The Real Hamilton: Downfall, Duel & Death
When Alexander Hamilton took a bullet to the abdomen on the morning of the 11th July 1804, he joined a long list of people who had fallen foul of this very strange practice. So where did duelling come...
13 Mai 202440min
President James A. Garfield: Sex Cults & Assassination
This may have been the second shortest Presidency in the history of the United States, but the term of James Garfield is definitely not one to miss.From his dark horse nomination to his assassination ...
8 Mai 202442min
The Real Hamilton: Lover, Adulterer, Family Man?
Founding Father, first Secretary of the Treasury and focus of one of the world's first political sex scandals - we couldn't do a series about Alexander Hamilton without touching on his personal life.D...
6 Mai 202437min
Teddy Roosevelt: The Making of the Rough Rider President
Theodore Roosevelt is arguably the most masculine president in American history. So how was he influenced by the women around him? And how was he impacted by the deaths of two of them on the same day?...
2 Mai 202433min
The Real Hamilton: Founding Father
Who really was Alexander Hamilton, and what do we actually know about his life?A Founding Father, he fought in the Revolutionary War, founded the American financial system and was the first ever Secre...
28 Apr 202444min
President Rutherford B. Hayes: The First Great Depression
Emerging victorious from an electoral quagmire in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.Professor Mark Zachary Taylor joins Don to explore the first great depression...
25 Apr 202434min
Founding Father: Who Was John Hancock?
An iconic signature on the Declaration of Independence - that is what John Hancock is best known for. But how did he come to be the first signatory? What was his role in the American Revolution?Brooke...
22 Apr 202440min
The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre: Slavery After the Civil War
During the spring of 1921, eleven bodies were found in in rural Georgia. These men were victims of horrific murders, and also of a more widespread crime - peonage.Whilst enslavement had legally ended ...
18 Apr 202425min
