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260: The 1889 Hamilton Scandal w/ Bill Shaffer - A True Crime History Podcast
260: The 1889 Hamilton Scandal w/ Bill Shaffer - A True Crime History Podcast
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Robert Ray Hamilton, great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, was a successful man in the late 1880s. Powered by family money and fame, he spent his time developing real estate and serving in the New York State Assembly. But his life came crashing down on him in 1889 when his wife Eva (whom he'd met at a brothel) was arrested for stabbing their baby's nursemaid in a violent argument. Soon famed New York City police detective Thomas Byrnes would dig up tawdry details on Eva's plot to con her husband out of his fortune. My guest is Bill Shaffer, author of "The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism". He shares some of the twists and turns in this truly unbelievable Gilded Age tale of baby farms and fraudsters. More information about the author and his work can be found at his website here: https://www.billshafferbooks.com/Purchase the book here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806542256/the-scandalous-hamiltons/
Released:
Aug 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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