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The Chief Appropriator w/ Emma Gray & Claire Fallon

Scam Goddess

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar White Elk left England when the Scotland Yard began investigating his relationship with another man as homosexuality was illegal at the time. He moved to France where he met a Viennese countess named Antoinette Adda and her mother, Melania. The two were charmed by Chief White Elk's persona and Edgar convinced them that he was not only Cherokee royalty, but an oil baron.

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