The Sad Socialite Whose Son Took Her Life: The Barbara Baekland Tragedy

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  • @OldMoneyAllure
    @OldMoneyAllure  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    COMMENT: Had you heard this tragic story - and what is your opinion on the Baekland family’s legacy?

    • @catherinenewman6516
      @catherinenewman6516 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ‘Legal problems’ is a bit weak for being imprisoned in a secure mental hospital following murdering of one’s mother

    • @AbbaLovesUs
      @AbbaLovesUs หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@OldMoneyAllure I am going to gobble up everything you produce! Love your voice, and everything you do is SO visually beautiful! 💖

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AbbaLovesUs Thank you so much Abba :) Hopefully the videos continue to please you!

    • @lisetteeliseparis7070
      @lisetteeliseparis7070 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I read 'Savage Grace', an oral history written by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson, forty years ago. Always surprised when I think it's not used as a reference when I see content regarding this case on TH-cam. At the same time, it appeared that the peeps who were interviewed, for the book, were discreet to say the least! (By the way, I was a child camping out in Europe when Mrs. Baekleand was murdered). This case is so sad. And the fact that was a plastic bag Antony used - on himself - well, one cannot make that up.

    • @lisabradford8180
      @lisabradford8180 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i'd never heard about this🫢

  • @Havefaith.348
    @Havefaith.348 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    This is so tragic. The poor boy didn't stand a chance at becoming mentally stable with parents like that. 😢

  • @julieclayton-west624
    @julieclayton-west624 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    She was truly repulsive and her husband was so self absorbed he didn’t bother to help their son. That poor boy had absolutely no chance regardless of their wealth. It’s obscene.

  • @blazefairchild465
    @blazefairchild465 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Does it sound like mom was perhaps bipolar ? She fawned over her son one day & ignored him the next. He poor guy was gay of course but they called many mental illnesses schizophrenic ,but I guess we will never know. My grandmother was diagnosed with every new mental illness that her Dr.came up with. She had 7 children & every time she had a baby she got worse…my aunt asked grandfather ,you are a very smart man an engineer,why would you keep having babies. Anyway after grandfather passed she broke her hip & was taken off lithium for bipolar. She stayed off mental health meds from age 60 -96 & never had mental illness again. The Dr said to me it’s important to see other Drs on your life’s journey, your favorite old family Dr that’s known you since you were young may not be up on the latest studies.

    • @carsonc6659
      @carsonc6659 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That's wonderful to hear. My daughter is bipolar. 🙏🏻

    • @miniaturesculptureartby23r20
      @miniaturesculptureartby23r20 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Ah yup- this is a spiritual problem in the family line. Evil attached.

    • @luvbeinghiswife1148
      @luvbeinghiswife1148 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@miniaturesculptureartby23r20Your statement has no basis in fact. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness brought on by several factors.
      In the future, refrain from making such baseless comments as they help no one and only make you appear foolish.

  • @carolyndavison6095
    @carolyndavison6095 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I’ve never heard about this family before. What a horrible pair Barbara and her husband were. Thanks for this fascinating bit of history. New subscriber.

  • @kwr2879
    @kwr2879 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Her childhood mentally destroyed her, and she in turn, mentally destroyed her son...generational curse. 😢

  • @latricegoodman9769
    @latricegoodman9769 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I have never heard this story before, but it is scandalous. I love the Allure Scandals; please keep them coming.

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    There is a movie called Savage Grace based on this.

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes we mention it in the video :)

    • @jda58tex
      @jda58tex หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The book is fantastic

    • @Mignon-n4b
      @Mignon-n4b หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yes, I've got the DVD. Is very good, E. Redmayne, J. Moore

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @ Back before I knew who he was.

    • @jospiese7864
      @jospiese7864 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you

  • @kathleenadams3770
    @kathleenadams3770 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Wow thanks for sharing this story

  • @11REIGN11
    @11REIGN11 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    The son didn't have half the mental issues the mother, Barbara had .

    • @miniaturesculptureartby23r20
      @miniaturesculptureartby23r20 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Schizophrenia comes from SA in childhood (demonic attachments through the acts).

    • @The_Whimsical_Stenographer
      @The_Whimsical_Stenographer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Right. I don’t think Antony’s mental illness would’ve been as extensive if not for mama.

  • @keepitsimple4629
    @keepitsimple4629 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Having sex with your mother is disgusting. What was she thinking? She screwed him up for life.

