Mata Hari Was Either the Worlds Greatest Female Spy or a WWI Exotic Dancer Way In Over Her Head

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 6 a.m.

Even before Mata Hari (n\xe9e Margaretha Zelle) was executed by a French firing squad in 1917 for spying on behalf of the Germans, her life had already become legend. At her trial, prosecutors claimed that the world-famous exotic dancer had seduced...