S32E15: Horace, Augusta, and Baby Doe Tabor | Colorado's Trashiest Triangle

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

While researching for her Done & Dunne podcast, Alicia came across a story right up our alley: a scandalous affair, secret marriages, secret divorces, bigamy, and all set in America's Wild West. Meet Horace Tabor, once one of America's richest men and briefly a US Senator for Colorado, his long-suffering wife Augusta, and the mistress Horace couldn't wait to wed, again and again, Baby Doe Tabor. 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 info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces.
0:02.4	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:06.3	My name is Stacy and Alicia.
0:08.4	We're heading west, young man.
0:10.2	Going west trash pandas.
0:12.2	I am bringing to you today a whole lot going on in the most infamous Love Triangle of Colorado.
0:19.9	It's the most famous Trashy Divorce divorce triangle, maybe in the whole West, included.
0:25.2	A whole lot of presidents, prospecting adventures, too much money, a whole lot of adultery,
0:31.8	a whole lot of secret marriages and secret divorces, and maybe big a me too.
0:37.2	Pack your bags up, minors.
0:39.1	We are going to go west for the Rocky Mountain highest
0:42.8	of Trashy Divorces starring Horace and Augusta Tabor
0:47.8	and Baby Doe, too.
0:50.3	Let's go, go, go.
1:02.6	Music Let's go, go, go. Oh, Stacey.
1:04.0	It is the Rocky Mountain highest of trashy divorces today.
1:08.5	I cannot wait to tell you about this story.
1:11.0	So I didn't know about this particular Colorado love triangle,
1:15.7	the most famous love triangle in the Rocky Mountain State.
1:19.1	However, I learned about these folks through a done-and-done-adjacent through line.
1:24.8	And they were mentioned in another story, and I said,
1:28.5	man, that sounds pretty trashy, pretty hot hot let me go find out about them and boy I was not disappointed okay today
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