The Yellow Bird of Cirque L’Amour

About this episode

A jazz singer uncovers a deadly secret involving human trafficking at a Las Vegas circus.

PULP SUSPENSE “The Yellow Bird of Cirque L’Amour” By Charlotte Lucas Read by Laurel Foster A jazz singer in a glittering Las Vegas circus witnesses a deadly fall that was no accident. She finds an encrypted drive revealing the troupe is a front for a monstrous secret: a human trafficking ring protected by the police. Now, two bodies are down, and she's next. Pulp Magazines is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism. If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES , telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week This episode includes AI-generated content.

People in this episode

Host: Richard O Jones

Topics covered

• pulp fiction
• suspense
• human trafficking
• Las Vegas
• jazz music

Keywords

• pulp magazines
• Charlotte Lucas
• Laurel Foster
• encrypted drive

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Yellow Bird of Cirque L’Amour, TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN, CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES

Places: Las Vegas

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