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Podcast: Darkness Radio
Episode: The Scandalous Hamiltons: Grift, A Disgraced American Icon, & The Birth of Tabloid Journalism w/Bill Shaffer
Description: True Crime Tuesday presents: The Scandalous Hamiltons: Grift, A Disgraced American Icon, & The Birth of Tabloid Journalism with Researcher/Author, Bill Shaffer!
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking courtroom drama that was splashed across front pages from coast to coast—this is the fascinating true story behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and the story that gave rise to the sensational tabloid journalism still driving so much of the news cycle in the 21st century.
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