The Gossip Game: The Man Who Blackmailed the Gilded Age
About this episode
This episode explores the scandalous history of the Gilded Age publication Town Topics and its controversial publisher.
All the dirt that's (un)fit to print -- the tale of the Gilded Age scandal sheet Town Topics and its duplicitous publisher
People in this episode
Hosts: Tom Meyers, Greg Young
Topics covered
- Gilded Age
- scandal
- blackmail
- journalism
- history
Keywords
- Gilded Age
- Town Topics
- blackmail
- scandal sheet
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Town Topics
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