Hashtag History

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft. Occurring in March of 1990, this incident is the largest unsolved case of museum theft in History! To this day, we still do not know who was responsible for the theft. No arrests have ever been made and none of the artwork has ever been recovered.  

At 1:20 AM on a Sunday morning, two men dressed as police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tied up the museum guards in the basement of the museum, and then walked out of the museum only 81 MINUTES LATER with thirteen pieces of artwork valuing at over $600 million dollars in today’s money!  

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- Rachel and Leah

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the American Indian Boarding Schools. The American Indian Boarding Schools were government-funded boarding schools operated from 1860 to 1978 with the sole purpose of killing Native American cultures and forcing Native American children to assimilate to white, Christian society. These children oftentimes had their long hair cut, their cultural clothing destroyed, their names changed, and contact and communication with their families severed.

It's a devastating time period in American History that must be discussed and cannot be ignored. 

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Citations for all sources can be located on our website at HashtagHistory-Pod.com. You can also check out our website for super cute merch!

Finally, you can locate us on Patreon.com/hashtaghistory where you can donate $1 a month to our Books and Booze Supply. All of your support goes a long ways and we are endlessly grateful!

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- Rachel and Leah

In what may be one of Rachel's favorite episodes ever, we are discussing two infamous boxing matches between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling that took place in 1936 and 1938. We talk about how these fights were more than just boxing matches; they were nation versus nation, American versus Nazi, white man versus Black man. Louis would go on to become a symbol of freedom, democracy, and national pride in the face of World War II, despite the fact that he was an African-American man that was not treated equally in his own country, could not vote, and was placed in a segregated unit when he left the world of boxing to defend the United States in the Second World War.

A special thanks goes out to Rachel's husband, Alex, for this week's topic suggestion!

Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast for all of the pictures mentioned in this episode.

Citations for all sources can be located on our website at HashtagHistory-Pod.com. You can also check out our website for super cute merch!

Finally, you can locate us on Patreon.com/hashtaghistory where you can donate $1 a month to our Books and Booze Supply. All of your support goes a long ways and we are endlessly grateful!

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- Rachel and Leah

We're back! Thank you all for joining us for our Season Five premiere! As tradition dictates, the first episode of every season is a Leah Takeover Episode! This week on Hashtag History, Leah introduces us to Catherine the Great. Although we all know of her, how much do we know about her? In this episode, we cover Catherine's rough childhood, loveless marriage to Peter the Great, and an arranged coup d'etat that resulted in Catherine becoming the longest ruling leader of Russia.

Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast for all of the pictures mentioned in this episode.

Citations for all sources can be located on our website at HashtagHistory-Pod.com. You can also check out our website for super cute merch!

Finally, you can locate us on Patreon.com/hashtaghistory where you can donate $1 a month to our Books and Booze Supply. All of your support goes a long ways and we are endlessly grateful!

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- Rachel and Leah

The Hashtag History Podcast is ONE YEAR OLD! Thank you so much to all of our amazing listeners that have joined alongside us during this amazing journey! With four seasons and forty episodes behind us, we look forward to the many more to come!

In honor of our One Year Anniversary, we did something that has been listener requested since Day One: A "Drunk History"-esque episode. While giving you a History lesson about Prohibition (and why it was a giant flop!), we will also be consuming a favorite cocktail from each of our four previous seasons! That's FOUR cocktails in ONE hour.

This episode gets real drunk real fast. So buckle up!

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- Rachel and Leah

In our fourth installment of the Hasty History episodes, we are looking into the story of Theodosia Burr Alston. As the daughter of super controversial and eventual Vice President Aaron Burr, Theodosia grew up surrounded by chaos and scandal. So does it come as any surprise that her own story would end up being surrounded in mystery? In December of 1812, Theodosia got on a ship sailing out from North Carolina to visit her father in New York...and was never seen again. What happened to Theodosia?! Where did she go?! There are endless rumors and theories as to what happened to this deeply beloved woman.

If you are a Hamilton Musical fan, you are sure to like to this episode! We take a deeper dive into one of the characters briefly introduced in the musical and expand on her life to give you a better look at who the true Theodosia Burr Alston was. 

Hasty History BONUS episodes are no-nonsense, crash course, cram session History lessons. No cocktail segment, no ads, no bloopers. Just a quick download of some heavy History content.

Submit your topic suggestion for future Hasty History episodes at [email protected].

How have we already made it to the end of Season Four? In this week's Season Four Finale, we are joined by Emily and Kelley, the lovely ladies of the Wining About HERstory podcast! In true Wining About HERstory fashion, they tell the uplifting and motivational story about phenomenal Dorothea Dix, a nurse and all-around advocate that fought for the mentally ill. And then, in true Hashtag History fashion, we follow up their story with the dark and twisted tale of horrific Jane Toppan, the serial killer nurse who would go on to kill dozens of her patients.

As you can tell, this episode is about three times the length of our normal episodes. We just had so much fun together! So cozy on up or go for a nice long car ride while you listen to the story of two different women - both in the medical field - but on very different sides of History.

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- Rachel and Leah

This week on Hashtag History, we are diving into the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt of 1981. Just two months after becoming the 40th American President, Reagan was nearly assassinated by a mentally ill, would-be assassin that was obsessed with actress Jodie Foster. The would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., attempted to assassinate the United States President in an attempt to gain Foster's attention and affection. Join us on this week's episode to learn all about the assassination, John Hinckley, Jr. and his obsession with Foster, and the ways in which this incident completely changed nationwide gun control laws and the insanity defense in the court system.

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- Rachel and Leah

Join us for our third installment of Hasty History where we take a dive into Mad King Ludwig's life and death. Ludwig was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his very mysterious death in 1886. He was not your "typical" king and was often referred to as the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King. After living a mysterious life, it almost comes as no surprise that Ludwig also had a very mysterious death. When his body was discovered after missing for nearly six hours, his death was ruled a suicide. But...was it really? Tune into this episode to find out!

Hasty History BONUS episodes are no-nonsense, crash course, cram session History lessons. No cocktail segment, no ads, no bloopers. Just a quick download of some heavy History content.

Submit your topic suggestion for future Hasty History episodes at [email protected].