Tragic Millionaires You Wouldn’t Want To Be

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  • @Technicolor-mother
    @Technicolor-mother ปีที่แล้ว +916

    I grew up very wealthy for our area, it does not guarantee happiness. My mother suffered Alcholism and father was not interested in parenting only working for more money. I am only lower middle class but I am sober, married to the most wonderful man and father in the world. My husband children are my wealth and we are incredibly close. I love my life and wouidnt sell it for any amount of money.

    • @dramatriangle
      @dramatriangle ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Amen!

    • @lydialily846
      @lydialily846 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      You’ve got your priorities in the right order , your health IS your wealth .. ❤

    • @Pinkguming
      @Pinkguming ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Your experience is touching. Thank you for sharing! I work at a local thrift shop and I love my job. It's at fancy nor high paying but I can't wait to go back to work everyday!

    • @howdydocowgirlcowgirl181
      @howdydocowgirlcowgirl181 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Pinkguming that which is humble nurtures & maintains blessed happiness & wisdom😊💐✨🕊️
      I find your story inspirational

    • @Foundingmother1
      @Foundingmother1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dramatrianglethank you for sharing your story. You have the most important things in life. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2024.

  • @maychild1961
    @maychild1961 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +220

    My great-grandmother Madeleine Haseltine was the Matron of Honor at Barbara Hutton's wedding to Cary Grant. They remained friends until her death. Boy, did she tell me stories...One thing is absolutely true though: Cary Grant was the only husband who never took any money from her. On the contrary, he gave her very expensive gifts and stayed a loyal friend until her death.

    • @ivanaandric5703
      @ivanaandric5703 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      True. The only one out of six.

    • @jacquipeoples6147
      @jacquipeoples6147 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I love this! I'd love to sit and chat with people older than me, their stories and "chats over a cuppa" interests me FAR more than pubs and clubs 😊

    • @Infomatorz
      @Infomatorz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He is my Uncle ❤

    • @maychild1961
      @maychild1961 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Infomatorz how lovely 🥰

  • @gic8849
    @gic8849 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    I just turned 43.
    I’m a successful, single woman, with 2 biological children and 1 step daughter (I left her father, not her)
    And I’ve realized the more money I make, the less people I have around me.
    I don’t date.
    I don’t have a best friend.
    I don’t go out.
    I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs.
    I smoke disgusting cigarettes - I wish I could quit.
    The comment section of TH-cam is the only “social media” I subject myself to.
    Along with my children and aside from my adult step daughter, my disabled/elderly father lives with me and I take care of him in my home. He will never know a retirement facility. My mother passed away in 2017 and I cared for her at home, as well.
    I don’t feel alone, or lonely, I don’t feel like anything is missing in my life.
    It would be nice to have someone, but it’s not necessary.
    I’d rather be by myself and peaceful, than upset because of behaviors/actions of someone I chose to share my life and space with.
    Dating these days is often similar to dealing with a misbehaved child than a grown man, anyway.
    They lie, sneak, argue, throw fits, it’s work to compromise, etc.
    I’ve never known a man who didn’t come with some degree of pain to inflict.
    Minimal is still more than I care to deal with.
    Quite frankly, who needs it? Not I.
    I’ll know who he is, if he appears, but until then, I’m happily wealthy and loved, and can live the rest of my days as such.
    Women - keep your money and peace. Travel. Love your family. Men are not necessary, so just wait until you’re absolutely sure.
    And always remember: 1 red flag is still too many.

    • @gic8849
      @gic8849 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@Liweiyang43 lol. I’m a stereotypical Sagittarius whose had a lot of fun learning several lifetimes worth of lessons in half of one, just to gift myself a smooth ride til the end.

    • @audreyguilbeaucalhoun5713
      @audreyguilbeaucalhoun5713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Oh! The lessons we’ve learned… if I knew then what I know now! Hats off to you!🌻

    • @gic8849
      @gic8849 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@audreyguilbeaucalhoun5713 yes, exactly lol
      I share the 🌻 as a sign of respect/agreement/friendliness, as well 😊
      Wish you a blessed and beautiful day!

    • @CatValentineMusic
      @CatValentineMusic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I’m glad to read this. It always seemed that there were 5 minutes between relationships when I was young. Alone now for 12 years and you’re so correct with your statements I had to laugh! Love it! Good on you for taking care of your parents! I do hope that you get to go out and catch some live music once in awhile though! And bring Dad! There are so many elderly people in my audiences and alot are still dancing!

