Trials of the Century: The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ("The Scopes Monkey Trial")

On July 10, 1925, in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee in the midst of an unseasonably and oppressively hot summer, a high school teacher by the name of John Thomas Scopes took his seat as the defendant in a case brought by the State of Tennessee. Scopes would later explain his role in the trial as having "furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair." Over the next 8 days the small town of Dayton played host to what is now referred to as The Scopes Monkey Trial that pitched two of the nation's best attorneys against one another in a match fit for the gods of summer.

This week @Scott Cardinal - Investigative Historian and I will walk you through one of the most sensational trial this country has ever seen, one that's been covered by plays, movies, books, etc. - and guess what, a lot of these theatrical recounts of the trial get a lot wrong! Let's talk about what really happened the summer, which culminated in a conviction of John Thomas Scopes on July 21, 1925. Special guest appearance, and theatrical reading, by @Good Lawgic

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If you missed our earlier episodes, you can find them here:
Episode #1: Lindbergh Kidnapping & Trial of Bruno Hauptman - https://youtu.be/kEhta6Y8YG8
Episode #2: The Trial of Lizzie Borden - https://youtu.be/iSHmhESuSsw
Episode #3: The Murder of John Lennon - https://youtu.be/Pdf9rsWtrmg
Episode #4: H.H. Holmes - America's First Serial Killer - https://youtu.be/xCOnW4rjxSU

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