S26E3: Sweet Home Alabama | America’s Surprise Divorce Capital (A Trashy Divorces Encore Plus!)

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As much as we love a Vegas wedding and a Reno divorce - or a Tijuana divorce - the truth is that for a sparkling 25 or so years in the mid-20th century, Alabama abolished any residency requirements in divorce matters, and cheap, quickie divorces became a mainstay for Alabama lawyers. And as you would expect, this wild west environment drew a lot of high profile names - including some TD Alums - to the state, if only briefly. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Sponsors Jack Black. For 10% off your order, head to JackBlack.com/TRASHY and use code TRASHY. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.5	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces.
0:29.4	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:33.5	And oh my, what a treat we have for you today with this encore Sunday.
0:38.1	My name is Stacey.
0:38.8	Hey, friends, Alicia here, and I am pulling one out of the vault from so long ago.
0:44.8	Stacey, you and I have officially now, in current day, completed our move back to my home state of Alabama, the state of your childhood and adolescence, and what a joy to be back.
0:59.6	Okay. Let's go with that.
1:03.0	Boxes are getting whittled down and the house is coming along.
1:06.3	That is true.
1:07.3	And we are literally back in the land of trashy divorces. What do I mean by that?
1:12.7	Y'all, in this encore, I can't even wait to let you know that Alabama was the divorce capital
1:18.5	of the United States for a number of decades. One of these divorces that we're going to talk about
1:25.5	did come up in our Onassis arc with a little Tina Onassis spider web we just recently discussed.
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