Historic Hangouts

Historic Hangouts

Come hang with hosts Shelby Scott and James Scott at the hottest spots throughout history! You'll learn, you'll laugh, you'll yell at us when we get stuff wrong. When you're here, you're family!
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Episode's summary

This week we go on down to New Orleans for pirates, crawfish suckin', cousin marryin', and just a whole lot of mayhem. Grab your bottle of rum and some Mardi Gras beads, let's go to Lafitte's! Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Snail Mail: Shelby Scott P.O. Box 2554 North Hills, CA 91393-2554 Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott Edited by Shelby Scott

Episodes

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16. Pirates! at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

This week we go on down to New Orleans for pirates, crawfish suckin', cousin marryin', and just a whole lot of mayhem. Grab your bottle of rum and some Mardi Gras beads, let's go to Lafitte's! Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Snail Mail: Shelby Scott P.O. Box 2554 North Hills, CA 91393-2554 Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott Edited by Shelby Scott

23 Aug 2023
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15. Whiskey and Women at the Bird Cage Theater

Strap on your spurs and saddle up, we're off to the infamous Bird Cage Theater! This episode has it all, sex, gun fights, vigilantes, there's even a heart being cut out of someone's chest! Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Snail Mail: Shelby Scott P.O. Box 2554 North Hills, CA 91393-2554 Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott (with a few cameos by ChatGPT for dramatic purposes) Edited by Shelby Scott

11 Aug 2023
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14. Frozen Daiquiris at El Floridita

Grab yourself a daiquiri, light up a cigar, and let's take a ride to El Floridita in Havana, Cuba! We talk pirates, Ernest Hemingway, and El Rey de los Coteleros, the King of Cocktails! Also, sorry about the ghost who shows its presence about 28 minutes in Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Snail Mail: Shelby Scott P.O. Box 2554 North Hills, CA 91393-2554 Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott Edited by Shelby Scott

21 Jul 2023
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13. Skeletal Remains at Kings Tavern

Y'all come on down with us to Natchez, Mississippi! There are skeletons and bejeweled daggers and James finds a link to his favorite celebrity that still has him shook to this day! Pull up a chair, watch your back for highwaymen, and join us on another episode of Historic Hangouts! Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Snail Mail: Shelby Scott P.O. Box 2554 North Hills, CA 91393-2554 Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott Edited by Shelby Scott

07 Jul 2023
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12. Ghosts and Conspiracies on Jekyll Island

It's another switcheroo this week, as Shelby takes us on a trip to Jekyll Island in Georgia (the state not the country). A place where titans of industry once spent their winters deciding the fate of our country. There are ghosts, and secret meetings, and all the fancy mustaches you could want on this episode of Historic Hangouts! Send us your favorite historic hangout or just say, "Hi!" at historichangoutspod@gmail.com Please remember to rate, review, and, if you're on Spotify, leave a comment! Music from Epidemic Sound Research by James Scott Edited by Shelby Scott Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/travel/Georgia-roadtrip-black-history.html https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/jekyll-island-club/ http://hauntedhouses.com/georgia/jekyll-island-club-hotel/ https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/jekyll-island-club-resort/ghost-stories.php https://www.jekyllisland.com/magazine/shades-of-the-past/ https://www.jekyllclub.com/

23 Jun 2023