History Go Time!

03 - The Astor Place Riot - "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"


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19th-century actors were hardcore. In this episode, we explore how John Wilkes Booth may not have been the craziest person in his family, how a dispute over who was the better Macbeth ended with dozens of deaths, and how this one event was the Kevin Bacon of its time - almost everyone makes an appearance, from Davy Crockett to Charles Dickens
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