Myra Maybelle Shirley was born on February 5, 1848, in Carthage, Missouri. She was well educated and grew up in a family of SOuthern sympathizers and supporters of Slavery. She eventually found her way to a life of petty crime, or really more like she just befriended a crowd of criminals. Over the next few episodes, we will learn about the life of Belle Starr and then her daughter Pearl.
