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So, how did she, one of the richest women in the world, die with only $3,500 in her bank account? It seems almost impossible, considering that she started out with over $40 million - more than $730 million adjusted for inflation in today’s money in 2024. But when you factor in her own crazy spending with a string of husbands who didn’t care about anything except for her money, it all seems a little more possible - the thought of her dying broke.
The poor little rich girl is Barbara Hutton. She was born into wealth from both sides of her family. But it was the wealth from her mother’s side that she became more known for. Barbara was often called The Woolworth Heiress. You might be like me and old enough to remember that there was once a chain of discount retail stores called Woolworth. They were all over the United States, then eventually expanded to many other countries including Canada, Mexico, England, and Germany.
As a child, Barbara had access to more money than most people can imagine. But it was what she was lacking…that was likely the biggest contributor to some horrible decisions that she made that led to her ultimate demise. Barbara didn’t have love at home. Edna Woolworth, the daughter of Frank Winfield Woolworth, was Barbara’s mother.
That sets the stage for today’s subject. Barbara Hutton - The Poor Little Rich Girl. She became poorer with each marriage. There were 7 of them, by the way.
This is a story about a rich boy who grew up to be a rich, miserable man. And if it weren’t for his family’s money, he’d have had no identity at all. He survived the sinking of the Titanic…in a way. His mother was a few months pregnant, carrying him, when she and her husband were on the Titanic, returning to America from their honeymoon in Egypt and Europe. She was Madeleine Astor, the wife of John Jacob Astor IV, the richest passenger on the ship.
Their son was John Jacob Astor the 6th. Though he was also called the Titanic Baby, and later on in his life..The Rich Boy Nobody Wants. He was wealthy and frankly, not much else.
Doris Duke was the wealthiest heiress who came into her family fortune during The Great Depression. She was always remarked upon for her extreme wealth, and for never being the prettiest girl in the room.
Maybe it’s not fair to judge one for being ugly on the outside. But what about being ugly on the inside? Is that off limits? I don’t think so. And by the time that I get to the end of this story, you might feel the same as I do if you don’t already. You decide for yourself as we get into the life of Doris Duke.
When she was born, the press called her The Million Dollar Baby. Her father was one of the richest tobacco men in the world. She grew up with all of the trappings of extreme wealth, having luxuries that most people could only imagine. Many might have thought that because of her daddy’s fortune that her life was perfect. Well if it was, we wouldn’t be talking about it on THIS channel.
Doris had a full bank account, but a rather empty life because she couldn’t trust many of the people in it. Here she was…this woman who, because of her great fortune, was in full control of her life. So how did she EVER get to the point that a SERVANT took control of HER? Her butler.
This is the story of a woman who had money coming out the wazoo. Two gold-digging husbands. A violent sugar-baby boyfriend. And a homicide that she got away with….at least according to one detailed investigation. Fascinating, but a hot mess. Just the way we like it.
It's another Hot Mess History scandal from Ti. Your source for the hottest scandals from 1870 - 1940. Whether you are looking for scandals from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, or The Great Depression…you can find them on this channel.
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The SHOCKING truth about Mrs. Caroline Astor that HBO's The Gilded Age doesn't want you to know! While Season 3 shows her judging divorced women like Aurora Fane and her own daughter Charlotte, the REAL Caroline Astor was living the biggest lie in New York society. For nearly forty years, Caroline endured public humiliation as her husband William spent his time on his yacht nicknamed "The Floating Harem," openly carrying on affairs with women of lower social classes while she maintained the facade of a perfect marriage. This is the ultimate Gilded Age hypocrisy - the woman who cast out divorced women from society had one of the most dysfunctional marriages in New York, with a husband who actively sabotaged her parties, refused to live under the same roof, and even died an ocean away in Paris rather than be near his wife. When Charlotte Astor's own marriage scandal broke with threats of duels and divorce, Caroline actually blamed her daughter's marital problems for causing William's death, despite the fact that he had been publicly embarrassing her for decades. Julian Fellowes based The Gilded Age's portrayal of Caroline on this incredible real-life story of a woman who demanded other women suffer in silence just as she had, maintaining a system that allowed her to keep power despite living one of the most miserable marriages of the era. If you love The Gilded Age Season 3 drama and want to know the shocking true stories behind your favorite characters, this is the video that exposes the queen of society's greatest secret.
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Imagine hearing the cries and screams of horror from people who you know will surely sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, as you sit safely in a lifeboat. Now imagine being in that lifeboat, with death all around you, and having one concern on your mind, and it is... “I’ll never be able to wear all of my new clothes from Paris! They sank with the Titanic!”
If you were Dorothy Gibson, you wouldn’t have to imagine it. That’s one of the many selfish thoughts that went through her head as 1,500 people were in the midst of losing their lives while she made her way safely onto a lifeboat that was never even loaded to full capacity.
In our modern times, many of us can’t help but to think of James Cameron’s Titanic film when we think of the actual 1912 sinking. Its big names and big budget special effects certainly made it a spectacle for the eye to remember. Yet, Titanic historians (and survivors when they were alive) preferred the 1958 film called A Night To Remember for its historical authenticity. It is often called the first Titanic movie, but it’s not.
The FIRST Titanic movie was called Saved From The Titanic and it was released in May of 1912 - just FOUR WEEKS after the disaster occurred. And its star was our Dorothy Gibson - the girl who was so sad about losing her brand new Parisian fashions in the wee morning hours of April 15, 1912. She was a silent film actress and this role was going to make her a bigger star than she already was. And the movie was made by her lover - a man who was married to another woman. But you know how the saying goes. Whatever is done in the dark…will come to the light. And the way that this adulterous affair came to be known by the public…was a scandal in and of itself.
This is the story of one of the most self-absorbed first class passengers who boarded the Titanic. Silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. And she was a total hot mess.
We know that James Cameron’s Titanic story revolves around the love story of a fictional couple. But, what was the inspiration for The Heart of The Ocean and who was wearing it? Well, the movie’s design is based on the Hope Diamond. The magnificent 45 carat stone was extracted from a mine in India and has a history similar to the one that Cal described in the Titanic movie - though its real history is much more extensive.
But there was a man on the Titanic, a second class passenger, who gave a young woman a similar necklace. It was actually a deep blue, oblong sapphire that graced the neck of his sweetheart. And sources say that this couple’s story laid the groundwork for the Heart of The Ocean to make its way into the script of Titanic. It’s a fascinating and scandalous story.
His name was Henry Samuel Morley. Her name was Kate Florence Phillips. They were both from England and boarded the Titanic in Southampton. But if you look at the Titanic passenger lists, you won’t see either of those names. You WILL see Mr. & Mrs. Henry Marshall. That… was them. And they had a secret. They actually had a couple of secrets, but Henry died before learning one of them.
He planned on starting a new life with Kate in America - San Francisco, California. And that alone… is so romantic and… so boring. The problem with Henry taking off to marry Kate…was that he already had a wife…in England, and a child too.
How messy. Just the way we like it.
And the days didn’t get much better for Kate as time marched on after the Titanic disaster.
In the immediate days after the Titanic sank, there was a frenzy amongst the relatives of its passengers to get information about their loved ones - hoping that ones THEY knew beat the odds and were among the survivors. Incorrect headlines had been printed, reflecting that people who had in fact died were alive. There was even uncertainty about who had even boarded the ship to begin with - as can be seen in this notice that was printed in the Buffalo News on April 16, 1912 that shows that Benjamin Guggenheim’s brother was looking for him.
As we know, Benjamin didn't survive, but he helped a lot of women and children get into lifeboats. One of the women that he helped was his French mistress, Leontine Aubart. He had the nerve to buy her 4,000 pounds worth of jewels that went down with the ship. She tried to sue to recover their worth.
It's another Hot Mess History scandal compilation from Ti. Your source for the hottest scandals from 1870 - 1940. Whether you are looking for scandals from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, or The Great Depression…you can find them on this channel.
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Madeleine Astor was the widow of the wealthiest man on the Titanic who went down with the ship on her maiden voyage. John Jacob Astor. She was merely a teenager - 18 and just 1 year older than his son, when she started dating the 40 something John Jacob - which caused his wife of almost 20 years to divorce him. I covered all of that scandal in my previous video. Also in that video, I asked you all if you wanted me to tell you the story about Madeleine’s third marriage - which was a cause of great embarrassment to her. So many of you told me that you wanted the story.
