The Texas Chicken Ranch: Famous Brothel to Broadway
When it closed in 1973, the Texas Chicken Ranch was the oldest continually operating brothel in the United States. Why was this brothel able to survive for so long? Who were the women at work there? And where did it get its name? In this episode, Don explores the brothel behind the Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds…
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