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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August 22, 2023 60 mins

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!

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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!

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July 20, 2023 50 mins

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

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July 6, 2023 44 mins

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!

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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!

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Welcome to the Hamburger Hamlet! This episode has everything: a love story, the rat pack, Shelby accidentally getting a little too tipsy before recording, so come on in and grab a Guac Burger for this episode of Historic Hangouts!

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Welcome back to Dan Tana's! We conclude our look into the life of Mr. Tana and find out what sorts of craziness went on once the restaurant hit the big time. There are celebrities fighting biker gangs, starting fires, challenging each other to acting contests, and much more! So let me pour you a glass of vino and deliver you some eggplant parmesan while you sit back and enjoy the show.

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In a Historic Hangouts first, this is a two parter! You'll see why as we dive into the origins of Dobrivoje Tanasijević, known today as Dan Tana the owner of Dan Tana's! This episode will have you asking questions such as: How do you make $20,000 in 8 weeks as a Hollywood extra? Who were the mysterious men who kidnapped Luca? And, should Shelby be in charge of the microphones anymore?

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April 27, 2023 43 mins

Put on your tri corner hat and pull up your breeches, let's take a visit to the Century Inn in Scenery Hill, PA! This one gets pretty off the rails, "spicy" as James likes to say. You'll never see Ben Franklin the same way again.

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April 14, 2023 52 mins

'ello 'ello, this week we're off to Merry Olde England to visit The Ostrich Inn! This week is a bit of a switcheroo as Shelby takes the helm and tells James the horrific tale of the Jarman's and their...contraption.


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Howdy partners, rustle up yourself a cozy spot and tin o' beans while we tell you the tale of Nuttal and Mann's No. 10 Saloon in the infamous Deadwood, SD! A truly lawless town during the days of the old west and the final resting place for a very famous sharp shooter. Never forget to sit with your back to the wall!

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March 16, 2023 51 mins

This week we visit the Bridge Cafe in New York City! Once a favorite hangout of the Gangs of New York and the rest of the residents of the infamous Five Points. And, yes, there is a jar of ears. Bring your rusty razor blades, nail a rabbit to a stick, and let's get to kicking some serious ass at this Historic Hangout!

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This week we visit the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul Minnesota! We talk key parties, corruption, murder, and ghosts! Come with us to this haunted cave/mine/speakeasy/mob hangout/mushroom farm/cheese storage/disco! This place has everything!

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February 23, 2023 70 mins

Here it is! The original first attempt we made at a show about places people hung out historically! The name has changed, the mics have improved, but we thought you'd enjoy a little extra history while you wait for the next episode of Historic Hangouts!


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February 16, 2023 54 mins

Are you ready to get discovered while drinking a milkshake? Do you need a prescription for that rash? Are you running low on mascara? Well you can get all that here at the infamous Schwab's Pharmacy! You may even spot a famous celebrity trying to sober up before their call time!

As a not so famous cat once sang, "Hollywood, where the stars don't shine at night, they walk around in the broad daylight!"

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February 1, 2023 48 mins

Put on your three corner hat and grab your fife we're headed to early America to learn about a Salem Witch Trials judge, one of the world's first anti-vaxxers, and a handful of forefathers, all of whom hung out at The Green Dragon Tavern!

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February 1, 2023 63 mins

Established in 1919, Musso and Frank is a Hollywood landmark. It's been a hangout hotspot to elite actors, novelists, musicians and more for over 100 years. Grab a bowl of 'lini and a plate of lamb liver and come with us on a trip through it's storied history!

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