Once Olivier Mendez discovered the Joseph LaRoche had been a passenger on the Titanic, the story was spread and then it became the story of a black family that had been on board the Titanic. That just was not the case. Regardless, Joseph LaRoche - the French & Haitian man of the family went down with the ship. His body was never recovered. So he was never buried, but half of his ancestry was.
When I said that his wife LITERALLY buried his blackness, that’s what I meant. LITERALLY. As in, Mrs. LaRoche took every photo of Joseph along with every ID card or paper that referred to him as black, Haitian, or African, and she put them in a chest and buried them in her backyard. But, maybe she had a good reason. Decide for yourself.
Madeleine ended her romance in first class with her first husband, millionaire, John Jacob Astor. And she started her romance on another ocean liner - inviting a guy from 2nd class to dine with her. He would become her third husband, Italian boxer, Enzo Fiermonte. She was expecting romance, but was he her karma, plus some extra?
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HBO's The Gilded Age just exposed a dark chapter of American history that most people have never heard of - and it's happening RIGHT NOW on your TV screen.
In Season 3 Episode 3 "Love Is Never Easy" (aired July 6, 2025), The Gilded Age finally showed the world what history books won't tell you: the elite Black society of the 1880s practiced the SAME colorism that would later become the brown paper bag test. Phylicia Rashad's character Mrs. Kirkland represents the real-life Blue Vein Society members who gatekept Black elite circles based on skin tone and proximity to slavery.
THE REAL HISTORY BEHIND THE GILDED AGE'S COLORISM STORYLINE:
If you have ever had even a surface level conversation about black people in The United States of America, chances are that you have heard of the brown paper bag test or the paper bag test. Very briefly, in case you haven't heard of it… The brown paper bag test is an early 1900's discriminatory practice that blacks used against other blacks - in which an individual's skin tone is compared to the color of a brown paper bag. One was said to pass the test by having a skin tone that matched the hue of the paper bag or was lighter than the paper bag.
What did passing the test mean? Access to privileges. Those privileges could be anything from gaining membership to sororities, fraternities and other social clubs to gaining admission to schools and even churches. Definitely not an example of black people at our finest hour.
But The Gilded Age got it RIGHT, and they're showing how certain groups of black people placed themselves on the top of a hierarchy when it came to skin tone, access to education, and distance from slavery.
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HBO's The Gilded Age introduced Russell Risley Sage as a ruthless businessman in Season 3, but the show didn't tell you the full shocking truth about this real historical figure. The man who appears alongside George Russell in the Illinois Central Railroad storyline survived one of the most brutal assassination attempts in American history - and his response was even more scandalous than the attack itself. When Henry Norcross walked into Russell Sage's office with a bag of dynamite demanding over a million dollars, Russell Risley Sage's survival came at a horrific cost to an innocent bystander.
This is the explosive true story that Julian Fellowes' HBO drama doesn't tell - how Russell Sage literally used a young clerk named William Laidlaw as a human shield during the December 4, 1891 dynamite attack, then spent years fighting in court to avoid paying the disabled victim a single penny. While The Gilded Age shows Sage as a clever financier, the reality reveals one of the most heartless men of the era who died rich while his victim died broke and alone in a charity hospital. If you're watching The Gilded Age and want to know the real scandals behind the historical characters, this is the story that's too brutal for television - the true tale of one of America's most notorious misers and the ultimate betrayal that shocked even the ruthless Gilded Age elite.
This is the shocking true story of how Cassie's con empire collapsed, bankrupting entire banks and ruining innocent victims who trusted her. You'll discover how the real Andrew Carnegie himself showed up to her sentencing, why one bank president died in shame after losing everything to her schemes, and the heartbreaking final words of the man who couldn't stop believing in her even as she destroyed his life. The Gilded Age writers showed Maud mercy, but reality was far more savage. If you love Julian Fellowes' historical drama and want to know the real scandals behind the characters, this is the story HBO didn't tell you (or hasn't told you YET) about the woman who died broke and alone in prison, haunted by the lives she destroyed.
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In this episode of Tia's Hot Mess History, discover how the man who created "The 400" and served as Mrs. Astor's right-hand gatekeeper went from society's ultimate insider to DYING ALONE and disgraced. Ward McAllister's real-life story involves spending his ENTIRE inheritance on a single party outfit, climbing to the top of New York's elite social scene, then destroying it all with one devastating book.
This video connects directly to HBO's The Gilded Age storyline! If you love the show's drama between old money vs. new money, you'll be OBSESSED with the real Ward McAllister's story. Nathan Lane's portrayal is spot-on, but the historical truth is even more scandalous.
This story was taken from my comprehensive Ward McAllister biography published over a year ago, which you can see right here: youtube.com/watch?v=S0D8jtyCj3s&t=888s
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This is the most twisted family legacy in American history, spanning from Harvard's first Black graduate to Russian propaganda networks. The devastating colorism legacy of the Blue Vein Society shows how privilege transformed into white supremacy extremism, culminating in shocking January 6th Capitol riot connections and the Russia Insider scandal that rocked the world.
HBO'S THE GILDED AGE CONNECTION:
Mrs. Kirkland's character (Phylicia Rashad) represents the REAL colorism and elitism that destroyed this family. Season 3's exploration of Black elite society and colorism mirrors the EXACT dynamics that led to this generational betrayal.
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In Season 3 Episode 3 "Love Is Never Easy," Mrs. Kirkland casually mentions her nephew being the first Black man to graduate from Harvard. What she doesn't reveal is the devastating family tragedy that followed - and it's all connected to the colorism that the Blue Vein Society made famous.
THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE GILDED AGE'S HARVARD REFERENCE:
The man Mrs. Kirkland referenced was Richard Theodore Greener, Harvard's first Black graduate in 1870. But his incredible achievements couldn't protect his family from the same light-skin privilege and colorism that I exposed in my viral Blue Vein Society video.
Greener's wife Genevieve and their children were light enough to pass for white - and when he left for a diplomatic mission to Russia, they seized their chance. They changed their name from Greener to Greene, completely cut ties with their Black heritage, and vanished into white society.
BUT HERE'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY SCANDALOUS:
Greener's daughter Belle da Costa Greene became J.P. Morgan's personal librarian - one of the most powerful positions a woman could hold in the 1900s. But her success came with a shocking price:
THE ULTIMATE COLORISM TRAGEDY:
This is the devastating legacy of the Blue Vein Society's ideology - Richard Greener broke barriers as Harvard's first Black graduate, only to have his own daughter become so invested in whiteness that she erased him from her life. She was literally sleeping with the white elite who would have destroyed her father if they knew the truth.
The Gilded Age got this story RIGHT - Mrs. Kirkland's colorist attitudes weren't just dramatic fiction. They represent the very forces that tore apart one of America's most accomplished Black families.
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This Gilded Age scandal rocked Victorian society and made headlines nationwide. When war correspondent John Dunning abandoned his overweight mistress to reconcile with his wife, Cordelia Botkin's revenge was swift and deadly. She purchased chocolates, injected them with enough arsenic to "kill a horse," and mailed them from San Francisco to Delaware with a note reading "With love to yourself and baby."
Two women died agonizing deaths. The killer had never even met her victims.
This real Gilded Age murder case shows the dark side of America's most glamorous era - the same period featured in HBO's The Gilded Age Season 3. While the show depicts the wealthy elite of New York society, this true crime story reveals what happened when forbidden love, jealousy, and poison collided in 1890s America.
From Golden Gate Park to the courtroom, this is the scandalous true story of America's first mail-order murder that shocked the Gilded Age world.
In this compilation, you'll discover:
Stanford White - The famous architect whose grooming of teenage Evelyn Nesbit led to the "Crime of the Century" murder
Arabella Huntington - The ultimate gold digger who went from mistress to millionaire wife
Cassie Chadwick - The con artist who convinced banks she was Andrew Carnegie's daughter and stole MILLIONS
Ward McAllister - The social climber whose butt-kissing of Caroline Astor backfired spectacularly
T. Thomas Fortune - The journalist whose racial identity and mentor worship led to his downfall
These Gilded Age scandals make modern celebrity drama look tame. From murder trials to financial fraud, and social climbing disasters...this era had it ALL.
