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Episode IV: What Ever Happened to Aaron Burr?
Friday, 24 July, 2020
Our story starts the day one of the most famous stories in US History concluded. July 11, 1804, in the early morning hours at Weehawken, New Jersey. The sitting vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr, faced off with former treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in the most high profile duel in the history of our country. As many of you musical theater fans know, Burr shot Hamilton right between his ribs, and the majorly influential thinker and founding father died a day and a half later. You probably knew at least part of that story, it’s taught in high schools around the country, but what we’re going to look at today is a question that is rarely discussed: What ever happened to Aaron Burr? Burr did not lay low after that notorious morning. This story is so whacky and unbelievable that I’m not even going to spend time talking about Burr’s indictment for murder in New York and New Jersey and his eventual acquittal -- which did happen. No, today’s story is of one of the most high profile treason cases in American history and one final battle between one of our nation’s landmark presidential administrations and a Vice President gone rogue. Buckle up because I promise you don’t know where this is heading. Music: Galway by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3795-galway License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4460-tango-de-manzana License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3747-fiddles-mcginty License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Builder by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4484-the-builder License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3338-achaidh-cheide License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3601-danse-macabre License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
