On this episode, come join Ash behind the scenes of the first ever Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. Learn about the first winner, their gambling owner, their ex slave and now hall of fame trainer, and their teenage African American jockey. Fair dues: this episode does talk about gambling, slavery, racism, and rich people bullshit. To support the podcast, please consider a donation or membership on our Buy Me A Coffee page at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypod Resources: http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/cem/GraveMattersColdstream.htmlhttps://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1875https://web.archive.org/web/20061008222137/http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=302https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-kentucky-derbys-forgotten-jockeys-128781428/https://www.derbymuseum.org/https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493075546/The-First-Kentucky-Derby-Thirteen-Black-Jockeys-One-Shady-Owner-and-the-Little-Red-Horse-That-Wasn't-Supposed-to-Win Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ash takes a small dive into the giant pool of the Medici family. We look at the life of Bianca Cappello and her rise into the family as well as how many people might have died for her to rise in the ranks of Italian nobility. Resources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Cappellohttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Bianca-Capellohttp://www.travelingintuscany.com/art/biancacappello.htmhttps://www.projectcontinua.org/bianca-capello/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG158123https://www.jstor.org/stable/48617287https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1761188/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/bianca-cappello-as-granduchess-of-tuscany-detail-of-a-portrait-by-alessandrohttps://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2015/point-of-view-12/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/renaissance-papers-2006/power-of-association-a-study-in-the-legitimization-of-bianca-cappello-through-medici-matriarchal-portraiture/8001F5792A544FF8763C2C521DA458F6 Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today is another minisode and this time we are getting super dark and talking about Madame Restell, a historical abortionist who was considered the wickedest woman in New York. Fair dues warning that we are talking about a sensitive subject so please be mindful while listening! I don't get too graphic and I keep it as an overview so more people can know the basics. For more in depth, please check out the resources below, especially the last two links which are amazing books about Madame Restell. And as always, please rate and review on your media platform of choice and if you'd like to support check out our buy me a coffee page! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypodResources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1941/11/15/the-notorious-madam-restellhttps://wams.nyhistory.org/expansions-and-inequalities/politics-and-society/madame-restell/https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2022/06/notorious-madame-restell-abortionist-fifth-avenue.htmlhttps://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/jennifer-wright/madame-restell/9780306826825/https://thenewpress.com/books/trials-of-madame-restell Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this minisode, Ash takes inspiration from Daisy Jones and the Six on Amazon Prime and looks into the history behind one of the pioneering rock and roll bands of the 1960s, The Ronettes. She looks into their music history as well as shares the backside of the industry with spousal abuse and mental illness. Resources: https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/25-influential-female-rockers-through-the-decades/https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Ronetteshttps://www.npr.org/2018/03/12/590891692/its-time-to-recognize-the-ronettes-as-rock-and-roll-pioneershttps://www.history-of-rock.com/ronettes.htmhttps://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003899/The-Ronettes.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ronettes Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fair Dues: This episode discusses events that happened during the Holocaust so there is mention of sexual assault, human/ animal cruelty, and death. On this episode, Ash gives you a general overview of Henry Oster's life, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who had a very different job in one of the concentration camps. This story is heart-wrenching and beautiful at the same time as we look at the sparks of hope in one of history's darkest and most tragic events. Episode Resources: https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/henry-oster/the-stable-boy-of-auschwitz/9781538741900/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXph3Z6T4f0http://www.csun.edu/loverman/355a/drhenryosterbio.pdfhttps://www.ketchum.edu/about-us/news-mbku/more-gift-dr-henry-oster-and-his-journey-freedomhttps://www.thehumanelementproject.com/henry-oster.htmlhttps://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a special guest today! Stephanie from the Historia Podcast joins Ash to talk about the celebrity stories through the history of the castle on Sunset called the Chateau Marmont. Fair