Perfect timing with The Gilded Age Season 3 coming on June 22, 2025! If you love historical scandals, Victorian era drama, and learning about the real stories behind America's most glamorous period, this video is for YOU.
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0:00 Cassie Chadwick - The woman who faked being Andrew Carnegie's daughter to steal millions | The real-life Maude Beaton
25:41 Arabella Huntington - She was the mistress before becoming the wife of a multi-millionaire | The real-life Sylvia Chamberlain
43:43 Stanford White - The architect to New York's Elite who groomed Evelyn Nesbit
1:04:06 T. Thomas Fortune - The Gilded Age black newspaper editor who had no choice in being black
1:41:47 Ward McAllister - The Gilded Age Snob who lost his position in high society
2:09: 43 Oscar Wilde - The literary great who had an AWFUL play premiere in New York in 1883
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BARBARA HUTTON: From $42 Million to $3,500
The Woolworth heiress who married 7 gold-digging husbands and died broke despite inheriting over $730 million in today's money. How does the granddaughter of America's first retail empire lose everything? Through cheating husbands, lavish spending, and a desperate search for love that led to financial ruin.
DORIS DUKE: The Million Dollar Baby's Dark Secrets
The wealthiest tobacco heiress of The Great Depression who had everything money could buy - except happiness. With two gold-digging husbands, a violent sugar-baby boyfriend, and a homicide she allegedly got away with, Doris Duke's story proves that money can't buy you love... or innocence.
Both women were called "poor little rich girls" by the press. Both inherited massive fortunes during The Great Depression while millions starved. Both made headlines for their scandalous marriages, lavish spending, and tragic personal lives. But their stories reveal the devastating truth about what extreme wealth can do to the human soul.
From the Gilded Age to The Great Depression, these are the hottest scandals of America's most notorious heiresses. Barbara Hutton went from being one of the richest women in the world to dying with practically nothing. Doris Duke controlled a massive fortune but couldn't control the people around her - including the butler who allegedly took over her life.
What You'll Discover:
How Barbara Hutton's 7 marriages drained her $42 million inheritance
The gold-digging princes, counts, and playboys who used her for money
Doris Duke's alleged involvement in a mysterious homicide
The violent boyfriend who terrorized the tobacco heiress
How both women's fathers' neglect shaped their disastrous love lives
The shocking truth about their rivalry and public feuds
Why extreme wealth during The Great Depression made them targets
These are the untold stories of America's most scandalous heiresses - women who had everything and lost it all, or women who had everything and used it for evil. From Woolworth department stores to tobacco empires, from European royalty to Hollywood glamour, this is the complete saga of The Poor Little Rich Girls of The Great Depression.
Perfect for fans of: Historical scandals, Great Depression era, Gilded Age drama, true crime, wealthy heiress stories, old Hollywood scandal, American history mysteries, Titanic era, 1920s-1940s scandals
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The shocking true story of Titanic's biggest fraud! Meet Alfred Nourney, the 20-year-old German who boarded Titanic as fake "Baron von Drachstedt" to escape a pregnancy scandal. He conned his way from second to first class, where he was able to complete his journey with some of the most influential people in history. He was the first Titanic passenger to sue White Star Line for his lost $2,320 wardrobe ($70,000 today), and he did this against the backdrop of the biggest tragic event in human history - at least according to SOME people.
After he was rescued, interviews with real Titanic survivors in the following days would tell his true story. He refused to row Lifeboat #7 while smoking his pipe as others worked. Discover how this entitled "baron" survived while 1,500 perished, hoarded blankets meant for other survivors, fired a revolver in his lifeboat, and later joined the Nazi party! Part of our exclusive Lifeboat #7 series featuring the most scandalous Titanic survivors, including Dorothy Gibson and the Bishops. This outrageous true story exposes the class divisions that defined both the disaster and its media coverage, while wealthy passengers' stories dominated headlines and steerage victims remained nameless. Learn how Titanic's "Baron Fraud" fabricated his entire identity yet became the last surviving adult male first-class passenger.
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This in an untold story of the Titanic's most influential survivors. Imagine hearing the cries and screams of horror from people who you know will surely sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, as you sit safely in a lifeboat. Now imagine being in that lifeboat, with death all around you, and having one concern on your mind, and it is... “I’ll never be able to wear all of my new clothes from Paris! They sank with the Titanic!”
If you were Dorothy Gibson, you wouldn’t have to imagine it. That’s one of the many selfish thoughts that went through her head as 1,500 people were in the midst of losing their lives while she made her way safely onto a lifeboat that was never even loaded to full capacity.
In our modern times, many of us can’t help but to think of James Cameron’s Titanic film when we think of the actual 1912 sinking. Its big names and big budget special effects certainly made it a spectacle for the eye to remember. Yet, Titanic historians (and survivors when they were alive) preferred the 1958 film called A Night To Remember for its historical authenticity. It is often called the first Titanic movie, but it’s not.
The FIRST Titanic movie was called Saved From The Titanic and it was released in May of 1912 - just FOUR WEEKS after the disaster occurred. And its star was our Dorothy Gibson - the girl who was so sad about losing her brand new Parisian fashions in the wee morning hours of April 15, 1912. She was a silent film actress and this role was going to make her a bigger star than she already was. And the movie was made by her lover - a man who was married to another woman. But you know how the saying goes. Whatever is done in the dark…will come to the light. And the way that this adulterous affair came to be known by the public…was a scandal in and of itself.
Dorothy’s story has it all - sexual affairs, crazy court cases, a man in a night gown, and a stay in a Nazi concentration camp.
This is the story of one of the most self-absorbed first class passengers who boarded the Titanic. Silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. And she was a total hot mess.
There was so much confusion in the newspapers and through wireless communications after the Titanic sank. No one knew what to believe. Like, the couple we’re talking about today. Word got back to their hometown that they were both dead. Their hometown, by the way, was Dowagiac.
Dowagiac, Michigan is a town that I had never heard of before I started doing the research for this Titanic passenger scandal for you. But it was put on the map before the Titanic ever set sail. And yes, our first class passengers from today’s story are indirectly related to the town’s boom.
Dickinson Bishop and Helen Bishop were a pair of newlyweds who were returning home on the Titanic after a several months long honeymoon. Their plan was to get off of the Titanic and have their chauffeur drive them from New York back to Michigan.
But we all know that they had to change their plans…mainly because the Titanic sank. But maybe Dickinson and Helen would be able to get back on track. Spoiler alert. They both survived the sinking.
But would Dickinson be able to survive the rumor that he only made it into a lifeboat because he wore a dress and pretended to be a woman? And if that was what people were saying about him, how would his wife feel? Helen.
And oh yeah, Helen was his second wife.
The truth is that he was only able to afford a first class ticket on the Titanic because he had inherited MILLIONS of dollars from his first wife after she died. He didn’t have any money of his own. So the truth was that people were already saying some pretty harsh things about him BEFORE he got on the Titanic.
You can imagine “using that poor dead girl’s money to galavant all over the world with his new wife. He’s sickening!”
There have been so many questions about what happened on that late night and into the early morning with Titanic.
Did the Titanic captain go down with the ship? Did he pay attention to the iceberg warnings? What time did the ship hit the iceberg? What day did the Titanic sink?
Like you've probably heard in every Titanic documentary, April 14th and April 15th 1912 are the days associated with the sinking about both are correct. Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14, then finally sunk just a couple of hours into April 15, 1912.
We'll get into a little bit of that and a lot of the stories of Helen and Dickinson Bishop.
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The complete rise and fall of retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge in one definitive documentary. From humble beginnings as a $1.50-per-week cash boy to creating London's revolutionary Oxford Street department store worth millions, discover how the man who invented modern shopping lost everything.
This documentary reveals Selfridge's genius marketing innovations that transformed retail forever alongside his scandalous personal life. Watch as Harry builds a £2 million fortune (over £150 million today) before losing it all to his obsessions with showgirls, gambling, and the infamous Dolly Sisters.
Follow his remarkable journey from Chicago to conquering London society, his tumultuous marriage to Rose, his affairs with Gaby Deslys and Jenny Dolly, and the spectacular spending that reduced him to just £6,176 at death. Learn how he gambled away millions in French Riviera casinos, lost control of his iconic store, and ended his days riding the bus to visit the empire he once ruled.