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      🫣

    • @Catherine-i1w
      @Catherine-i1w 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Can't fix typos here.
      Regrets !

    • @louniece1650
      @louniece1650 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She most definitely did. What a horrid, horrid woman!

    • @louniece1650
      @louniece1650 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      She most definitely did! What a horrid, horrid woman!

    • @The_Whimsical_Stenographer
      @The_Whimsical_Stenographer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And thinking this would turn him away from wanting men is ludicrous. If anything, it would turn him away from wanting women.

  • @keepitforreally4501
    @keepitforreally4501 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    By the way, I am a mother of a transgender
    He came out at age 13. I was devastated sad and shocked and hurt thinking I did something wrong.
    His situation he says came from his soul, so I believe it I respect that
    He’s 34 he does not want the surgery, but he is taken things to develop him on some areas as a woman
    This is my child. I am his mother and it is wrong.
    But I love my child, and I will protect him as fast as I can

    • @bluespring6352
      @bluespring6352 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Is it wrong the want to change of your son or the story the video's about?

    • @The_Whimsical_Stenographer
      @The_Whimsical_Stenographer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It definitely is wrong; however, if it was my child, I’d have to deal with it as well.

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why is it wrong 😂 is it causing harm or hurt to others?

    • @incognitonegress
      @incognitonegress 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thank u. I struggle with it as well. 🙏🏽

    • @keepitforreally4501
      @keepitforreally4501 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @bluespring6352 the way she did it was wrong. He sounds like he did not get to evolve.
      How would you like that done to you picture that being done to you? She did not accept her son as being gay.

  • @AbbaLovesUs
    @AbbaLovesUs หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    What a phenomenal video! So well done! Did not know this story. I am sure him being her only child: made it
    so much harder for her to acknowledge or accept! The father escaped to a normal life. Parents who have disabled children; suffer higher divorce, just like parents who suffer child loss.

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How delightful of you to take the time to express your thoughtful remarks!

    • @AbbaLovesUs
      @AbbaLovesUs หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ Watching another now! You are phenomenal! Love your Chapter breaks. 🩷

  • @WhanuiPuru
    @WhanuiPuru หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Just frightening of a young man with pychotic and a damaged mental condition.
    He was not treated to phsychiatric help ever aand exacerbated his mental disability as he aged.
    Very strange behaviour by his mother to "cure" his homosexuality!
    Chilling and very sad.😢

  • @Dolsie-tv6mh
    @Dolsie-tv6mh หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Very sad. With all that money and high education his mother never thought about getting their only son medical help. Granted during that time sending someone to psychiatric ward was a dangerous idea for the patient. They were drugged and mistreated badly per researchers ( Geraldo Riviera ).

    • @The_Whimsical_Stenographer
      @The_Whimsical_Stenographer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don’t think she did it, because how would it look?? She was all about appearances.

    • @Dolsie-tv6mh
      @Dolsie-tv6mh 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ Sad. During those days all the way up to 1970 mental institutions would mistreat patients. Seeing a psychiatrist / therapist might not of been equipped to deal with same sex issues. It is a sad case. All that money and she didn’t have any common sense or know from right to wrong.

  • @lorimiller4301
    @lorimiller4301 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    How could Broadmore be so secure if they allowed Savile to have unfettered access???

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It is secure in that the inmates cannot get out, not that people cannot get in.

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It keeps the crazies in, it doesn’t keep the crazies out. You think broadmoor protects the mentally ill from psychos like Saville? Nope they’re ptotecting us the society from the wretched souls languishing within. But we can do whatever we want to them, they have no choice

  • @Brenda-t5r
    @Brenda-t5r หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I saw the film about them. The son stabbed the mother, then calmly ordered food to be sent to their rooms. I do admire the Bakelite products, though.

  • @Catherine-i1w
    @Catherine-i1w หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    She was mentally ill and violent herself !
    To do what she did to her son, using it as a cure is utterly criminal
    and obscene ! Poor Anthony !!!!!!!

  • @twiley3530
    @twiley3530 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Poor Anthony. And a mother who did everything wrong!

  • @laurie1536
    @laurie1536 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Poor Antony! Bad enough that they wouldn't acknowledge his mental health issues when they could afford the best treatments, ( of course it was all about keeping up the social facade ) but my fecking gawd, Barabara seducing him to "cure" his gayness! Revolting! That poor kid, he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of turning out okay! Love the term the narrator used, "Maternal Malpractice." Ya think?