    • @gic8849
      @gic8849 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@CatValentineMusic I’ve been thinking about live music a lot lately. There used to be this little bar downtown that played live blues. I don’t really like the newer, faster sound that blues bands play today..
      That old, hauntingly slower, yet beautiful sound is what I’m after, and this little bar brought it. Everything is so fast now, even sadness. We don’t even let ourselves be sad for more than a minute, because it seems to come with varying degrees of guilt and shame..
      But when I put in that OLD sound. That Son House, that Bessie Smith, that Lead Belly..even my jazzy girl, Billy Holiday.
      This is what I raised my children on.
      It slows me down. I can feel my feelings. I can cry, I can dance, I can sing and clap along..
      That little bar changed owners, it’s not a blues joint anymore..
      I’d really love to hear some live music, again

  • @thebelissima64
    @thebelissima64 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Back in the late 80s I worked as a nanny for a very wealthy lady. Her family was so rich they had their own private jet. She was very nice and treated me like family. Many evenings after I had put the kids to bed she would pour us a glass of the finest wine, we would sit down and she would confide in me. She would tell me about her fake friends and other personnal problems. She lived in the lap of luxury with the very best money could buy yet she was not happy. Money buys privileges but does not buy happiness.

    • @lettiee4726
      @lettiee4726 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Do you know why, as an angel of empathetical feelings ... you were positioned into her life?
      You had a vauable additive to help her life. Someday God will reveal all these mysteries to you. Be comforted and bkessed. L

    • @thebelissima64
      @thebelissima64 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@lettiee4726 Thank you! I was just puzzled that I was one of her servants and she needed my shoulder to cry on. Maybe that’s why wealthy people spend so much money on therapists because their so called friends are not good listeners. In my opinion real friends are there during your ups and downs. We are in touch to this day and her three boys, the ones I so lovingly looked after for three years are now married, two became attorneys and one a physician. I am so glad they are doing well 🙂 Have a wonderful 2024! 💐

    • @lettiee4726
      @lettiee4726 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thebelissima64 Blessings to your life and tender soft heart. Our Father has great and fulifillable lifes's adventures in store for you.
      Give Him all praise and glory. Im a retired grandmother of 73 yrs ... with two daughters of almost 50 yrs old. I have twin 13 yr old grandsons and I am dedicated to what God has for me. Ive worked in paid positions for 50+ yrs ..
      Retired for 8 yrs and i keep adking ....
      . God, whats next !
      Hang on . Pull up your boot straps ... gird your loins and march into Gods purpose for your glorious life.
      Hugs, L

    • @lilfeet66
      @lilfeet66 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I experienced the same thing when I was a nanny. The mother was much younger than the father. She told him she was on birth control got pregnant because she thought it would make her happy. She had no idea how to parent and they both became serious alcoholics. The child was completely ignored.

    • @user-ke8st8jc1v
      @user-ke8st8jc1v ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I imagine something worse ,being unhappy and broke ,don’t underestimate the privilege of money.

  • @lisaellis2593
    @lisaellis2593 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I' use to work for Woolworth, it was a good company,,they gave you ,good healthcare, stock in the company,training,raise,everyone at Woolworth worked, no one was lazy,from the workers, to the managers.

    • @MESSY-BAE
      @MESSY-BAE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Woolworth was my first job as a teenager.

    • @maureenobrien4807
      @maureenobrien4807 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That's how it should be still.
      They cared about their employees being healthy and happy and loyal.
      This 'CEO" takes all shit has ruined everything.

    • @kimberlypoole5325
      @kimberlypoole5325 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I worked at Woolworth when I was 16. It was in our town mall & I had a blast. This was back in the 80s. Great times..

    • @serenitypeaceandcomfort3669
      @serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I miss Woolworths. Great store.

    • @lisaellis2593
      @lisaellis2593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 Me too.

  • @samanthaschwartz2316
    @samanthaschwartz2316 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Ann Cooper Hewitt's story is the absolute saddest one ever.... All horrible humans who participated in the disgusting "medical care" she received. Gladd Ann fought the situation, and didn't let her evil, horrible mother win. What a sick woman to do something so despicable.

