This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the War of 1812. Now you all know that I am not a huge fan of Military History. In fact, it is my least favorite part about History. However, I have always found the War of 1812 fascinating in that it tends to so often be overlooked. Many Americans are not aware that we literally went to war again with Great Britain roughly thirty years after we had won our independence from them.  This episode is not a thorough review of the War of 1812....

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing Kitty Genovese and the Bystander Effect. This is the story of a woman who was murdered outside of an apartment building in a highly populated area of New York and -- despite the fact that dozens of people witnessed the murder -- not a single one called the police. This is a story that has circulated for decades.  The Bystander Effect which essentially says that humans -- when in the presence of others -- are less likely to step up and take...

Welcome back for Season Thirteen of the Hashtag History podcast! As tradition dictates, the first episode of every season is a Leah Takeover Episode! This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing a specific Mount Everest expedition that took place in 1996 where, due to a blizzard during their descent of the mountain, eight climbers died. This tragedy has lead to multiple books, memoirs, and even movies about the experience. Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast...

This week on Hashtag History for our Season Finale, we have the wonderful Stephanie and Tux from Beyond Reproach on the show to discuss the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Lost Cause mythology.  Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast for all of the pictures mentioned in this episode. Citations for all sources can be located on our website at www.HashtagHistory-Pod.com. You can also check out our website for super cute merch! You can now sponsor a cocktail...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be finishing up our discussion on Princess Diana. This week, we are going to be diving into more of the unhappiness in Diana and Charles’ marriage, the affairs that led - in part - to their awful divorce, the brief period of time that Diana appeared to absolutely thrive post-divorce, her amazing charity work, and then her unfortunate and untimely death and all of the conspiracy theories surrounding that. Follow Hashtag History on Instagram...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing Princess Diana (more accurately, Diana, Princess of Wales) who married into the British Royal Family in 1981, becoming one of the most cherished, loved, and misunderstood figures in History all before her absolutely tragic and untimely death in 1997 when she was only thirty-six years old. There is so much to say about Diana; the good, the bad, and the ugly. We admire so much about her…but that doesn’t mean she was a perfect person. She was...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth President of the United States of America, marking the first impeachment of a US President. Johnson had a particularly unpopular presidency, having been thrust into the position following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Many in Congress opposed his Reconstruction plan and his overall practices. They passed a bill called the Tenure of Office Act in March 1867 which essentially restricted...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Scandal, otherwise known as “Skategate”. In 2002 at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, two ice skating couples - Russian pair Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya and Canadian pair David Pelletier and Jamie Sale - went head-to-head in the pairs ice skating competition. And while both pairs were incredible, it was noted that the Russian couple made a couple of technical flaws during their routine,...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the mysterious Civil War Glow. This refers to a phenomenon that was spotted during the Civil War - during the Battle of Shiloh of 1862 - in which a number of soldiers were seen with a mysterious glow emanating from their wounds. Although unexplainable by both the soldiers experiencing the glow and by the doctors treating them, it was found that the soldiers whose wounds glowed actually had a better chance at living than those that did not....

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing a decades-long mystery…that was actually very possibly solved just earlier this year! After more than seventy years, the identification of the mysterious Somerton Man has - maybe - been discovered. So who is/was the Somerton Man? On December 1, 1948, the body of a man was discovered on the Somerton Park Beach in Adelaide, Australia. He was found wearing a suit, with no obvious or visible cause of death, and a slip of paper in his pocket...

WARNING: Please use discretion before listening to this week's episode. As much as we love to have you here, we want you to take care of YOU! If this week's topic is too distressing, please skip this episode and we will see you next week! This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the Atanta Child Murders which were a series of murders that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia between 1979 and 1981 and resulted in the deaths of approximately twenty-nine people (the majority of which were...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing one of History’s most fascinating, magical, and sometimes spooky characters…the man that actually died on no other day but Halloween itself…Mr. Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini was best known as a magician and escape artist who performed incredible feats such as being restrained and escaping from the belly of a whale, swallowing hundreds of needles and then bringing them back up, escaping from a crate that had been weighed down and sunk in the...

Welcome back for Season Twelve! We are so happy to have you here! This week on Hashtag History, Leah is taking over the episode and discussing witches (just in time for the Halloween season)! We take a dive into the idea that witches (as we know and picture them today) actually derive from depictions and stigmas surrounding early women beer brewers! We cover what early female brewers looked like and how depictions of them and the tools they used eventually went on to be correlated with...

