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Hercules Mulligan

Hercules Mulligan

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Search complete. 9 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Hercules Mulligan".

Sep 29, 2026

Pete WhiteGUEST
28:00
We have some incredible cast on there.
Pete WhiteGUEST
28:02
We have Oak, who was the original Hercules Mulligan from Hamilton on Broadway.
Pete WhiteGUEST
28:07
He's on the album.
Pete WhiteGUEST
28:08
Phil Richardson from Hell's Kitchen.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
15:31
Um, you know, even sort of obv- obvious things.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
15:34
But people like, um, Hercules Mulligan.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
15:36
He was a tailor and a spy from Coleraine, and he's in the play, um, Hamilton.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
15:43
And there's a whole song about him, and he basically measured the Redcoats' uniforms and informed, uh, uh, to Washington, told him to go the other way, and saved his life multiple times.
Odochi IbeHOST
5:15
out? I want to say, well, okay.
Odochi IbeHOST
5:18
So is it my, my shot? Is that the one with, um, Hercules Mulligan and, um, no,
Maurice LicorishHOST
5:26
no. You're thinking of the, you're thinking of the song before that.
Maurice LicorishHOST
5:29
Um, cause my shot is I am not throwing away my shot.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:16
I was just giving little hints.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:17
I have another really interesting character, Hercules Mulligan.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:20
And he is a character in the play Hamilton.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:24
And he was from Coleraine and he was a tailor and a spy.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:40
Yes.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:41
One of the most successful spies ever was.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:43
Hercules Mulligan.
Melanie HarrisonGUEST
32:43
He saved Washington from being assassinated multiple times.
Matt EricksonHOST
37:58
Sympathizing with the Patriot cause, he joined the New York branch of the Sons of Liberty, arrested in 1776 as a spy but quickly pardoned, then detained for 18 months on a boat as an interpreter for Hessian troops since he could speak German.
Matt EricksonHOST
38:11
He used his new position to help prisoners of war from the Continental Army escape, encouraged Hessian troops to desert, and collaborated with Hercules Mulligan and Cato to carry out other acts of espionage.
Matt EricksonHOST
38:21
In 1778, he was arrested again, convicted of espionage, and sentenced to death.
Matt EricksonHOST
38:27
He eventually escaped and made his way with his family to Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress was located.

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