  • @Queen.AnneBoleyn
    @Queen.AnneBoleyn ปีที่แล้ว +172

    If you're wealthy, DON'T MARRY. Such an interesting, but heartbreaking video. Money can buy a lot, but nothing can replace a loving, supportive family.

    • @thebelissima64
      @thebelissima64 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s why iron clad prenups come into place. Does Kevin Costner ring a bell? 😉

    • @chrislastnam6822
      @chrislastnam6822 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@thebelissima64 In most states prenups only last a certain number of years. The unfortunate women in the video shouldn't have married unless they wanted children and even then should have known the men for a couple of years before marrying.

    • @JLFAN2009
      @JLFAN2009 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or Paul McCartney? @@thebelissima64

    • @Mizmoon2020
      @Mizmoon2020 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It’s not always like that. When Katie Perry and Russell brand divorced, she was far wealthier and he was entitled to a large chunk of it. He declined. He knew it was morally wrong.

    • @roslynballard727
      @roslynballard727 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You can marry if you want to,but only reorganize your money before you marry,making sure no one takes advantage of your money.

  • @wickedlefty9957
    @wickedlefty9957 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My fav doc this year! So well done w/dates & pics for almost everyone mentioned, so great. Thank you

  • @serpilkaddy1609
    @serpilkaddy1609 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This channel is terribly underrated.
    Subscribed.
    Thank you very much for your hard work while making these videos.

  • @blazefairchild465
    @blazefairchild465 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Huegette Clark’s relative’s who hadn’t seen her in 60 years were bold for going to court to contest her will. But even more strange is they won.

    • @11Christys11
      @11Christys11 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Oh you have to read about the nurse as well. She was as shady as the relatives were. Maybe even more so

    • @lorrenaelliott161
      @lorrenaelliott161 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I’m guessing they promised the judge he’d see his cut?

    • @chrislastnam6822
      @chrislastnam6822 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They wanted to see her but her twisted mind led her to trust the strangers who imprisoned her in a bleak hospital room and to be paranoid of her siblings. Her siblings were much older than her and that may have been a factor in her estrangement from them.
      Her father earned the money and he should have distributed it among his children.

    • @daladepp
      @daladepp ปีที่แล้ว

      She probably had a reason to trust a "stranger ", the only person who cared about her. Nothings stands between me and my sister when I miss he, and I travel to another country, 16 hours flight, to see her. That's why assume that they=relatives) were not eager to care. It is hard to judgewhen you don't know all details, but it is a weird situations to me.@@chrislastnam6822

    • @ShalomShalom-d5c
      @ShalomShalom-d5c ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yah they paid off the judge

  • @fludderkiddie
    @fludderkiddie ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Farmington CT!!!
    My mom used to threaten to send me to Ms Porters School for Girls before I realized you needed to be super wealthy and connected to go there (I’m a born and bred CT resident and live about 30min away)
    Once I discovered this and threw it back in her face, she just began to threaten to send me to Girl Scouts 😂

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey, neighbor! 👋😃 I’m from CT, too. I moved to Southern California, in my 20’s, but stayed just a few years. There’s something about Connecticut that makes me not want to leave…it feels safer here. 😊

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What happened to the nunnery?

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What was so bad about Miss Porter's School? Jackie Kennedy went there! I'd rather have had my parents threaten to send me to Choate or some boys boarding school such as that rather than what THEY used to do which was to threaten to send me to a military school!

    • @tonydipietro5553
      @tonydipietro5553 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I grew up in Bristol near the Farmington line and knew a few people who went there. lol

    • @fludderkiddie
      @fludderkiddie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tonydipietro5553 ah, I worked in Bristol for about 10 years.

  • @claremaidofthewave251
    @claremaidofthewave251 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Barbara Hutton could have had so much fun, rich experiences, sharing, giving and really enjoy life if only she had been able to ignore the male money predators and be comfortable in her own company. Woolworths was a stable of the UK high street, spent a lot of time buying records and indeed all manner of things from an early age. Always sited in interesting architectural buildings as well. Sad when it went.

    • @rubyus7332
      @rubyus7332 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately at her times the women were accepted in high society if they married, so she did, but without proper education and due to her own stupidity she wasn’t able to put it in good use.

