https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/forgotten-scandals--4405159enHistoryCopyright Jordan Taylorhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/685246946b865292cecfbc5a0540a731.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/forgotten-scandals--4405159Thu, 21 May 2020 19:16:09 +0000Jordan TaylorJordan Taylorfeeds@spreaker.comScandals reveal anxiety. Through scandals, norms are articulated, defined, and defied. This podcast, created by Smith College students for the course HST 272: "American Scandal," tells the stories of forgotten scandals in the American past, from the...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/praise-the-lord-and-defraud-everyone-else--27786131
Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Payton Armstrong, Portia Caruso, Alaina Economus-Stout, and Sophia Esparza.

Content note: This episode contains a discussion of sexual violence.

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Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Payton Armstrong, Portia Caruso, Alaina Economus-Stout, and Sophia Esparza.

Content note: This episode contains a discussion of sexual violence.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/ptl/]]>2778bakkers,crime,evangelicalism,lord,praise,ptl,religion,televangelismcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murder-in-the-goat-castle--27785944
Credit: This episode was created by Ainsley Chrystal, Bailey Street, Gaia Santoro Lecchini, and Elisabye Slaymaker. 

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Credit: This episode was created by Ainsley Chrystal, Bailey Street, Gaia Santoro Lecchini, and Elisabye Slaymaker. 

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/the-goat-castle-murder/]]>1193crime,mississippi,murder,natchez,race,true,violencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beautiful-cigar-girl-the-death-of-mary-rogers--27783250
Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Arielle Dede, Jess Buslewicz, Keely Clifford, and Clare McElhaney.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/mary-rogers/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27783250Tue, 19 May 2020 18:49:12 +0000Jordan TaylorVirtually unknown before her disappearance and death in 1841, Mary Rogers' unsolved case inspired a sensation in New York City and helped to inspire the birth of the genre of True Crime. Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students...
Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Arielle Dede, Jess Buslewicz, Keely Clifford, and Clare McElhaney.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/mary-rogers/]]>1042crime,death,history,murder,poe,violencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-randolph-family-and-the-fall-of-the-virginia-gentry--27777617
Credit: This podcast was created by Smith College students Annika J., Ava B., Savannah B., and Emily M.

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Credit: This podcast was created by Smith College students Annika J., Ava B., Savannah B., and Emily M.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see: https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/the-randolph-family-and-the-fall-of-the-virginia-gentry/]]>1065abortion,adultery,family,gentry,infanticide,virginiacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bad-reputation-the-life-of-elizabeth-tuttle--27776496
Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Cara Meyer, Rehana Nazerali-Ruddy, Elisabeth Sinclair, and Rowan Wheeler.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/bad-reputation-the-life-of-elizabeth-tuttle/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27776496Tue, 19 May 2020 18:48:10 +0000Jordan TaylorElizabeth Tuttle is sometimes known as the "crazy" grandmother of the famous preacher Jonathan Edwards—a stain on the theologian's reputation and family name. But was she really insane? And what can we really know about this enigmatic woman?...
Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Cara Meyer, Rehana Nazerali-Ruddy, Elisabeth Sinclair, and Rowan Wheeler.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/bad-reputation-the-life-of-elizabeth-tuttle/]]>1163divorce,history,massachusetts,puritans,religion,scandal,womencleanfull