The ultimate story of innovation, ambition, excess, and downfall – the merchant prince who changed shopping forever only to lose it all to his own desires.
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2:22 - 5:20 - Harry Selfridge's Early Life - Father Abandoned Family
5:21 - 5:58 - Harry's Brothers Die
5:59 - 11:18 - Harry & His Mother Struggle Financially for YEARS
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The spectacular downfall of retail tycoon Harry Gordon Selfridge is one of history's most dramatic rags-to-riches-to-rags stories. After building a £2 million fortune (over £150 million today) with his revolutionary London department store, Harry's obsession with twin dancers Jenny and Rosie Dolly led to his financial ruin.
This video reveals how the man who revolutionized shopping spent millions on gambling, showgirls, and lavish parties in the 1920s and 30s. From his scandalous affairs with Gaby Deslys and the Dolly Sisters to losing everything in French Riviera casinos, discover how Harry went from retail king to nearly penniless in his final years.
Learn about:
His tumultuous relationship with Jenny Dolly and her tragic end
How he gambled away the equivalent of $9 million in a single spree
The impact of his mother's death on his reckless spending
His forced removal from the Selfridge board in 1939
The lasting retail innovations that survived his personal downfall
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For decades, some Black men have blamed welfare for “taking Black men out of the home,” using this as an excuse for why they abandoned their families. But is this true? In this video, we break down the real history behind the 1967 “Man in the House” rule, how it applied to ALL races—not just Black men—and how it was struck down by the Supreme Court just one year later.
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*The Man in the House Rule and who it actually affected
*How Black women fought to overturn it (not Black men!)
*The real reasons why some men STILL use this excuse today
Fact Check: Welfare NEVER forced good fathers out of the home. But some men willingly left—long before welfare even became an option.
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The customer is always right. It's a phrase that we have heard for decades and we have Harry Gordon Selfridge to thank for it. Many Harry Selfridge quotes are still used in business today. He went from humble beginnings in Ripon Wisconsin to making a big name for himself in Chicago, where he rose from stock boy to 2nd in command at the retail paradise, Marshall Field's.
Step into the dazzling and scandalous world of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the visionary behind the iconic Selfridge & Co. department store! In this gripping Part 1 of our series, we uncover the untold story of Selfridge's early life, his ambitious rise to fame, and the secrets behind his glamorous yet tumultuous personal life - a life that he shared with his wife, Rose. She gave Harry Selfridge five children, and he gave her pure heartache with all of his affairs.
From his humble beginnings in Wisconsin to his groundbreaking store opening in London, Harry Selfridge revolutionized retail forever. But behind the opulence and success lay a web of affairs, family drama, and tragedy. Discover how his marriage to Rose Buckingham shaped his legacy—and how her untimely death marked a turning point in his life.
This Harry Selfridge documentary dives deep into:
*The early life of Harry Selfridge and his journey to retail stardom
*The opening of Selfridge & Co., a store that changed shopping forever
*His scandalous affairs and the impact on his personal and professional life
*The tragic death of his wife, Rose, and how it shaped his future
If you love stories of ambition, scandal, and the golden age of retail, this is a must-watch! Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for Part 2, where we explore Selfridge’s downfall and the shocking end of his empire.
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00:00:00 Mr. Selfridge & Ellen Love Clip
00:01:12 Introduction
00:04:10 Harry Selfridge's Early Life - His Father Abandoned Him
00:09:54 Harry Starts Working When He's Only A Child
00:13:12 Harry Gets His Big Break, Working At Marshall Fields
00:17:20 Harry Selfridge Meets Rose Buckingham, His Wife
James Brown & Tammi Terrell – Before her legendary duets with Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell toured with James Brown—until their disturbing relationship took a tragic turn.
Johnnie Taylor – He made history as the first artist to go platinum, but as a father? He left four children unclaimed, leading to an ugly court battle after his death.
Chuck Berry – The so-called "Father of Rock & Roll" left behind a legacy of musical genius and disturbing criminal allegations, including a Mann Act violation eerily similar to R. Kelly’s.
Marcus Garvey – A powerful leader in Black history, but behind closed doors? His personal life was filled with betrayal—including a marriage scandal straight out of a soap opera.
Harold Nicholas & Dorothy Dandridge – One of the greatest dancers of all time, but when his daughter was born with special needs, his response shocked everyone.
Anita Pointer, Richard Pryor & the Party from Hell – When the Pointer Sisters star and her NFL boyfriend got an invite to Richard Pryor’s house, they never could have predicted the madness that awaited them.
Flip Wilson: A comedy legend whose humor thrived on racial stereotypes, but did his personal life reveal deeper self-hatred? His controversial marriage raised eyebrows—and ended because of his own bad habits.
Leon Spinks: He shocked the world by defeating Muhammad Ali, but when it came to fatherhood, he took a devastating loss.
Lou Rawls: The smooth-voiced crooner won a Grammy but lost in court when a paternity suit turned ugly, with his own family testifying against him.
Sammy Davis Jr.: Hollywood’s biggest black entertainer had fame, but not power. Forced into a marriage he didn’t want, he took his frustration out on his wife.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Revered as a civil rights icon, but long before that, he had a history of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism in his dissertation.
Eldridge Cleaver: From political revolutionary to Penis Pants designer?! A bizarre downfall for a man who once wanted to "fight the power."
Jim Brown: A football legend and civil rights activist—but also a man with a long list of accusations of violence against women, stretching back to the 1960s.
These are the stories that history often glosses over. But we’re bringing the truth to the forefront. Watch the full video to see why these men earned their spots in Black History’s Worst Offenders.
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00:00:10 James Brown: The Godfather of Soul & a Woman Beater
00:09:17 Chuck Berry: The Father of Rock & Roll & a Disgusting Pervert
00:29:40 Flip Wilson: First Black American To Host Late Night TV Series & a major weirdo
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From heiresses who squandered fortunes to Titanic survivors with selfish secrets, these are the messiest scandals of 2024 as told on Hot Mess History! Relive the dramatic fall of Barbara Hutton, the "poor little rich girl" who turned $40 million into $3,500. Discover the truth behind William E. Carter, the Titanic passenger who wasn’t the hero he claimed to be, and Dorothy Gibson, the silent film star whose Titanic survival story was as scandalous as her love life. Learn about the rivalry between Madam CJ Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone, the first Black women millionaires, and the shocking betrayal that cost Annie her fortune.
This compilation also covers stories of extravagance, betrayal, and drama from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, and The Great Depression. These scandals and more are the reason Hot Mess History is your go-to for salacious tales from 1870–1940.
Tune in to uncover the truth, the lies, and the drama of some of the most unforgettable stories from history’s most scandalous figures.
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Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol's Creator and His Scandalous Secret Life
Dive into the untold story of Charles Dickens, the literary genius behind A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield. While Dickens enchanted the world with tales of morality and redemption, his personal life tells a different story—one filled with scandal, betrayal, and controversy.
In this video, we explore the darker side of the Victorian era’s most famous author:
His cruel treatment of his wife, Catherine Dickens
A secret relationship with teenage actress Ellen Ternan
The shocking attempt to commit his wife to an insane asylum
The tragic consequences of the Staplehurst train crash
His obsession with public image and his final will
Learn how the man who defined Christmas cheer was anything but merry in his private life. This in-depth look at Dickens's scandals is perfect for fans of historical drama, Victorian literature, and lovers of juicy tales from the past.
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Victoria Woodhull was more than the first woman to run for U.S. president in 1872—she was a scandalous trailblazer whose life was filled with controversy, ambition, and drama. From her tumultuous first marriage to her fiery Free Love Movement, her connections to Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her shocking exposé of Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, Victoria’s story is a wild ride through Gilded Age America.
Discover how this "lady banker" and feminist icon turned the male-dominated world of Wall Street upside down, championed women’s rights, and left a legacy that’s equal parts inspiring and controversial. Learn about her connections to eugenics, her battles with the Beecher family, and how she lived to see women win the right to vote. This deep dive into Woodhull’s life is a true Hot Mess History!
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This is the untold story of Titanic's most influential survivors. Dive into this in-depth exploration of the untold stories of Titanic’s passengers—a captivating journey through scandal, romance, and survival. This 8-hour marathon documentary brings to life the incredible tales of real people who sailed aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic.
