Hosted by Stacey Roberts · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 69 episodes
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This is the stuff they never taught us in history class. Ever wonder why famous historical figures like Aaron Burr, George McClellan, Douglas MacArthur, Cato the Younger, Julius Caesar, and many others fell from the great heights to which they had ascended to end up in death or disgrace? History's Trainwrecks explores the self-destructive tendencies of historical figures who lose everything even when the prize of a lifetime is in reach, often costing them a treasured place in history. History is full of trainwrecks, and we can’t look away. Support the show with a one-time gift! or Help keep Trainwrecks on the tracks with a paid membership! Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/historys-tra
Stacey Roberts hosts History's Trainwrecks, a history show with 69 episodes published.
As foretold by the prophecy—well, the one I made myself—I’m back, with the first episode of our series on All-Time, All-Star History’s Trainwrecks. Since I’m going in no particular order, I’m starting with Richard Nixon,
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If you've noticed my conspicuous absence, don't worry. I've been doing my whole history nerd thing. And I wrote a book about ancient Rome, because I just can't help myself. And it's got footnotes! Stay tuned for that, an
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The Conway Cabal had been beaten. This unholy trinity of general slimeballs—General Horatio Gates, General Thomas Mifflin, and General Thomas Conway—had schemed to get rid of George Washington, his best generals, his sta
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Supplies are running low and snow is running high at Valley Forge, along with desertions and resignations. The remaining officers are squabbling amongst themselves and the Congress is nearly no use at all, having fallen
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On our last episode, we left George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army without any shoes in the snow, marching their bloody way to Valley Forge in December, 1777. The year 1777 had been a lousy one for the American cau
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You know how I love a good trainwreck, with all the self-inflicted calamity thereupon, but I found an episode of American history that could have been a massive fireball of a trainwreck, but then wasn’t. Its an inspiring
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If you’re a fan of the Presidencies of the United States podcast, you’re familiar with the special series host Jerry Landry does called Seat At The Table, in which he and a special guest cover the life of a Cabinet secre
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Building Hoover Dam was difficult and deadly work. But there was a Great Depression going on and dam work paid real money. If it could be said that there was a choice between your family starving to death or you risking
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On our last episode of History's Trainwrecks, we left our major characters in serious predicament: oppositionally-defiant crank Charles Lee was in British captivity, although he did have his dogs and thirty shillings a d
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American Major General Charles Lee had picked a great place to hide. Like big-city mobsters two centuries later, George Washington’s second in command had discovered that New Jersey was a great place to lay low if someon
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There's an awful lot of testosterone on History's Trainwrecks. I tend to think it's because men are far more likely than women to self-sabotage in a big way. But as Abigail Adams told her husband John, we should always "
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It occurred to me that we’ve been doing quite a lot of talking about George Washington in this series—or more accurately, talking AROUND George, so I thought it would be a good time to stop and focus on the man himself,
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American major general Charles Lee is free of British captivity and gets one more chance to redeem himself at the Battle of Monmouth Court House in summer, 1778. But he doesn't take it. By the time of the second annivers
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Christmas 1776 wasn't such a great time for two American generals. George Washington was wrapping a Christmas present for the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. He was going to cross the Delaware and drop it down t
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As Christmas, 1776 approached, it sure looked like the cause of American liberty was going to find a lump of coal under the tree. The British had taken New York and had George Washington's army on the run. They had a mas
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1776 was a great year for Charles Lee. He had overseen the defensive preparations in New York, Virginia, and North Carolina. The British didn't attack those places, which Charles called a win. He successfully led the def
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Brand new Major General Charles Lee was looking pretty darn indispensable in the early days of the American Revolution. After the British abandoned Boston, their next move was unclear. The Continentals believed that the
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If Charles Lee was alive today, he would be considered a master networker. That guy knew EVERYBODY. As we’ve seen in prior episodes, Charles was pals with a few kings and kings-in-waiting like Stanislaus of Poland, Frede
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Major General Charles Lee was a complainer. It didn’t start when he joined the Continental Army in 1775. Charles was predisposed to crabbiness. His father was a British major general and his mother was descended from lan
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Was George Washington truly America's indispensable man? John Adams thought so, and lots of later historians agreed. Washington had the qualities the country needed at the time - dignity, gravitas, and integrity. He was
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