. Stead's series of articles detailing a sordid sex ring rocked London.W.T. Stead Resource Site, CC BY-SA

Wealthy men soliciting underage girls for sex. Girls lured to expensive homes by promises of good-paying jobs. Captains of commerce and heads of state reveling in debauchery. Officials looking the other way.

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