John Jacob Astor & Madeleine Astor: The wealthy couple’s whirlwind romance, their tragic fate, and Madeleine’s life after the Titanic.
William Carter: A man with secrets, and the strained relationship with his wife that came to light after the disaster.
Dorothy Gibson: The actress who not only survived the Titanic but went on to star in a silent film about the tragedy.
Kate Phillips & Henry Morley: The forbidden love story that inspired the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace in James Cameron’s Titanic.
Joseph LaRoche: The only Black passenger on the Titanic and his family’s inspiring story.
Benjamin Guggenheim: The millionaire playboy who faced his final hours with unmatched bravery and style.
Dickinson Bishop & Helen Bishop: Newlyweds entangled in rumors of scandal and deceit.
Isidor Strauss & Ida Strauss: The timeless love story of an elderly couple who chose to face the end together.
Discover the secrets, heartbreak, and courage behind the names etched in Titanic history. From wealthy industrialists to romantic fugitives, their stories add depth and humanity to one of the greatest maritime tragedies of all time.
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Dive into the jaw-dropping tales of two legendary figures, Jack Johnson and Charlie Chaplin, and their infamous entanglements with the Mann Act. This compilation uncovers how both men—icons in their own rights—found themselves at the center of scandals that shocked the world.
Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, shattered racial barriers but became a target of legal persecution due to his relationships with white women. His conviction under the Mann Act revealed the racial and moral double standards of his time.
Charlie Chaplin, the beloved English actor and filmmaker, faced a high-profile paternity suit and accusations that threatened his reputation, forever changing how celebrity scandals were viewed in the media.
Through this gripping video, you'll explore the intersection of fame, scandal, and legal controversy in the lives of two men who lived unapologetically. From courtroom drama to societal outrage, this story is packed with intrigue and historical significance.
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Even if you don’t know who Ponzi is, you know the scheme that bears his name. The Ponzi scheme. Ponzi con artists promise to invest your money and generate HIGH returns with little to no risk.
And if we didn’t know any better, we’d believe that Charles Ponzi invented this masterfully deceptive plan. But the first “PONZI’ scheme was carried out by a woman in 1869. 13 years before Charles Ponzi was even born.
Her name was Adele Spitzeder. She was an actress by trade, but not a very good one. Her best acting was done off the stage when she was pretending to be the friendly neighborhood banker.
This is the story of a gilded age grifter who crippled the German economy all because she wanted more than she could afford and she refused to act her wage. This is the story of Adele Spitzeder. Female con artist and total hot mess.
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Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. A lot of us are familiar with the franchise in some form - whether it’s the television show, museums, books, or radio show. Up until 1934, most of the people who knew the name knew it as a comic strip in newspapers. But before that year was over, Robert Ripley would bring that world to life during the World Fair at the unveiling of his new exhibit called the Odditorium. And taking center stage in this display of people who were called freaks, was a child named Betty Lou Harris. Well, that’s what she was called when she was working - which was basically her whole life - as the Four Legged Girl. The highest paid human marvel in history, some say. And she wasted her final years, loving a scammer who didn't love her.
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John Jacob IV and his wife had their whole lives ahead of them when they were returning home on the Titanic. They had been on an extended honeymoon and they were ready to start fresh when they arrived back in New York. But you and I know that an iceberg stopped their plans.
The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912. From Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France to an iceberg in the middle to the Atlantic Ocean at 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912. Titanic went down on April 15, 1912 in the wee hours of the morning, taking John Jacob Astor IV with her - also taking a father away from John Jacob Astor VI. The water was 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It was freezing. And even after being rescued, Madeleine would face days ahead that felt colder than that.
We'll get into Madeleine's Titanic passenger story and real photos with the men who shared her life with her after the iceberg sank that Titanic - the ship that was holding her one true love.
The most important man in her life was her son, John Jacob Astor IV. He lived in the shadow of his brother Vincent, and always resented him for receiving the lion's share of their father's estate. The other men in her life were two husbands. The second one was a sensible choice - a banker with a couple of millions of dollars to his name. The third husband was a poor boxer who was not good for Madeleine in any way. But the tumultuous relationship that the pair had was good for the press.
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This is the untold story of two of the Titanic's most influential survivors.
There was so much confusion in the newspapers and through wireless communications after the Titanic sank. No one knew what to believe. Like, the couple we’re talking about today. Word got back to their hometown that they were both dead. Their hometown, by the way, was Dowagiac.
Dowagiac, Michigan is a town that I had never heard of before I started doing the research for this Titanic passenger scandal for you. But it was put on the map before the Titanic ever set sail. And yes, our first class passengers from today’s story are indirectly related to the town’s boom.
Dickinson Bishop and Helen Bishop were a pair of newlyweds who were returning home on the Titanic after a several months long honeymoon. Their plan was to get off of the Titanic and have their chauffeur drive them from New York back to Michigan.
But we all know that they had to change their plans…mainly because the Titanic sank. But maybe Dickinson and Helen would be able to get back on track. Spoiler alert. They both survived the sinking.
But would Dickinson be able to survive the rumor that he only made it into a lifeboat because he wore a dress and pretended to be a woman? And if that was what people were saying about him, how would his wife feel? Helen.
And oh yeah, Helen was his second wife.
The truth is that he was only able to afford a first class ticket on the Titanic because he had inherited MILLIONS of dollars from his first wife after she died. He didn’t have any money of his own. So the truth was that people were already saying some pretty harsh things about him BEFORE he got on the Titanic.
You can imagine “using that poor dead girl’s money to galavant all over the world with his new wife. He’s sickening!”
There have been so many questions about what happened on that late night and into the early morning with Titanic.
Did the Titanic captain go down with the ship? Did he pay attention to the iceberg warnings? What time did the ship hit the iceberg? What day did the Titanic sink?
Like you've probably heard in every Titanic documentary, April 14th and April 15th 1912 are the days associated with the sinking about both are correct. Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14, then finally sunk just a couple of hours into April 15, 1912.
We'll get into a little bit of that and a lot of the stories of Helen and Dickinson Bishop.
This is a Titanic story about bad luck, bad decisions, and possibly the ugliest “woman” who got into the first Titanic lifeboat as the ship’s Lt gave the order that we all have heard about who was to get in the lifeboats before anyone else. Say it with me. “Brides and grooms first! Newlyweds first!”
Yes. Helen claimed that those were the orders that she and her husband were given. Not “women and children first.” Brides and grooms. Apparently the executives at White Star Line took holy matrimony VERY seriously, and THAT’S how Dickinson Bishop got into the first lifeboat that was loaded. A total lie and a total hot mess.
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Imagine being told the cure for your mental illness was to have your teeth—or even your organs—removed. For patients of Dr. Henry Aloysius Cotton from 1917 to 1930, this was their horrifying reality.
Dr. Cotton believed that mental illness was caused by infections lurking in the body, and his solution was as shocking as it was dangerous: total removal of the "infected" areas. Teeth? Gone. Tonsils? Gone. Organs? Nothing was off-limits.
Celebrated by the public and even some medical professionals, Dr. Cotton thrived on the admiration and unchecked power he wielded. But behind closed doors, his methods were brutal, unproven, and left countless patients in misery.
This chilling historical scandal reveals how one man’s twisted medical theories were allowed to run rampant, leaving behind a legacy of trauma and tragedy.
And yes, this infamous figure even made an appearance in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, but the true story is far darker.
Dive into the shocking practices of Dr. Henry Cotton, where medicine met madness, and discover why his name lives on in infamy.
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That 1912 Renault Type CB Coupe de Ville that is featured in James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic film really was on the Titanic. It wasn’t just placed there so that Rose and Jack could get it on. In real-life, it was the only car listed on Titanic’s cargo manifest and there has been so much talk about this car and whether it can be found. Can it operate if it is found?
Well, the real story isn’t about that car. It’s about the couple who owned that car.
The man’s name was William E. Carter. He was from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and he was rich. He didn’t work hard for his money. He was born into it. And it seemed like a lot of good things came easily to him. One of those good things was his wife. Her name was Lucile. She was said to have been one of the most beautiful women in her native Baltimore - really among all of the society women of her day. And William snatched her up and was able to call Lucile his own.
