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.

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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].

This week on Hashtag History, we are concluding our two-part series on the Salem Witch Trials. In this week's episode, we discuss the end of the trials, the numerous theories behind why these trials ever took place, and the deep bitterness and embarrassment that today's Salem Village still has over this tragic event. If you have ever visited Salem, Massachusetts (or if you plan to do so) to check out some Salem Witch Trial sites and artifacts, be sure to listen to this episode. Because what you see in Salem, Massachusetts today...is kind of, sort of, all...bogus. 

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- Rachel and Leah

This week on Hashtag History, we are talking about the Salem Witch Trials which will forever go down in History as one of the craziest, most bizarre, and most tragic incidents in colonial history. Over the years of 1692 and 1693, over two hundred people were accused of witchcraft with over twenty of them being executed for the crime and five others dying while behind bars. These accusations came as a result of mass hysteria of demonic possession swept across colonial Massachusetts. Today those accused have been annulled of their guilty verdicts but that doesn’t change History and that doesn’t change the culture, the climate, and the deep roots of bitterness that still reside in Massachusetts to this day.

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- Rachel and Leah

Black Lives Matter!

In our second ever Hasty History episode, we are revisiting the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 in a special, bonus feature. The Tulsa Race Massacre continues to be one of the most devastating acts of racial violence to occur on American soil. And yet, it is also one of the least known events in American History. In fact, to this day, many History textbooks do not contain information about this incident as much of the information surrounding this massacre was destroyed in its aftermath. 

We already covered this incident in a full-length episode on our normal feed during Season Three. But, given its relevance in modern day, we wanted to re-record and rebroadcast a bonus episode about this event in History and why it is so important that Americans know about it.

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].

This week on Hashtag History, we are diving into the history of the electric chair. We take a deep look at the history of execution methods and how execution by electric chair was ultimately chosen as the most humane form of capital punishment. We also look into William Kemmler, his crime, and how he ended up changing the course of history by becoming the very first man to be electrocuted by the state. Tune into this week's episode for an electrifying cocktail, some Thomas Edison history we bet you never knew, and a pretty embarrassing (but also hilarious) Taco Bell story.

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- Rachel and Leah

Do you like bananas? You might not after listening to this week's episode. This week on Hashtag History, we are diving into one of our most corrupt topics yet: The United Fruit Company. The United Fruit Company was an American company formed in 1899 to grow and trade bananas that ended up going on to control nearly all transportation across all of Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and the West Indies. This control extended to the political and economic realms with the United Fruit Company essentially using capitalism to control the entire banana republic. When workers of the United Fruit Company requested formal, written employment contracts which included eight hour work days, six day work weeks, and actual paychecks, the local Colombian government opened fire killing anywhere from 47 to 2,000 people!

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- Rachel and Leah