by kbronson | Feb 11, 2026 | Episodes
In this episode, I let Jake Ehrlich do a lot of the talking, because frankly, no one skewered San Francisco’s hypocrisy quite like he did. Dolly wasn’t just fighting a criminal charge—she was being fed to the wolves in a city that had tolerated, taxed, and quietly...
by kbronson | Feb 4, 2026 | Episodes
In this episode, I continue the story of Dolly Fine as San Francisco’s long-standing system of tolerated vice begins to unravel in the wake of the Atherton Report of 1937. Police shakeups, grand jury investigations, and rising public pressure tightened the noose the...
by kbronson | Jan 16, 2026 | Episodes
Dolly Fine was one of San Francisco’s last great madams and a defining figure of the city’s wide-open 1930s nightlife. Tall, blonde, impeccably dressed, and deeply embedded in the city’s underworld, Dolly ran one of the most profitable and professionally managed...
by kbronson | Jan 10, 2026 | Episodes
This is a trailer for my first official Patreon bonus episode. To hear future bonus episodes, please join FRISCO: The Secret History at Patreon. TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Frisco the. Secret History Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson. This is a bonus episode for...
