Scandalmonger: Hamilton-Reynolds and Jefferson-Hemmings Affairs
Grim Philly
English - August 16, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality history podcast philadelphia podcast serial killer dark history true crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Founding Fathers’ first scandals of blackmail, sex, and betrayal involving George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson were all published by a Philadelphia journalist whose body washed up in the James River amidst the scandals he created. Grim Investigates. This is the story of Hamilton’s marital infidelities with Maria Reynolds. Of Jefferson’s children with his slave Sally Hemmings. And, of the scandalmonger: James T. Callander, who uncovered and published it.
The Reynolds Affair.
The Hemmings Affair.