S18 Ep49: The Scandalous Hamiltons: Grift, A Disgraced American Icon, & The Birth of Tabloid Journalism w/Bill Shaffer
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
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Summary
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking courtroom drama that was splashed across front pages from coast to coast—this is the fascinating true story behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and the story that gave rise to the sensational tabloid journalism still driving so much of the news cycle in the 21st century.
Now, for just a little more added tease, throw in a knife, assorted deaths, secret marriages, prostitution, sordid affairs, and you would think we have a modern day tale on our hands... but would you believe it if we told you that this takes place just 15 years after the end of the Civil War?! Bill Shaffer, the author of this book joins TCT today to talk about our story, the players involved and the seediness of the time!
Get Bill's book, "The Scandalous Hamiltons ..." here: https://www.billshafferbooks.com/
PLUS AN ALL-NEW DUMB CRIMES/STUPID CRIMINALS WITH BEER CITY BRUISER!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome |
| 0:22.6 | into the best in True Crime Podcasting. |
| 0:24.4 | This is True Crime Tuesday. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm your host Tim Dennis. |
| 0:26.8 | Got a good show for you today folks. |
| 0:28.4 | We're going to talk about the rich, the famous scandal and the birth of tabloid journalists. |
| 0:37.0 | You know, we all kind of get our jollies when we look at stuff like TMZ or we get our |
| 0:41.9 | jollies when we look at things in the news, especially when it comes to crime and famous |
| 0:45.8 | people. |
| 0:47.1 | And you know, we can point to the OJ Simpson trial. |
| 0:50.2 | We can point to things that are even going on right now, the Murdoch trial, things that |
| 0:55.1 | we peek in on. |
| 0:56.7 | We sometimes make stars of people that are on trial and sometimes we make stars of famous |
| 1:02.6 | people who have things going on in the news. |
| 1:06.3 | Maybe they've gotten into a little bit of trouble. |
| 1:07.9 | It's the bad boy syndrome, you know, or the bad girl syndrome. |
| 1:12.0 | And we get fascinated with things. |
| 1:13.5 | We keep them in the news sometimes a little longer than we should. |
| 1:18.5 | Maybe we should let them go on about their lives or we put a stigma on people that have |
| 1:23.8 | done something wrong. |
| 1:25.1 | Or maybe they're just bad people and they get caught up in things and keep getting into |
| 1:28.5 | trouble over and over and over again. |
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