A closer look
You don't need supernatural omniscience when you have access to the gossiping elite's split ends. Marie Laveau ruled 19th-century New Orleans with an iron fist, revered for her terrifyingly accurate 'psychic' knowledge of the city's wealthiest families. In reality, she ran a massive intelligence network. By working as a hairdresser for wealthy white women and coordinating with their enslaved servants, Laveau gathered unparalleled blackmail material. She brilliantly weaponized hairspray gossip into undeniable mystical power.