  • @PamsheilaghDeBeer
    @PamsheilaghDeBeer หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    😢 yes what a sad story of people that just won't except the fact of a child that is crying for help, just because they don't want to live with the feeling of being degraded. Which i think is ridiculous 😢😢

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😢

    • @peggypasson8794
      @peggypasson8794 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's all about what others think sometimes an that's ridiculous .....like what will the neighbors say kinda stuff

  • @barbarabyas4203
    @barbarabyas4203 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is about the saddest and most disgusting real life family downfall I’ve heard in recent times. What kind of man would allow his unbalanced wife to have a sexual relationship with her biological unbalanced son. That poor child never had a chance at a decent life with parents like them. May they all Rest In Peace.

  • @brl0522
    @brl0522 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Wasn’t incest illegal? Why wasn’t she arrested

    • @twiley3530
      @twiley3530 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      She was rich

  • @tonibarrone854
    @tonibarrone854 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    No this the first time I have heard of this story. I think there was something mentally with both parents and all of these issues the son had. Thank you❤

  • @thatscool1550
    @thatscool1550 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    JFC this is awful. incest has no boundries... nor does mental health, Poor antony. that is so sad and twisted. JFC

  • @lisaaustin4561
    @lisaaustin4561 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Horrid parents!

  • @alfredbonnabel7022
    @alfredbonnabel7022 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I read the book called Savage Grace... couldn't put it down. The film was terrific.

    • @Catherine-i1w
      @Catherine-i1w 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alfredbonnabel7022
      I thought that the film was a chopped up.mess..It only
      Intimated at how bizarrely.dysfunctional, abusive and damaging she was, they all were !

  • @Mignon-n4b
    @Mignon-n4b หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    What a family. Poor things.

  • @tonyaferrell3618
    @tonyaferrell3618 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love your videos❤THANK YOU

  • @maryannemelenka9250
    @maryannemelenka9250 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Sick people. Tragic. He was sexually abused, I. His older years. These Tragic stories behind these high society people.

  • @mcw8093
    @mcw8093 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    She destroyed her son.

  • @gorey4more837
    @gorey4more837 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is like a Greek Tragedy. Dysfunction Junction…Savage Grace is fantastic, btw.

  • @triplet3023
    @triplet3023 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This one is a little ‘eerie’.

  • @jillmarshall4718
    @jillmarshall4718 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL AND NEVER BE HAPPY, THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE, HIS MOTHER, MS. BARBARA LONGED FOR MONEY HAPPINESS, HER SON ANTHONY INHERTED HIS MOTHER TRAITS, BUT SHE WENT WITH ĤER OWN SON, HOW DEVERSTATING COULD THIS BE FOR HER SON, TOO MUCH TOO SOON. GREAT VIDEO👍

  • @Mrrossj01
    @Mrrossj01 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Looks like mental illness runs in his mother’s family, including his mother. BTW, every time I meet a suburban housewife who claims to be an artist, I run for cover.

    • @twiley3530
      @twiley3530 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Funny, not funny!

    • @randakamal7149
      @randakamal7149 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes it is hereditary his grandfather took his own life ,it's genetic

    • @judithwest4183
      @judithwest4183 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably their fortune!

  • @keepitforreally4501
    @keepitforreally4501 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What gets me is how does the wide range of circle of friends and family?
    No one stopped it
    Not even the father of the boy
    So they could all look good because they had money

  • @catherinenewman6516
    @catherinenewman6516 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I’ve never heard of these people before. They sound ghastly. The son needed expert treatment and did not get it. Schizophrenia is hard to treat. Invest is an unusual way of addressingvit. His release kedcyo murderous violence an outpouring of anger against his mother

  • @elizarichards1722
    @elizarichards1722 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Never heard . Love real life history. Better than fiction thanks ❤

  • @L.D.Intheditch
    @L.D.Intheditch หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I don't feel bad about her demise. She crossed the Rubicon.

  • @janicemerchant-blakely4866
    @janicemerchant-blakely4866 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What terrible parents to this young man.

  • @murkydepths181
    @murkydepths181 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The negligent father has as much role in this tragedy as the awful mother

  • @alfredbonnabel7022
    @alfredbonnabel7022 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Why not use photos that go with the storyline?

    • @joanthompson5606
      @joanthompson5606 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Some of the footage is out of the movie "Savage Grace", which is an excellent portrayal of this family. 😊

    • @alfredbonnabel7022
      @alfredbonnabel7022 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @joanthompson5606 I read the book and saw the movie. SAVAGE.