    • @tracycraft2971
      @tracycraft2971 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So agree!❤

    • @katherineserrano9076
      @katherineserrano9076 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Drugs and alcohol , self- loathing, unnurtured, and the isolation of wealth were the real culprits. Also, the role of women in society played a part in her unhappy life

    • @marthaperdew
      @marthaperdew 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I agree!

    • @ReginaMckinzie
      @ReginaMckinzie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree to 😮

  • @helenf.7221
    @helenf.7221 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My mom used to live close to dukes estate. It’s absolutely beautiful to visit and has an amazing orchid green house

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you speaking of Duke Farms in New Jersey? If so, yes, it IS beautiful. I've been there as well. Although her mansion there is now torn down. It was infested with, I think, termites and was beyond saving.

  • @islesofshoals3551
    @islesofshoals3551 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I really miss Woolworth stores

    • @EuniceStone-s9j
      @EuniceStone-s9j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are they still in UK or are they all gone??

  • @chrislastnam6822
    @chrislastnam6822 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    It's scary to have lots of money in your old age and not have family that you trust.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Trust me. It's scary to be in old age with or WITHOUT money and not have family that you can trust. Or any family at all. Especially these days because everyone will try to take advantage of you and no one cares about you. It's as if a support system is expected and if you don't have one, you don't matter and are fit for the shoveling.

    • @staceepayne8787
      @staceepayne8787 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so sorry this world has you feeling like this,but this is all temporary! This life is but a vapor it says in the Bible. Fleeting compared to whats next!
      Mostly I pray and do hope you know we have Jesus Christ as our very best friend always! I promise He is right there for you now,and by His Holy Spirit He can show you who to trust and how to find all that you need,just knock He WILL answer! He does! Even when I don't deserve it He has! ( which I feel I never deserve His help!) May the Most High bless and keep you dear,may He fill you up today with His true and everlasting joy ! The joy that this world has no knowledge of! I wish I were you guys neighbor and I would check on you,make sure you were ok,plus you'd know you had me,my husband or my daughters and their husband's to help in an instant ,you'd know you weren't alone,with no one to care for if you were next door to me,I'd welcome you to be a part of my family! This world sucks,Jesus already told us how it would be,but He promised He'd never leave or forsake us while we bare what we must bare here in this temporary backards place!

    • @KandidWarrioroftheAges
      @KandidWarrioroftheAges ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Leave it to charities and organizations that you support and that you trust.
      Family will only fight over it when your gone from this world.
      Even the poor have family fight over possessions when someone passes.
      I know people who kiss up to family members in older age just to get on their good side and in the will.

    • @chrislastnam6822
      @chrislastnam6822 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KandidWarrioroftheAges Are you jealous of rich people? Most rich people leave almost all of their money to family members and that's how it should be. Wills and trusts should be very specific so people don't fight.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@KandidWarrioroftheAges The only way I would leave money to charity is if it was specifically stated in my will that every penny is to go to direct relief for whom the charity is supposed to help.
      It is a fact that something like 80% of the money donated to organized charities goes to bloated executive salaries and administrative costs.
      Charity is a wonderful thing but ONLY if people (or animals) are actually being directly helped.

  • @rhondajohnson8310
    @rhondajohnson8310 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    These were sad stories. I watched these videos individually but have thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and another compilation video you did either late last week or earlier this week. Keep up the great work.

  • @nannettefreeman7331
    @nannettefreeman7331 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Huguette Clark’s estranged family members straight TOOK that inheritance from the people & charities to whom she wanted it to go. Why any judge would think she wanted that money to go to a bunch of people she’d never met or hadn’t seen in 40-50 years, over the people who provided her care & companionship on a daily basis, & the charities that seem to have been such an integral part of her nature, I cannot understand. How disrespectful!
    Greed is ugly. 😞
    Fascinating video. ✌🏼

    • @jojo1828v
      @jojo1828v ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Judges , politics and money.

    • @loricook6331
      @loricook6331 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Judges are easily bought

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Corruption

    • @11Christys11
      @11Christys11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The nurse was as shady as the family. She did some unethical things. The money should’ve went to her charities

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Over the years I’ve seen some true ugly colors come out when people die.

  • @renaissanceinblack
    @renaissanceinblack ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Great video as usual! I think Cristina Onassis would be a great biography to do.

    • @laraoneal7284
      @laraoneal7284 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes I agree.

    • @golden8972
      @golden8972 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The poor woman was so miserable. Just so terribly sad.

