Bayou And Bullshyt: A Louisiana History Podcast

NEW ORLEANS, 1890 — POLICE CHIEF DAVID HENNESSY IS SHOT DOWN, AND THE CITY ERUPTS INTO PANIC, RUMORS, AND REVENGE TALK. IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHYT, WE BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, WHY PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED WHISPERING “MAFIA,” AND HOW THIS ONE MURDER SPARKED A CHAIN REACTION THAT CHANGED LOUISIANA HISTORY (AND AMERICAN TRUE CRIME) FOREVER.

EXPECT FACTS, CONTEXT, AND A LITTLE “WELL… ALLEGEDLY” — BECAUSE THIS CASE IS MESSY.

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NEW ORLEANS AIN’T JUST JAZZ AND JAMBALAYA, BABY…
IT GOT A REAL UNDERWORLD TOO 😈

IN THIS EPISODE, SHIKA DENISE DIVES DEEP INTO THE RISE OF THE NEW ORLEANS CRIME FAMILY — THE BOSSES, THE BOOTLEGGERS, THE BETRAYALS, AND THE BODIES THAT BUILT ONE OF THE MOST LOW-KEY BUT POWERFUL MOB EMPIRES IN AMERICA.

WE’RE TALKING:
⚜️ THE HENNESSY ASSASSINATION
⚜️ POLITICAL CORRUPTION
⚜️ ITALIAN BEEF IN THE FRENCH QUARTER
⚜️ WHO REALLY RAN THE CITY BEHIND THE SCENES
⚜️ AND WHY NEW ORLEANS MAFIA MOVED DIFFERENT THAN NEW YORK & CHICAGO

FROM THE DOCKS TO THE COURTROOM,
FROM THE FRENCH QUARTER TO THE BACK ROOMS…
THIS ONE GETS MESSY.

SO POUR YOU A DRINK,
GET COMFORTABLE,
AND LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CRIMINALS THEY DON’T PUT IN MOVIES…
BUT SHOULD.

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IN THIS EPISODE OF BAYOU AND BULLSHT*, SHIKA DENISE DIVES DEEP INTO THE CHILLING AND CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF Gary Plauché — A LOUISIANA FATHER WHOSE SHOCKING ACT OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE STUNNED THE NATION. WAS IT REVENGE, PROTECTION, OR SOMETHING MORE COMPLICATED? JOIN US AS WE UNRAVEL THE CASE, THE HEADLINES, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT STILL LINGER DECADES LATER.

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IN THIS EPISODE OF BLOODLINES ON Bayou & Bullshyt, SHIKA DENISE TELLS THE STORY OF ABRAHAM MORGAN — BORN IN Donaldsonville IN THE 1860S, RAISING A FAMILY, WORKING, AND TRYING TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WAS HIS IN A LOUISIANA THAT DID NOT PLAY FAIR.

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE TO JOSEPHINE SMITH, THE KIDS, THE FAMILY DRAMA, AND THE MOMENTS THAT SENT HIM THROUGH THE SYSTEM — INCLUDING HIS TIME IN JAIL AND HIS ADMISSIONS TO THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM IN JACKSON. THIS AIN’T JUST “OLD FAMILY HISTORY”… IT’S A REAL STORY ABOUT LAND, SURVIVAL, BETRAYAL, AND HOW QUICKLY A MAN COULD BE LABELED AND LOST IN THE PAPERWORK.

IF YOU LOVE LOUISIANA HISTORY WITH THE MESS, THE CONTEXT, AND THE TRUTH, WELCOME TO BLOODLINES.

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IN THIS EPISODE, WE’RE SETTLING A LOUISIANA ARGUMENT THAT NEVER DIES: CREOLE VS CAJUN — AND NO, THEY AIN’T THE SAME THING.

WE’RE BREAKING DOWN WHERE EACH IDENTITY COMES FROM, HOW HISTORY, LANGUAGE, RACE, CLASS, AND GEOGRAPHY SHAPED THEM, AND WHY PEOPLE STILL GET IT TWISTED TODAY. FROM FRENCH AND SPANISH COLONIAL Louisiana TO THE ACADIAN EXILE, TO HOW CULTURE SHOWS UP IN FOOD, MUSIC, RELIGION, AND FAMILY NAMES — THIS IS YOUR QUICK BUT DETAILED GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES WITHOUT GETTING DRAGGED AT THE COOKOUT.