She was also traveling on the Titanic with William. And so were their two children. The entire family made it safely off of the Titanic. They were all rescued. And in the immediate days following the disaster, both William and his wife were heralded as heroes in the press for the brave actions that they took after Titanic hit the iceberg.
And if that was the entire truth about their story, I wouldn’t be talking about it here. Because that’s boring. That’s just history. But this is Hot Mess History - where we dig into the dirty side of history. The stuff that they typically don’t put in people’s obituaries.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the story of a Titanic family who traveled first class. They had a lot of money, but were led by someone who didn’t seem to have a lot of morals.
This is the story of the wealthy and well-connected William E. Carter and the lovely Lucile and the real truth about what happened to them on the Titanic and after the Titanic.
This is a story that proves that having it all, isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be - and that even though we get the story straight from the horse’s mouth…that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the truth.
You'll hear a firsthand account of one couple’s hours of heroic actions - a story that was printed and read all over the world…that turned out to be only partially true.
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Can black people be racist? That’s for you to answer in a way that you can deal with. Based on the stories that you’ll hear in this video compilation, I believe that the answer is yes…and ESPECIALLY against each other. This is a mix of stories about celebrities, politicians, and ordinary people who had some strange notions about being black, and how well (or poorly) black people should treat other black people.
The struggle dates back hundreds of years, but this video starts in the late 1800’s with a group of black people and mixed race people with fair complexions who decided that they were better than black people with dark skin.
Of course the conflict didn’t end there. It only spread and continues today. This video explores the hypocrisy of the NAACP, the “founder” of Kwanzaa, and a number of black politicians who wanted justice and equality from their white counterparts, but often failed to extend that same equality to black people with dark skin or black women in general.
You’ll hear how jazz great Nancy Wilson and Texas politician Barbara Jordan were both called the same derogatory name by two different black leaders. But, there is a bit of positivity too. You’ll hear it in the story about Harlem Renaissance big bandleader took a stand against a policy at the world famous Cotton Club - a policy that excluded women with dark complexions from dancing on their stage.
Hang tight. It’s a lot. Ron Karenga, Jack Johnson, Oprah Winfrey and Curtis Graves.
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Imagine hearing the cries and screams of horror from people who you know will surely sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, as you sit safely in a lifeboat. Now imagine being in that lifeboat, with death all around you, and having one concern on your mind, and it is... “I’ll never be able to wear all of my new clothes from Paris! They sank with the Titanic!”
If you were Dorothy Gibson, you wouldn’t have to imagine it. That’s one of the many selfish thoughts that went through her head as 1,500 people were in the midst of losing their lives while she made her way safely onto a lifeboat that was never even loaded to full capacity.
In our modern times, many of us can’t help but to think of James Cameron’s Titanic film when we think of the actual 1912 sinking. Its big names and big budget special effects certainly made it a spectacle for the eye to remember. Yet, Titanic historians (and survivors when they were alive) preferred the 1958 film called A Night To Remember for its historical authenticity. It is often called the first Titanic movie, but it’s not.
The FIRST Titanic movie was called Saved From The Titanic and it was released in May of 1912 - just FOUR WEEKS after the disaster occurred. And its star was our Dorothy Gibson - the girl who was so sad about losing her brand new Parisian fashions in the wee morning hours of April 15, 1912.
Dorothy’s story has it all - sexual affairs, crazy court cases, a man in a night gown, and a stay in a Nazi concentration camp.
This is the story of one of the most self-absorbed first class passengers who boarded the Titanic. Silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. And she was a total hot mess.
In a scene from John Cameron's Titanic movie, Rose told Jack the backstory on John Jacob Astor and and his very young bride. She called it a scandal. Rose was right. This was a scandal. It wasn’t normal for John Jacob Astor’s time and it certainly WAS a scandal that he had an 18 year old wife. The scandal was only compounded by the fact that he had rather recently been divorced from his wife of nearly 20 years who had bore him 2 children. And she was in with the in crowd of New York’s high society. So this union between John Jacob Astor and Madeleine - the new, younger Mrs. Astor - was definitely giving the people something to talk about in 1912. And it’s giving us something to talk about today.
In the immediate days after the Titanic sank, there was a frenzy amongst the relatives of its passengers to get information about their loved ones - hoping that ones THEY knew beat the odds and were among the survivors. Incorrect headlines had been printed, reflecting that people who had in fact died were alive. People like John Jacob Astor and Isador and Ida Straus. There was even uncertainty about who had even boarded the ship to begin with. One of those people whose name was surrounded by uncertainty was Benjamin Guggenheim. Several newspapers wrote articles questioning whether he and his wife had booked passage on the Titanic. It turned out that Benjamin did board the Titanic. His wife did not. That might have made the trip rather uncomfortable for his mistress!
We know that James Cameron’s Titanic story revolves around the love story of a fictional couple. But, what was the inspiration for The Heart of The Ocean and who was wearing it? Well, the movie’s design is based on the Hope Diamond. The magnificent 45 carat stone was extracted from a mine in India and has a history similar to the one that Cal described in the Titanic movie - though its real history is much more extensive.
But there was a man on the Titanic, a second class passenger, who gave a young woman a similar necklace. It was actually a deep blue, oblong sapphire that graced the neck of his sweetheart. And sources say that this couple’s story laid the groundwork for the Heart of The Ocean to make its way into the script of Titanic. It’s a fascinating and scandalous story.
His name was Henry Samuel Morley. Her name was Kate Florence Phillips. They were both from England and boarded the Titanic in Southampton. But if you look at the Titanic passenger lists, you won’t see either of those names. You WILL see Mr. & Mrs. Henry Marshall. That… was them. And they had a secret.
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00:00:00 Dorothy Gibson - 1st Titanic Film Star & Mistress Of Jules Brulatour
01:14:36 John Jacob Astor IV & His Pregnant Teen Wife
01:26:21 Benjamin Guggenheim & His French Mistress: They Were BOTH Coming Home To See His Wife
02:01:35 Henry Morley & His Teen Mistress Kate Morley - He Was Running Away From His Wife
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Barbara Woolworth Hutton and Doris Duke. Baby girls who were born with silver spoons in their mouths. Both born in New York, New York just DAYS apart from each other in 1912. They started out as friends. And it only made sense. Not a lot of people would have had much in common with these 2 based on their wealth alone. When you have the kind of money that they had, your social circles stay relatively small.
Barbara had about $60 million and Doris had about $100 million. And that sounds great. They could afford to buy anything that they could imagine. And they were just kids! But their great fortunes came with sadness. They both inherited so much money at such a young age because each one had lost a parent. Doris lost her father when she was only 12. Barbara lost her mother to an apparent suicide when she was only 4 years old. Both girls lost the parent to whom they were the closest.
So you can see that there’s this amazing foundation for a friendship. Barbara and Doris had a very unique set of circumstances to which practically no one else in the world would have been able to relate.
But because they both came into huge sums of money at the start of the Great Depression, the general public at the time wasn’t really thinking about the emotional hardships that these two girls suffered in order to become millionaires. All that most people knew was that these two girls had a whole lotta money and they (most Americans during the Great Depression) hardly had any.
And this created another likeness that the girls shared - a common enemy - the poor Americans. And THAT gave the news media at the time just what THEY needed to capitalize off of this perfect storm that had been created. The poor people vs the rich girls.
It was ugly, but newswriters knew that it would sell their papers. So gossip columnists would follow every move of Barbara and Doris, and spin their stories in ways that pit the two girls against the American public, and LATER… pit the two girls against EACH OTHER. And that’s when things really got juicy.
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00:00:00 Introduction and Early Life of Barbara & Doris
00:10:41 Debutante Balls During The Great Depression
00:17:02 The Similarities That Barbara & Doris Shared
00:23:19 The Big Differences Between Barbara & Doris
00:26:55 The Battle For The Man They Both Loved - Porfirio Rubirosa
00:57:01 Zsa Zsa Gabor Wanted Their Husband Too!
01:02:54 Barbara & Doris Both Wanted Cary Grant
01:06:26 Barbara Disrespects Doris's Shangri La Estate
01:09:11 Barbara Tried To Take Joe Castro From Doris
01:21:19 Doris Mistaken For Barbara At Airport
01:24:37 Eduardo Tirella Death Quip
01:30:27 The Deaths of The Gold Dust Twins
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We know that James Cameron’s Titanic story revolves around the love story of a fictional couple. But, what was the inspiration for The Heart of The Ocean and who was wearing it? Well, the movie’s design is based on the Hope Diamond. The magnificent 45 carat stone was extracted from a mine in India and has a history similar to the one that Cal described in the Titanic movie - though its real history is much more extensive.
