Socialite Sunny von Bulow lived to be 76, but her glittering world came to a dark end long before that.
Although Fanny Murray was once the most desired courtesan in Europe, her husband spent all his money on other women.
William Henry Vanderbilt, son of railroad magnate Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, could have lived comfortably on his inheritance. Instead, he took an active role in expanding the family empire, ultimately doubling its fortune and proving he was more than just the heir to a powerful name.
When a reporter visited the country house of Huguette Clark in 2010, he spoke with her caretaker, who hadn’t seen his millionaire employer in decades.
When William Wallace was executed, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered—a punishment reserved for only the worst “traitors”.
With his own presidential dreams down the toilet, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ruthlessly traded his daughter's future for his sons’ political success—and kept the secret buried for decades.
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