In a special, bonus episode, Rachel and Leah had the honor of speaking with Mike from Necronomipod! Tune in for the final episode of our guest speaker series to hear us discuss William McKinley's rise to the Presidency, his tragic assassination, and how it helped birth the secret service and change the overall accessibility of the President today. Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast. Also, be sure to follow Necronomipod @necronomipod. Check out our website at...

In a special, bonus episode, Rachel and Leah had the honor of speaking with Chris from Hundred Proof History podcast! Tune in to hear us discuss the Hamilton-Reynolds Scandal, how the Hamilton Musical may or may not be totally accurate, and why Hamilton never sought the presidency. Be prepared for lots of laughs! Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast. Also, be sure to follow Hundred Proof History @100proofhistory. Check out our website at www.hashtaghistory-pod.com!...

In a special, bonus episode, Rachel and Leah had the honor of speaking with AJ Rantz, the creator and owner of Cocktail Cards! Tune in to hear us discuss growing a small business on TikTok, how you can trace a cocktail's history based on the flavors and liquors used, the ingredients behind an amazing margarita, the launching of a mocktail movement, and lots of Prohibition History! AJ has offered an exclusive discount on Cocktail Cards for Hashtag History listeners! GET 10% OFF COCKTAIL CARDS...

In a special, bonus episode, Rachel and Leah had the honor of speaking with Susan Voskuil-Starcevich, the Education Director for the Sacramento History Museum! Tune in to hear us discuss some fascinating Sacramento History, all of the amazing events at the Sacramento History Museum, and how you can support your local museums.  Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast. Also, be sure to follow the Sacramento History Museum at @sachistorymuseum. Check out our website at...

In a special, bonus episode, Rachel had the honor of having Sharon McMahon on the podcast! Tune in to hear us discuss the power of educators, the momentum that drove some of History's greatest movements, and the importance of dispelling misinformation.  Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast. Also, be sure to follow Sharon on Instagram @sharonsaysso.  Check out our website at www.hashtaghistory-pod.com! You can now sponsor a cocktail and get a shout-out on air! Just...

This week on Hashtag History for our Season Twelve Finale, we have the wonderful Gillian Pensavalle (of True Crime Obsessed the The Hamilton) on the show to discuss her new podcast series titled Let the Women. This series focuses on highlighting trailblazing women in the true crime space. And trust us; you do not want to miss this one! Follow Hashtag History on Instagram @hashtaghistory_podcast for all of the pictures mentioned in this episode. Citations for all sources can be located on...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the racist History of the State of Oregon. While many states across the United States have incredible racist History, Oregon is the only state in the country to enter the Union with a Black exclusion law, quite literally banning Black people within its borders.  When they became a State in 1859, they entered as a Free State - meaning that slavery would not be permitted within its borders - but that’s not because these people were on the...

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the 1968 Olympics, the Black Boycott, and the Black Power Salute seen around the world. On October 16, 1968, two African-American Olympic athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos (who had just won gold and bronze respectively in the 200-meter sprint) took their place on the winners podium and each raised a black-gloved fist into the air as the United States National Anthem played. This act of protest on behalf of human rights would lead to a...

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the Berlin Wall. This was a wall that was first erected in August of 1961 to essentially separate East and West Germany from one another. Following the Second World War, Germany - and Berlin itself - was split up into four allied occupation zones. The western portions were governed by the United States, Great Britain, and later France, while the eastern portion was governed by the Soviet Union. Between the years of 1949 and 1961, somewhere...

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. When she did this in 1967, let’s just say that men were not ready for women to have this much equality. Because during the race, the race manager Jock Semple assaulted her by running up behind her and attempting to rip her bib number off of her shirt in order to disqualify her from the race. Switzer’s boyfriend who was running alongside her was able to shove Semple to the...

This week on Hashtag History, Leah is taking over the episode to discuss an infamous and mysterious character from History, Lola Montez. Montez was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous in the mid-19th Century as a Spanish dancer, among many other pursuits, one of which landed her as the lover of an actual Bavarian king! Lola’s story comes with its fair share of controversies, especially when it comes to who the hell she actually was and what her true background was. Most of the...

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing historic torture techniques. We have all of course heard of some of these historic torture techniques before; think back to Medieval Europe and the stories we’ve heard of people being tied by their limbs and then stretched out to the point of dislocation. Or think of Rome and the horrendous torture technique of crucifixion; most widely known because of, of course, the story of Jesus. Or, of course, the technique of using the pillory - that...