But there was a man on the Titanic, a second class passenger, who gave a young woman a similar necklace. It was actually a deep blue, oblong sapphire that graced the neck of his sweetheart. And sources say that this couple’s story laid the groundwork for the Heart of The Ocean to make its way into the script of Titanic. It’s a fascinating and scandalous story.
His name was Henry Samuel Morley. Her name was Kate Florence Phillips. They were both from England and boarded the Titanic in Southampton. But if you look at the Titanic passenger lists, you won’t see either of those names. You WILL see Mr. & Mrs. Henry Marshall. That… was them. And they had a secret. They actually had a couple of secrets, but Henry died before learning one of them.
He planned on starting a new life with Kate in America - San Francisco, California. And that alone… is so romantic and… so boring. The problem with Henry taking off to marry Kate…was that he already had a wife…in England, and a child too.
How messy. Just the way we like it.
And the days didn’t get much better for Kate as time marched on after the Titanic disaster.
This is the story of an illicit love affair that never took off because fate had other plans. Kate thought that she would be able to run off into the sunset and away from England with Mrs. Morley’s husband. But an iceberg disagreed with her.
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Doris Duke was the wealthiest heiress who came into her family fortune during The Great Depression. She was always remarked upon for her extreme wealth, and for never being the prettiest girl in the room.
Maybe it’s not fair to judge one for being ugly on the outside. But what about being ugly on the inside? Is that off limits? I don’t think so. And by the time that I get to the end of this story, you might feel the same as I do if you don’t already. You decide for yourself as we get into the life of Doris Duke.
When she was born, the press called her The Million Dollar Baby. Her father was one of the richest tobacco men in the world. She grew up with all of the trappings of extreme wealth, having luxuries that most people could only imagine. Many might have thought that because of her daddy’s fortune that her life was perfect. Well if it was, we wouldn’t be talking about it on THIS channel.
Doris had a full bank account, but a rather empty life because she couldn’t trust many of the people in it. Here she was…this woman who, because of her great fortune, was in full control of her life. So how did she EVER get to the point that a SERVANT took control of HER? Her butler.
This is the story of a woman who had money coming out the wazoo. Two gold-digging husbands. A violent sugar-baby boyfriend. And a homicide that she got away with….at least according to one detailed investigation. Fascinating, but a hot mess. Just the way we like it.
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Imagine hearing the cries and screams of horror from people who you know will surely sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, as you sit safely in a lifeboat. Now imagine being in that lifeboat, with death all around you, and having one concern on your mind, and it is... “I’ll never be able to wear all of my new clothes from Paris! They sank with the Titanic!”
If you were Dorothy Gibson, you wouldn’t have to imagine it. That’s one of the many selfish thoughts that went through her head as 1,500 people were in the midst of losing their lives while she made her way safely onto a lifeboat that was never even loaded to full capacity.
In our modern times, many of us can’t help but to think of James Cameron’s Titanic film when we think of the actual 1912 sinking. Its big names and big budget special effects certainly made it a spectacle for the eye to remember. Yet, Titanic historians (and survivors when they were alive) preferred the 1958 film called A Night To Remember for its historical authenticity. It is often called the first Titanic movie, but it’s not.
The FIRST Titanic movie was called Saved From The Titanic and it was released in May of 1912 - just FOUR WEEKS after the disaster occurred. And its star was our Dorothy Gibson - the girl who was so sad about losing her brand new Parisian fashions in the wee morning hours of April 15, 1912. She was a silent film actress and this role was going to make her a bigger star than she already was. And the movie was made by her lover - a man who was married to another woman. But you know how the saying goes. Whatever is done in the dark…will come to the light. And the way that this adulterous affair came to be known by the public…was a scandal in and of itself.
Dorothy’s story has it all - sexual affairs, crazy court cases, a man in a night gown, and a stay in a Nazi concentration camp.
This is the story of one of the most self-absorbed first class passengers who boarded the Titanic. Silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. And she was a total hot mess.
It's another Hot Mess History scandal from Ti. Your source for the hottest scandals from 1870 - 1940. Whether you are looking for scandals from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, or The Great Depression…you can find them on this channel.
Enjoy!
For my super hot & nasty scandals, follow me on Patreon:
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For many years, it was always the point of marriage for an heiress - to marry a rich man and increase the family’s wealth. And Edna Woolworth did just that. Edna Woolworth was the daughter of Frank Winfield Woolworth - the founder of the F. W. Woolworth Company. His stores were simply called Woolworth and they were America’s first chain of 5 and dime stores - meaning that all of the items in his stores were priced at 5 cents of 10 cents...when he first started. His stores made him one of the richest men during The Gilded Age. He had amassed a fortune of over $75 million - enough to leave his descendents financially stable for generations. And he is the grandfather of today’s subject. The poor little rich girl. She inherited a big chunk of that fortune.
So, how did she, one of the richest women in the world, die with only $3,500 in her bank account? It seems almost impossible, considering that she started out with over $40 million - more than $730 million adjusted for inflation in today’s money in 2024. But when you factor in her own crazy spending with a string of husbands who didn’t care about anything except for her money, it all seems a little more possible - the thought of her dying broke.
The poor little rich girl is Barbara Hutton. She was born into wealth from both sides of her family. But it was the wealth from her mother’s side that she became more known for. Barbara was often called The Woolworth Heiress. You might be like me and old enough to remember that there was once a chain of discount retail stores called Woolworth. They were all over the United States, then eventually expanded to many other countries including Canada, Mexico, England, and Germany.
As a child, Barbara had access to more money than most people can imagine. But it was what she was lacking…that was likely the biggest contributor to some horrible decisions that she made that led to her ultimate demise. Barbara didn’t have love at home. Edna Woolworth, the daughter of Frank Winfield Woolworth, was Barbara’s mother.
Now that we know how Barbara became an heiress, back to Edna, her mother. Edna did what her father wanted her to do - married that wealthy New York City stock broker. And while the marriage looked good on paper and satisfied her family, she was miserable in it, and it MIGHT have played a part in her early death. We’ll get there. Edna died when Barbara was only 4 years old. And Barbara’s father, instead of trying to make up for her mother’s absence, did the total opposite and neglected the poor child.
He would pawn her off on governesses, servants, other relatives and boarding schools. He never showed her any affection. The truth was that he hadn’t really been good at showing his wife much affection either. Barbara’s father - the fancy New York stock broker who seemed like such a prize to Frank Woolworth - was known to quite openly cheat on Edna.
And you know that they say that girl’s marry some version of their fathers. Barbara was no exception to this rule. And boy oh boy did she ever know how to pick some rotten apples. But her husbands were typically worse than her father. Her father was only a cheater. Many of her husbands were cheaters AND gold diggers.
That sets the stage for today’s subject. Barbara Hutton - The Poor Little Rich Girl. She became poorer with each marriage. There were 7 of them, by the way.
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If the Netflix miniseries Self Made was your introduction to Madam CJ Walker, then it was also loosely your introduction to Annie Turnbo Malone. And I have to say that neither portrayal did justice to either of those women. So in this video, I’m going to reintroduce them both to you, and go more deeply into the life of Annie Turnbo Malone, who is never discussed quite enough in my opinion.
Both women became millionaires in the 1910’s - each selling her own brand of hair care products. Both women are to be celebrated. But a lot more people are familiar with the name and story of Madam CJ Walker, who is known as the first black millionaire and the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.
Before her time, there were certainly white women who were millionaires, but it was because of inherited wealth - usually from a husband or father.
And often when the name Madam CJ Walker is getting some praise, there’s a group of people (usually who are from St Louis) angrily asking, “but what about Annie Turbo Malone?” I understand the questioning as much as I hate it. I’ll explain why a little later.
But more than anything, today, I want to honor both of them, talk about their similarities, and their differences. For example, they both married men who they basically employed. A similarity. BUT while Madam CJ Walker married a man who was a newspaper advertising salesman, and therefore could and did help her to elevate her business...Annie Turnbo Malone married a man who had been a teacher, and she elevated him to the office of President of her company.
