WOW! WOW! WOW! Edinburgh, Scotland is a ghost hunter's dream! They have so many ghosts haunting about, it's hard to decide which awesome story to share! But tonight I do my best with stories about a ghost boy playing his bagpipes, the Mackenzie Poltergeist, the ghost of Mary Queen of Scots and the sky terrier Bobby from the Greyfriar's Bobby. This episode is one of three covering Edinburgh, Scotland.

This episode is hosted by Cayla and Ginger. Big Jenz will be back next week. Thank you everyone for all the love we have received, we hope this episode knocks your wig off!!! Please enjoy our white trash edition of Mary, Queen of Scotland. 

Your Hot Date hosts travel back in time to 1561 and the tumultuous return of Mary Queen of Scots from France to stake her claim to the English crown from her cousin Queen Elizabeth.  It's a story of sex, religious intolerance, and female empowerment told by two of the world's rising stars in Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronin, fledgling film director with a background in British theater Josie Rourke and House of Cards creator Beau Willimon.  

Along with the Oscar nominated 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots, Dan and Vicky discuss lots of recently seen including Dave Franco's directorial debut The Rental, HBO' Coastal Elites, 1937's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1949 Bobby Driscoll thriller The Window, and the 1970 Sammy Davis/Peter Lawford film directed by Jerry Lewis (!) One More Time among others.  We also read some viewer mail responding to our 1980's themed Hot Date episode 110.

Check out Hot Date 113: Mary Queen of Scots and leave us some feedback.  Visit our website at www.hotdatepod.com

Welcome to episode seven of The Internet Historians Podcast!

This week, Alec, Lisa, and Nikkole watched Mary Queen of Scots, and tried their best to untangle the insane web that is Mary's family tree.

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For 14 years, Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner in Sheffield.

“They thought they could lock her away and she’d be forgotten about, but Mary never stopped being a thorn in Queen Elizabeth’s side,” says Sheffield historian David Templeman.

“She would never just fade into the background; she sent more than 2,000 letters whilst in captivity.”

Here, David explores the truth behind Mary’s time in Sheffield, lifting the lid on how she spent her days at Sheffield Manor Lodge, and the fortress that was Sheffield Castle, her escape attempts, and the spy network which eventually led to her death.

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After a long, and tense back and forth of letters, threats, offers of sisterhood, and ultimately betrayal, Elizabeth I ordered Mary Queen of Scots to be executed in 1587, when William Shakespeare was 24 years old, right in the middle of what is called Shakespeare’s Lost Years, because historical records leave a gap here in the timeline of the bard about exactly what he was doing in these years of his life, but looking at broader history, it turns out much of England was confused about what, precisely, was happening for anyone. 

Mary’s death was polarizing for England as it was a culmination of tensions between Catholics vs Protestants, and a strong statement about the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Mary Queen of Scots had a strong claim to the throne of England, and she exerted her might forcefully to try and achieve that role. Famously known for her swift and decisive action against any action, or person, who hinted at treason or a threat to her throne, Elizabeth I was not only surprisingly tolerant of Mary, inviting her to England on terms of peace, but Elizabeth would go on to appoint James I as her successor after Elizabeth died. As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, James I took the throne in 1603, was it ultimately a victory for Mary? Our guest David Schajer is the author of a series of books on the intersection between Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, and James I, the lives of which contained so much real life drama that their impact spilled over onto the stage of William Shakespeare, where many moments in his plays like Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, and Merchant of Venice which seem to belie the the thoughts of the moment, like time capsules offering a glimpse into what it was like to live through this pivotal moment in history.