Alexander Hamilton had a problem: people thought he might be financially corrupt.

His solution? Publicly admit that the secret payments weren’t government corruption — they were because he was having an affair and being blackmailed by his mistress’s husband.

In this episode, we’re getting into Alexander Hamilton, Maria Reynolds, and the Reynolds Pamphlet — the affair, the blackmail, the political accusations, and Hamilton’s truly wild decision to publish the receipts himself.

Technically, it cleared him of corruption.

Personally? Not so much.

Because history is wild, friends. And sometimes, the receipts really are forever.

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So That’s How That Happened is hosted and produced by Jessica “Jess” Mosely and is part of Dead Air Co.

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Rasputin wasn’t just a mystic—he was a full-on imperial fever dream.

The scruffy Siberian “holy man” who somehow hypnotized the Russian royal family, partied like it was 1916, and refused to die no matter how many times people tried to kill him.

From faith healer to political puppet master, Rasputin’s rise was as wild as his reputation—whispers of orgies, prophecies, and straight-up witchy vibes had the press losing their minds. He became the scandal of St. Petersburg, the “unkillable monk” who might’ve cursed an entire dynasty.

This episode is dripping with imperial tea: poison plots, royal panic, murder attempts, and the downfall of the Romanovs—all starring the most chaotic man in history.

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Anne Boleyn wasn’t just Henry VIII’s second wife—she was the drama. The French-educated fashion queen who had the King risking heaven, divorcing his wife, and basically inventing the Church of England just to get her. Talk about power moves.

But court life isn’t all pearls and French hoods. Anne went from ultimate Tudor “It Girl” to accused traitor faster than you can say divorced, beheaded, survived. Jealous rivals, political enemies, and one very moody king made sure her crown didn’t stay on long.

This episode is packed with Tudor tea: ambition, betrayal, scandal, and the downfall that shook England.

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