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The Last Duel
Episode 104

The Last Duel

True Weird Stuff · Tony Garcia

March 21, 20251h 41m

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<p>Today's True Weird Stuff - The Last Duel</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The most famous duel in American history was between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. The premiere way of settling disputes and upholding unwritten codes of honor, the act of dueling would gradually fall out of favor over the 19th Century. However, dueling was still commonplace in Southern states like South Carolina. That is, until a duel in 1880 between&nbsp;Colonel E.B. Cash and Colonel William Shannon forced the state to ban the practice.</p>