IF YOU EVER SAID “I’M CREOLE… BUT LIKE WHAT KIND?” OR “ARE CAJUNS JUST CREOLE?” BABY PRESS PLAY.

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IN VOODOO OR LIES: Clementine Barnabet and the Axeman of New Orleans, WE’RE STEPPING INTO EARLY-1900s New Orleans WHEN FEAR WAS IN THE AIR, AXES WERE SWINGING, AND THE CITY WAS READY TO BLAME SOMEBODY.

WE’RE GETTING INTO WHO CLEMENTINE BARNABET WAS, WHAT SHE CONFESSED TO (AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY WAS COERCED), THE RUMORS AROUND THE Church of Sacrifice, King Harris, AND HOW ALL OF THIS COLLIDES WITH THE LEGEND OF THE Axeman of New Orleans — A CASE THAT STILL HAS Louisiana SIDE-EYEING ITS OWN HISTORY.

THIS EPISODE IS A MIX OF FACTS, CONTEXT, AND “ALLEGEDLY,” BECAUSE SOME OF THIS STORY LIVES IN RECORDS… AND SOME OF IT LIVES IN WHISPERS.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: VIOLENCE, MURDER, ENSLAVEMENT/RACIAL VIOLENCE CONTEXT, AND DISTURBING HISTORICAL THEMES.

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SHE’S ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT NAMES IN New Orleans HISTORY — AND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

IN THE TWISTED SECRETS OF DELPHINE LALAURIE, I’M BREAKING DOWN THE FACTS, THE RUMORS, AND THE REAL-LIFE HORROR THAT GOT TURNED INTO LEGEND. THIS ONE AIN’T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: ENSLAVEMENT + VIOLENCE.

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PLAÇAGE IS ONE OF THOSE Louisiana HISTORY TOPICS PEOPLE LOVE TO WHISPER ABOUT… BUT RARELY EXPLAIN RIGHT.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE’RE BREAKING DOWN WHAT PLAÇAGE ACTUALLY WAS IN New Orleans AND OTHER FRENCH/SPANISH LOUISIANA SPACES — THE REAL-LIFE RELATIONSHIPS, POWER DYNAMICS, AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES THAT GREW INSIDE A SLAVE SOCIETY. AND YES, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE “QUADROON BALL” STORY GOT TURNED INTO A MYTH MACHINE, WHILE THE REAL HISTORY IS WAY MORE COMPLICATED (AND WAY LESS FAIRYTALE).

EXPECT CONTEXT, CULTURE, CLASS, RACE, AND THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT WHO GOT PROTECTED — AND WHO HAD TO NEGOTIATE JUST TO LIVE.

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OKAY SO LET’S GET INTO A LOUISIANA HISTORY TOPIC THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO SKIP OVER: GENS DE COULEUR LIBRES — FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO LIVED BETWEEN WORLDS IN FRENCH AND SPANISH Louisiana. SOME WERE SKILLED ARTISANS, SOME OWNED PROPERTY, SOME EVEN HAD MONEY… BUT NONE OF THAT MEANT THEY WERE SAFE FROM HOW RACIAL RULES COULD CHANGE ON A DIME. WE’RE TALKING COMMUNITY, CLASS, SURVIVAL, AND THE COMPLICATED TRUTH BEHIND THE “IN BETWEEN” STATUS.

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IF YOU EVER SAID, “I DON’T REALLY KNOW LOUISIANA HISTORY LIKE THAT…” BABY THIS ONE FOR YOU.

IN LOUISIANA HISTORY 101, I’M GIVING YOU A QUICK TOUR OF HOW Louisiana GOT ITS FLAVOR — THE MIX OF PEOPLE, POWER, AND PURE CHAOS THAT MADE THIS STATE WHAT IT IS. JUST ENOUGH HISTORY TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP, AND JUST ENOUGH MESS TO KEEP IT INTERESTING.

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