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Mati Hari, Dancer Turned Spy

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There are a ton of stories about Mata Hari, the dancer turned spy in World War I who used her sexuality and allure to her advantage. Legend has it that she was masquerading as Lady McLeod, a daughter of an English Lord who went bankrupt, eventually forcing her to use her female wiles to make a life for herself. After a failed marriage and life as a mistress, she also had a number of conquests that she used to her advantage, gaining information from them which she sold to the French. She was later on accused of being a German spy as well, and ended up being executed via firing squad in 1917. After refusing to wear a blindfold during her execution, she even blew a kiss to the men who took her life.