Scandal-Makers

PEOPLE

Socialite and showgirl Peggy Hopkins Joyce was like Daisy Buchanan come to life—but somehow, 1,000 times more scandalous.

PEOPLE

The true story of Caroline Astor is far more tragic and easily a hundred times more twisted than “The Gilded Age” shows on TV.

PEOPLE

Hollywood began casting Tuesday Weld in romantic roles when she was only 12 years old, and it led her down a path so dark—she barely made it out alive.

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Dark sorcerer. Secret Agent. Divine prophet. Aleister Crowley played many roles—but most people don't know the whole story behind his dark life.

PEOPLE

When the famed admiral Horatio Nelson died, he talked of one only woman: Emma, Lady Hamilton. Yet his final confession destroyed her life.

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The world of celebrity is all about gossip, scandal, and larger-than-life personalities—and nobody knew that better than Adah Isaacs Menken.



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