    • @renaissanceinblack
      @renaissanceinblack ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@golden8972 I remember that her story was sad, but not the details of it.

    • @golden8972
      @golden8972 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @renaissanceinblack She was Jackie Kennedy's step daughter. Christina was the daughter of shipping tycoon, Aristotle. She was just like these other women: endless money but no true love from anyone. Used by so many for her money. She adored her daughter, Athena. I think Christina was about 38 when she died. Heart seizure if I'm not mistaken.

    • @BlackStump172
      @BlackStump172 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@golden8972Athena’s story has been sad .

  • @aliciahowell9617
    @aliciahowell9617 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Alva Vanderbilt didn’t just claim ailing health. Her & her Dr faked a heart attack while locking her daughter in Marble House in Newport during the summer but refusing Consuela any admittance into Alva’s suite of rooms isolating her daughter away from her secret fiancé. She told her daughter her refusal to marry the Duke was killing her. The Duke was incredibly cruel to his wife and told her on their honeymoon he did not care for her all , married her got the money and would continue his affairs. She could have discreet affairs after he she provided an heir. She provided two whom she adored greatly. She later divorced him and married for love.

    • @Rose-jz6ix
      @Rose-jz6ix ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It did mention Spencer-Churchill & knowing the cruel streak that goes through the Spencer men wonder if it was in this case too. Many royals in Europe including Britain were in need of money to upkeep the ancestral home & land.

    • @suzyfarnham3165
      @suzyfarnham3165 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Rose-jz6ix He HAD to marry someone rich. Blenheim Castle was in disrepair and needed the Vanderbilt millions. It was a sad marriage...both were so unhappy. All because Alva wanted a 'title' in her family. Her daughter was in love with someone else but THAT was not enough for Alva. She is the devil in this story.

    • @katherineserrano9076
      @katherineserrano9076 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The cruelty of aristocracy and the greed and desperation of a mother in need of her social standing. She made the best of it, though

    • @shadowfox009x
      @shadowfox009x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      One of the few stories with a happy end. At least for Consuelo. The Duke was not so lucky in his second marriage.

  • @shawncunningham7619
    @shawncunningham7619 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Congratulations on creating another outstanding video! I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to your next video!

  • @celticsoul2850
    @celticsoul2850 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    My great aunt was one. She was a New York debutant who married a bankrupt Dutch baron. When their sons died in War the baron had her committed to a mental institution so he could remarry and have more heirs.

    • @Whistlingwoman647
      @Whistlingwoman647 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That is so terribly sad for your poor great aunt to be treated that way. Heartbreaking 💔

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm sorry for your great aunt. What happened to her was horrible. Losing sons in the war and then being committed to a mental hospital. The poor lady!
      But I DO have a question. Where does the MONEY enter into what your great aunt's husband did? This video was about very wealthy women and their sad lives. Also, in which war did her sons die?

    • @BlackStump172
      @BlackStump172 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@retroguy9494She was a New York debutante which means she was from a wealthy family .

    • @tracycraft2971
      @tracycraft2971 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh my gosh that’s so horrible! But it happened more than history wants to admit!❤

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@BlackStump172 Not all debutantes have wealth. Some come from very old families. You know, going back to the Mayflower or shortly thereafter in the 1600's. I come from one of those old New York 'Knickerbocker' families myself, my 8th great grandfather having come over from the Netherlands in 1650. In some cases, the money was all gone but the family still enjoyed the status of being in the top social class.

  • @c.s.7266
    @c.s.7266 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Barbara Hutton's story always touched me. She was a very lonely woman and so many people who should have shown her love betrayed her and used her. So sad. The press were the same vultures they are today.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 ปีที่แล้ว

      All these females got their fortunes from males who made the fortunes

    • @ababble1245
      @ababble1245 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh please. I'll save my pity for those much more deserving🙄

  • @lonelyhighway
    @lonelyhighway ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Even though I know all the stories of these women (because it's a special interest of mine), I still loved this video. Hugette deserves to be better know because she led an absolutely fascinating life in her apartment.

    • @gingerthomas5977
      @gingerthomas5977 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol literally ppp

    • @mosaicgirl4002
      @mosaicgirl4002 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This was so interesting, a pleasure to watch & listen too. You have a lovely voice- and pacing is delightfully paced- so enjoyable. Thank you for your work!