  • @keepitforreally4501
    @keepitforreally4501 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Descriptions of episodes of madness involving hearing voices, seeing visions and erratic and unruly behaviour start to appear in the literature from the 17th centur

  • @Mrrossj01
    @Mrrossj01 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Sam Green claimed the incestuous three-way relationship did not happen. He sued the film company. Also, he thought the incestuous relationship between mom and son was cooked up by mom for shock value.

  • @Dovelunalove
    @Dovelunalove 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    “praised for her exotic looks” ....LOL

  • @kslinaz5668
    @kslinaz5668 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I know about Leo Baekland and how he came up with Bakealite.

  • @beverlylawyer9692
    @beverlylawyer9692 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Barbara = Jose and Kitty Menendez

  • @joiionni2186
    @joiionni2186 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Maybe I am nit picking here but the authorities had EIGHT freakin' MONTHS to obtain his medical records.
    This is hard to believe. Not that he should have gotten out on bail but that poor kid never stood a chance in this world. Both his parents were disgraceful. There is more to this tragic story that we may never know.

  • @kimberlyowens5496
    @kimberlyowens5496 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Interesting, Father flees family, to start another.

  • @LaurenceDay-d2p
    @LaurenceDay-d2p 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Narcissistic rich people - classic gold-digger.

  • @tonyaferrell3618
    @tonyaferrell3618 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a beautiful picture of Barbara and her baby

  • @truered08te
    @truered08te หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whaaaaaat! I'm sick to the stomach😮

  • @marygrummer9189
    @marygrummer9189 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yikes! 😮

  • @Nannas-cp5nd
    @Nannas-cp5nd หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How did they know about the incest?
    From which source?
    I mean,her son could have invented that since he was delusional.

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Evidently she confided in friends

    • @Nannas-cp5nd
      @Nannas-cp5nd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @thecook8964
      :) Thanks

    • @Mrrossj01
      @Mrrossj01 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sam Green agrees with you.

  • @laara1426
    @laara1426 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In those days. psychiatrists blamed the mother for schizoiphrenia. Schizophrenic mother was to blame for the disorder.

  • @winonacampbell536
    @winonacampbell536 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    She re fused to acknowledge , and deal with his mental health issues, as she did her own. The sone was the only one with mental health problems. She basically allowed herself to be murdered. I’m not trying to be cruel, nor condescending.

  • @Maxine1630
    @Maxine1630 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey guys, this is a very serious question but how does writers/researches really know this was happening in their relationship?

  • @Silenceisgolden-o9o
    @Silenceisgolden-o9o หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Evil women

  • @gorey4more837
    @gorey4more837 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why is Stewart Northcott on the thumbnail?

    • @dellablair8514
      @dellablair8514 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I wondered this too. I guess the Wineville chicken coop paedophile murderer had the right look for the thumbnail?

  • @terriseaton3049
    @terriseaton3049 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great phrase, “maternal malpractice”.

  • @chuckz2934
    @chuckz2934 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Script and narration interesting but the constant repetition of the same handful of images is bad. There is way too much similar content out there for this channel to be successful

    • @OldMoneyAllure
      @OldMoneyAllure  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, Chuck! We hope you stick around as we grow and improve :)

    • @chuckz2934
      @chuckz2934 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ I fully intend to!

  • @noorgonzalez1076
    @noorgonzalez1076 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow
    Shared
    💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
    Isaiah 35:5,6
    Isaiah 45:18
    Isaiah 65:21
    John 5:28
    Revelation 21:3,4

  • @deborahharris2962
    @deborahharris2962 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Interesting story however what a sicko mother son relationship.

  • @brl0522
    @brl0522 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would spend summer in Switzerland and winters in Spain

  • @beverlylawyer9692
    @beverlylawyer9692 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can't fix Evil

  • @lindabrennan4455
    @lindabrennan4455 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is SICK!!! I need a shower!!!

  • @keepitforreally4501
    @keepitforreally4501 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    OK, I just heard the part where the mother is having sex with her son and she thinks that’s gonna help
    That is stuff from the pits of hell. It amazes me people who have money think they know everything and they freaking don’t.

  • @karenk6337
    @karenk6337 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Exotic looks?

  • @Richardsonprincess00
    @Richardsonprincess00 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So...
    What's video of @oldmoneyallure will be covered next?
    Any ideas?

  • @alfredbonnabel7022
    @alfredbonnabel7022 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I read the book called Savage Grace... couldn't put it down. The film was terrific.