dues: there is talk about possible sexual abuse, drugs, and various deaths including suicide as well as some celebrity mental health breakdowns. Please don't forget to rate and review and check out our membership options through Buy Me A Coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypodResources: http://www.chateaumarmont.com/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/chateau-marmont-hotel-boycott-union/672879/https://la.curbed.com/2013/6/26/10227258/chateau-marmont-hotel-history-deathshttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40640521 Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelli joins Ash again as a special guest to look at the crazy WW2 stories that all spur from one American socialite, Gertie Sanford Legendre, or as the Germans may prefer to know her as Hitler's special guest. If you enjoy our content, please consider a membership or donation through Buy Me A Coffee to support the show and help us gain access to even more resources. Sadly, getting digitized copies of archival material and newspapers can be expensive as well as the cost of getting some of the university printed books. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypodResources: https://www.thewesterlysun.com/opinion/guest-columns/postscripts-the-life-of-gertrude-sanford-legendre-was-a-series-of-really-fortunate-events/article_b9789e98-6ef1-11e9-a71a-0f90c85ec755.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/13/us/gertrude-sanford-legendre-97-socialite-turned-hunter-and-prisoner-of-war.htmlhttps://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/walter-edgars-journal/2021-03-29/the-fabulous-life-of-gertrude-sanford-legendrehttps://househistree.com/people/gertrude-sanford-legendrehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women/gertrude-legendre-gertie-socialite-nazis-second-world-war-a9146506.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-socialite-spy-who-was-imprisoned-by-the-nazis--in-a-luxury-hotel/2019/09/19/e638adfa-ce83-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Sanford_Legendre Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Ash and her special guest Kelli dive into part of Canada's hidden history with a look at the slave trade, one slave in particular, and how the first incarnation of Montreal burned to the ground. Fair dues, there is talk about slavery and executions. To support the podcast, please consider a donation or membership on Buy Me A Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypodResources:https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angeliquehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVg3pGakXcohttps://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/marie-josephe-angeliquehttps://www.cbc.ca/arts/5-things-you-should-know-about-marie-joseph-angelique-a-black-canadian-slave-who-inspired-this-play-1.5094535https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/accueil/indexen.htmlhttps://aaregistry.org/story/marie-joseph-angelique-abolitionist-born/https://afuacooper.com/works/publications/the-hanging-of-angelique/https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/population/slavery/#:~:text=The%20historian%20Marcel%20Trudel%20catalogued,the%20course%20of%20this%20period. Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Ash goes solo for a fairly quick overview of the Bettencourt Scandal that rocked Paris from 2007-2015. We keep it short and sweet since there are lots of articles and books that look at the multiple scandals that the world's richest women went through including one from their past during WW2. Resources:https://time.com/4888142/never-envy-the-richest-woman-in-the-world/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2022/08/05/the-bettencourt-legacy-as-heavy-as-all-the-riches-of-l-oreal_5992601_183.htmlhttps://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/what-the-death-of-the-worlds-richest-woman-means-bettencourthttps://www.npr.org/2017/08/12/542891936/the-bettencourt-affair-extravagant-friendship-or-cruel-swindlehttps://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/the-richest-woman-frances-biggest-scandal-the-bettencourt-affairhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/books/review-bettencourt-affair-tom-sancton.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliane_Bettencourt Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fair dues warning: we talk about a murder case from 1860 that involves a small child. Please take care of yourself and if this isn't something that you want to hear about, we can catch you next time. This is a case that was never fully solved and pretty much lead to the ruin of one of England's first detectives due to the mishandling of the case. Resources: https://truecrimeindex.ca/2022/07/23/the-suspicions-of-mr-whicher-by-kate-summerscale-%EF%BF%BC/https://www.npr.org/2008/05/07/90250617/exhuming-a-real-life-british-murder-mysteryhttp://www.historybytheyard.co.uk/road_hill_house.htmhttps://www.brilliantdeduction.info/jonathan-whicher/https://allthatsinteresting.com/constance-kenthttps://medium.com/the-mystery-box/murder-at-road-hill-house-the-original-whodunnit-97eb0f8fb415https://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/blog-post/the-curious-case-of-constance-kent/https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/the-murder-at-road-hill-house Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.