    • @Kat.Evangeline14
      @Kat.Evangeline14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Men

    • @gordm1882
      @gordm1882 ปีที่แล้ว

      😊

    • @morganminpin
      @morganminpin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Huguette was also a gifted artist.

  • @gabriellekoukis9460
    @gabriellekoukis9460 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That was marvellous!
    All tragic heiresses . I’m going to listen again

  • @ElkeMB
    @ElkeMB ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Congrats! 290K!⭐ Here for your 300K soon! You deserve much more. Thank you for your awesome work throughout the year. This histories is amazing as your narration

    • @melissabarham4837
      @melissabarham4837 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just subscribed. 301+ thousand subscribers! Yay! ❤❤❤

  • @std882
    @std882 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just want to say I enjoy your videos of these heiress a lot. Very informative with valuable vintage photos you provided. Just subscribed to your channel too. Do keep up the good work.

  • @vminormom
    @vminormom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Your video is incredibly impressive! The research, photographs and your story telling is perfection! Thank you for a very well done historical perspective that is extremely interesting. ❤

  • @cherylbglover
    @cherylbglover ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Even in the depression, giving a million dollar party is crass, but also those people who were given work when non was to be found surely welcomed it

    • @evelynzlon9492
      @evelynzlon9492 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Apparently she didn't realize that in hard times,the proper etiquette for the rich is to be homeless. Prince William? Homeless. Hitler? Homeless. He spoke the King's English I mean German and his painting skills reflected a similar caliber of training. But he was homeless and he stuck to that story and nobody can prove otherwise.

  • @Jackie-rc6cj
    @Jackie-rc6cj ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The third one Huguette Clarke's Nurse has some explaining to do ! I am glad there are rules and regulations in place nowerdays to stop anyone in aged care gifting their carer's their entire estate when they are at their most vulnerable. Very well made documentary. Loved it. Thankyou !!

    • @11Christys11
      @11Christys11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! I am a nurse and I remember reading about the unethical things the nurse pulled with some shady lawyers to get to her money. It was shocking

    • @MrTopcat3333
      @MrTopcat3333 ปีที่แล้ว

      My neighbor was Audry Hepburn's final nurse in Los Angeles and went with her to Switzerland, caring for her until her death. Ms. Hepburn was very grateful and left her a modest amount for her childrens' education. She said that Ms. Hepburn was a very kind and loving person and had a smile for everyone, even during her painful last days.@@11Christys11

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had neighbors who were very wealthy. I was very friendly with the man. When the wife needed to go into a long term care facility, her husband went to see her every day and stayed all day and into the early evening. One day, before the husband arrived, the staff tried to bully her into signing over her assets to the facility even though her bills were already being paid. She was a very smart lady, but also very ill and told them they needed to wait for her husband. When he arrived and found out, he was so livid that he reported the incident to the State. He also threatened them with legal action if they ever spoke to his wife again about any financial matters.

    • @mariegray279
      @mariegray279 ปีที่แล้ว

      ⁠❤

    • @kathyb.2111
      @kathyb.2111 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@retroguy9494 unbelievable! I wonder how it is. Some people are so soulless. I don’t have money, but I have a sound mind a healthy conscious and a big heart. I’m happy with who I am. I’m so blessed.

  • @jefflawrentz1624
    @jefflawrentz1624 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Doris Duke also founded the Newport Restoration Foundation. I had read that part of her ashes were also interred in a midwestern town she often visited. Nice work on this documentary. I enjoyed very much!

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes that's true. It was Marshfield, Missouri. She had attended some tent revival meeting there many years prior and took a liking to the town. So Bernard Lafferty sent a small container of her ashes there and they were buried in the local cemetery.

    • @jezebelproudfoot4976
      @jezebelproudfoot4976 ปีที่แล้ว

      Murderess.

  • @giaatta9303
    @giaatta9303 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Merry Christmas. So happy to see your channel grew!

  • @tammyhall1008
    @tammyhall1008 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I really enjoyed the first story because I use to shop at the Woolworths store as of 1993 before the chain of stores closed shortly after that time..sure do miss it😢

  • @Mattostar-z2d
    @Mattostar-z2d ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Good morning Forgotten Lives. Thank you for this super-long long video of women whom have wealth that is mind-blowing. 🤯 As, always interesting and not a disappointment. 😊

  • @susanmercurio1060
    @susanmercurio1060 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thorstein Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class which explains why we look up to the very wealthy.