He was not qualified to run her business in the capacity that was required of him. And when he divorced her in 1927, she paid DEARLY…which is why I say…that although a picture has been painted that calls out Madam CJ Walker as Annie Turnbo Malone’s rival, her REAL rival was her husband, Aaron Eugene Malone. Annie Turnbo was sleeping with the enemy.
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This is a story about a rich boy who grew up to be a rich, miserable man. And if it weren’t for his family’s money, he’d have had no identity at all. He survived the sinking of the Titanic…in a way. His mother was a few months pregnant, carrying him, when she and her husband were on the Titanic, returning to America from their honeymoon in Egypt and Europe. She was Madeleine Astor, the wife of John Jacob Astor IV, the richest passenger on the ship.
Their son was John Jacob Astor the 6th. Though he was also called the Titanic Baby, and later on in his life..The Rich Boy Nobody Wants. He was wealthy and frankly, not much else.
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She’s the inspiration of the Maud Beaton character on The Gilded Age. The men who gave her money in real life called her Cassie L. Chadwick. Once they realized she stole their money, they probably called her a whole lotta other things that I can’t say here. She was a flaming hot mess.
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Stay tuned for this story whether or not you are watching The Gilded Age. If you’re watching, you’ve seen the show take the fictional Peggy Scott and the very real T Thomas Fortune down south from New York City to Alabama. They went to visit The Tuskegee Institute - a historically black college.
Scott & Fortune were there to cover the opening of Porter Hall, the school’s first dormitory for their newspaper. The angle of their story was about how white New York money was being used to build a black school.
And that was true. The building was Porter Hall, named after the wealthy Brooklynite, Alfred P. Porter.
While he is not a character on The Gilded Age, the second person to donate money for a building on the Tuskegee campus WAS a character on our show…kind of. She was Arabella Huntington - the real life inspiration for the Sylvia Chamberlain character.
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If you’re watching The Gilded Age on HBO, you likely saw the new featured character, Sarah Garnet - the teacher who is trying to get everyone on board to help save spaces for colored students and colored teachers.
Well, whether or not you’re watching the show, stay tuned for this episode if you like the real stories of people from the past because she was a real person, who was one of the first black school principals…and for an integrated school at that!
She was born to parents who valued education. She married twice. She founded and participated in a number of organizations that promoted integration, voting rights, and women’s rights. And one well known Gilded Age society lady chose to shut her out of the women’s suffrage movement. I’ll tell you about that AND what Sarah Thompson did on one frightening day during the Civil War Draft Riots of 1863. She was a real hero.
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Norman Lear passed away on December 5, 2023. And now, the outpouring of love and tributes for his legendary work as a TV producer will be the main stories on TV and social media. And there's a good reason for that. Norman Lear's work as a television producer revolutionized the way that tv shows are made and viewed. He introduced controversy to tv screens that American audiences had never seen before but always discussed behind closed doors.
But it should never be forgotten that Norman Lear stepped on some people in order to get to the top. This video explores Lear's mistreatment of his business partner, Bud Yorkin as well as writer, Eric Monte and actors Esther Rolle and John Amos.
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Chona Andrade was a Native American field worker. Alongside her husband, Robert, a Portuguese laborer, she picked grapes to earn a living. The couple did A LOT together, including killing their son-in-law.
In this series, I’m focusing on women who served time in the infamous San Quentin Prison. This is the second installment in that series. The first one was about Bertha Boronda - the woman who went Lorena Bobbitt on her husband in 1907. You can watch that one later.
Today we’re focusing on Chona Andrade and her story will be a little different because I can’t tell you about her crime without telling you about her husband too.
Chona and her husband, Robert Andrade, murdered Jesus Espinosa, their son-in-law at their home in Livermore, CA on September 10, 1916. After reading several articles, I never understood the motive, but this video will tell you what happened and why. It's another Hot Mess History scandal from Ti. Enjoy!
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Who doesn’t love a fun day at the amusement park? Well, with roller coaster safety issues being reported pretty frequently now, maybe a lot less people enjoy theme parks than in prior decades. But there was a time when collectively, we were blissfully ignorant about the potential dangers at amusement parks and we just went to have a great time.
In the United States, adventure parks have existed in some form since the 1840s. And before that, there were always fairs, carnivals, festivals and even church bazaars, that people could attend to ride a ride, eat some calorie- laden treats, or play some games in order to win some prizes or not.
And one of those games has a history in this country that goes back almost as far as amusement parks themselves. The game is called African Dodger.
This is how it is played. The player pays a small price - usually a nickel or so, then is given three objects to throw at a target. The object might be something as soft as a raw or boiled egg. It could be something as hard as a softball, a rock, or a baseball. If the player hits the target, he or she might win a prize - like a stuffed animal, a cigar, or maybe a little money. Or, if the target is very unfortunate, the player with good aim might win more throws after successfully hitting the target. And the target was most typically a black male - young or old - who volunteered to be the target or the…African Dodger.
The game has a crazy history. Let's explore it.
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Once Olivier Mendez discovered the Joseph LaRoche had been a passenger on the Titanic, the story was spread and then it became the story of a black family that had been on board the Titanic. That just was not the case. Regardless, Joseph LaRoche - the French & Haitian man of the family went down with the ship. His body was never recovered. So he was never buried, but half of his ancestry was.
When I said that his wife LITERALLY buried his blackness, that’s what I meant. LITERALLY. As in, Mrs. LaRoche took every photo of Joseph along with every ID card or paper that referred to him as black, Haitian, or African, and she put them in a chest and buried them in her backyard. But, maybe she had a good reason. Decide for yourself.
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Remember Lorena Bobbitt? The woman who cut off her husband’s male member in 1993? I always thought that her story was one of a kind. Unfortunately for Frank Boronda, it wasn’t. For on May 30, 1907 Frank would lose HIS frank at the hands of his wife, Bertha Boronda.
Bertha was born Bertha Zettle to German immigrant parents in 1877. When she and Frank were married in 1901, she was 24 years old.
Frank Boronda came from a rather upstanding family in California’s bay area. His family members made headlines for all of the right reasons, and Frank made headlines for all of the wrong reasons. And in 1907, he made the headline for a painful reason that had everything to do with what Bertha Boronda had done to him after a date night.
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On The Gilded Age, Season 2, Episode 3, we saw a reimagining of the US debut night of Oscar Wilde’s play called Vera. All of the characters on the show hated it. And that seems to fall right in line with how critics reacted to it in August of 1883.
I have some of their reviews from various news publications and I’m going to share some of them with you.
But first,I’ll give you just a tiny bit of background info on Mr. Wilde, and you let me know if you want the full story because I’d LOVE to give it to you.
Oscar Wilde was born into what we would consider an upper middle class family. His father was a successful doctor and his mother stood 6 ft tall and was said to have had a lot of style and charm. Oscar seemed to take after her in that regard.
Oscar also had a number of half siblings, because his father cheated on his mother A LOT and had children with many of his lovers.
Oscar spent the early years of his life dressed as a girl, because his mother wanted a daughter so badly that she treated him like he WAS one. And after Oscar got married, he did as his father had done, and cheated on his wife. But, unlike his father who cheated with other women…Oscar cheated on his wife with men. So, if you’re watching the Gilded Age, that should let you know why he understood just what was going on with Oscar van Rhijn and John Adams.
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We’ve got a successful architect with a history of doing things that he should not do. And a woman who married a rich man. Nothing scandalous there, except she was already sleeping with him while his first wife was sick and dying.
I’m talking about two characters we saw in season 1 of The Gilded Age who I’m sad to say will not be in season 2.
I didn’t want spoilers for myself for this season, but I had to check the IMDB page for the show because it made sense to me that by now, we would have seen the return of Stanford White and Sylvia Chamberlain. With Larry Russell’s architecture career taking off so quickly, I’m surprised that his mentor, Stanford White, isn’t in some of his scenes, giving a little guidance.
And with the money that Bertha Russell needs to raise for the new opera house, it seems like Sylvia Chamberlain might have made a good fit, or maybe she could have been a good friend to the old jezebel called Mrs. Blaine.
For whatever reason, neither character made it to the current season, but their real lives were so full of scandal that I hoped that the TV show would have explored them further.
Here are the stories of their real-life scandalous lives.
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Enjoy!


