Dorcas (aka Darkey) Kelly (d. 1761) was a real-life Irish madam who operated The Maiden Tower brothel in Copper Alley, Dublin. Accused of killing shoemaker John Dowling on St. Patrick's Day of 1760, she was convicted and brutally executed by partial hanging and then burning at the stake, while still alive, on Gallows Road (now […]
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48PM on July 6, 2021