    • @jaijai5250
      @jaijai5250 ปีที่แล้ว

      Speak for yourself. We don’t all look up to them. Most of them acquire their immense wealth through exploitation of those weaker, with fewer resources than themselves.

  • @stevedawson7649
    @stevedawson7649 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So well done. Thank you for just sticking to the facts.

  • @andycortes9617
    @andycortes9617 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Incredible work again! I love all your compilations, they have the best stories!!

  • @cynthismanning6397
    @cynthismanning6397 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The Hugette situation just fumes me! Poor lady just got robbed of her wishes ! I'm so angry for her.

  • @StarloMichelle
    @StarloMichelle ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was just Blessed to run upon your channel. I loved everything about it❤ WONDERFUL! YOU HAVE A FOREVER SUBSCRIBER❤

  • @lisaheimbigner5481
    @lisaheimbigner5481 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for great stories ❤ fabulous to listen to after Sunday morning chores or at night with a lively beverage ❤❤

  • @tracycraft2971
    @tracycraft2971 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It really breaks my heart for Barbara Hutton. She was such a gorgeous lady but was so used by the men she chose! She deserved so much more but her family was so dysfunctional she just couldn’t make good choices!! God bless you Barb!

    • @melissabarham4837
      @melissabarham4837 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Couldn't make good choices? That is an oxymoron. I had a terrible evil childhood. I made a lot of bad choices throughout my life until my late 30's. With a choice, one has the ability to choose. Yes, her life was very sad. But she also had the capability and finances to choose better. She didn't.

  • @mymothersdiva
    @mymothersdiva ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I realize that having bad things happened to you is awful. I it is worse when you have no money. Money changes everything. Bad things happen to everyone.

    • @pandakicker1
      @pandakicker1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It makes things more complicated, actually. Money causes problems and solves problems at the same time.

  • @robertahubert9155
    @robertahubert9155 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you for all the work you did to put this video together. I throughly enjoyed it.

  • @AnitaBills-gv7wx
    @AnitaBills-gv7wx ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Oh I really enjoyed the Huegette story. Hughette and my grandfather were first cousins through their mothers. Too bad she was not exposed to her common family

    • @andraclark9993
      @andraclark9993 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you say so.

    • @lsimon343
      @lsimon343 ปีที่แล้ว

      Proof???

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why are you people doubting what this woman said? I believe her! I'm a distant cousin of Vincent Astor who's father JJ Astor went down on the Titanic and was the wealthiest person on the ship. And I CAN prove it! I'm related to him on his mother's side. She was JJ's first wife.

  • @joeambaye8681
    @joeambaye8681 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing work - good on you👍

  • @itsmiljanamitic
    @itsmiljanamitic ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Consuelo Vanderbilt sounds like she was such a nice person.

  • @LisaRichards_123
    @LisaRichards_123 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Woolworths five and dime store was fabulous. Still miss it.

  • @michaelwalker2475
    @michaelwalker2475 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Extremely entertaining keep up the good work

  • @ericpanissidi6761
    @ericpanissidi6761 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was never rich, but when I had more money than I ever had in my life I took it for granted.i only appreciate things that I had and then lost and slowly earned it back.

    • @tracylnelson72
      @tracylnelson72 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Omg thank you for putting in words I was trying so hard to

  • @lisahepburn8730
    @lisahepburn8730 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Could you please create chapters in your videos? This makes it so much more convenient for watcher, especially long videos

  • @jocelynsomerville4319
    @jocelynsomerville4319 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really enjoyed these stories look forward to more of them 👏

  • @yvelaing2146
    @yvelaing2146 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So interesting and stories supported with great images, loved this!

  • @zero_bs_tolerance8646
    @zero_bs_tolerance8646 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very good. Always enjoy your uploads.

  • @FSweet
    @FSweet ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Barbara Hutton was so desperate for attention and love that she never took the time to do something just for her. Instead of get married with the next men, She could have enjoyed her son more, learned a fun hobby. Sadly she filled the emptiness with men that just wanted $$$. In the end: no son, no money, no status, no man, no friends. It is a sad

    • @candy12355
      @candy12355 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I totally agree with you 💯, l was thinking 🤔 the same thing

  • @13lilsykos
    @13lilsykos ปีที่แล้ว +75

    My grandma was born in 1933 and around 1952 she had a job at Woolworth's. There she met a man who she got pregnant by but come to find out, he's married with 2 daughters. When she tells him she's pregnant, he says "Good, now no one will want you but me!" And this is how my aunt was conceived... Doesn't this mean Woolworths owes my grandma back child support? 😁
    Obviously this is a joke... Although, it would be nice. Too bad they don't hand out checks for shitty smooth talking men knocking up innocent girls. I say innocent because my grandma didn't even know how babies were made exactly until she was pregnant with her own. Oh, and jokes on that guy... my grandpa came along a few years later, married my grandma, adopted my aunt and then later my dad was born.

    • @Dropitlikeitshotspot
      @Dropitlikeitshotspot ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Love stories like this!😊

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My father ,born in 1919, was stolen from the hospital by my grandmother. Her child died..she took my father on her way out..

    • @johnthompson9513
      @johnthompson9513 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've got a better joke; What if the reason these "Gals ' Stayed secluded and the real reason They couldn't have kids is because secretly they're Men....I mean c'mon look at the pictures and these cockamamie stories are right outta a cheap novel from a.5 n.10 😅

    • @msher33
      @msher33 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hutton had so much going for her. I don’t get the sadness. She married the wrong men and made stupid decisions.

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@msher33 mental illness.

  • @Dontbecheekyonce
    @Dontbecheekyonce ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Enjoyed immensely!

  • @bennymoreira1443
    @bennymoreira1443 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Narcissism was already prevalent among the high society.

    • @TraciRapin
      @TraciRapin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Narcissism has been prevalent for centuries. They live among us 😢

  • @KC-603
    @KC-603 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great video! Just goes to show you that immense wealth doesn't make you happy sometimes!

    • @pandakicker1
      @pandakicker1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I grew up wealthy with wealthy classmates and none of us were actual happy. Most of our parents were divorced or divorcing as we were growing up. It took my parents twelve excruciatingly long years to divorce. I was caught in the middle and my parents constantly bought me presents to try to make up for it, but it never replaced their lack of sanity and stability. :/

  • @KathrynStrode
    @KathrynStrode ปีที่แล้ว +35

    A interesting series would be about the wealthy who have had relations who disappeared, and those who were kidnapped and murdered.

    • @JLFAN2009
      @JLFAN2009 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, that's a common story among lottery winners.

  • @lisab7977
    @lisab7977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    These stories remind me of Dominick Dunne’s stories in Vanity Fair magazine. So in depth and interesting. I miss him.

  • @fifimsp
    @fifimsp ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I stayed in the Copper King Mansion which was the Montana home of Huegette's father. We stayed in her sister's room not hers though. Highly recommend at least a tour.

  • @jessiedavenport775
    @jessiedavenport775 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THIS WAS FANTASTIC ! I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING ❤❤❤❤

  • @yvonnebennett3688
    @yvonnebennett3688 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video .Thanks for all your research.

  • @margaretmcgill526
    @margaretmcgill526 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thx. Very interesting and a good array of photographs,

  • @comshawqueen2534
    @comshawqueen2534 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Enjoyed this immensely! ❤

  • @sarahjeannepeterson5536
    @sarahjeannepeterson5536 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bravo! Wonderful! You put a lot of time and effort into this presentation! Thank you! 😊 ❤

  • @WellbredNfedKembleTV
    @WellbredNfedKembleTV ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Excellent. There is a recording of a telephone call between Hugo and her nephew. It's available through your public library at least it is in Vancouver BC. She didn't visit in person but she enjoyed visiting on the phone. I've read many stories about all these women and their families. There was some new details I enjoyed hearing. All in all, thoroughly researched and entertaining. Thank you. XoXo

    • @robertahubert9155
      @robertahubert9155 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which one are you referring to? There are several stories here?

  • @BreezyE-d3n
    @BreezyE-d3n ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's not that money doesn't buy you happiness, it actively causes problems. My mother died 12 years ago and left $800k to me and my two siblings. My sister stole most of it and now I have no contact with anyone in my family and live abroad.

  • @loro3849
    @loro3849 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Classic examples demonstrating that stuff does not make happiness. I worked for wealthy people when i was young and saw enough to teach me that happiness comes from within. Im 70 now & feel ive had a much happier life than any of these women.

    • @bingaling22
      @bingaling22 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If I can please ask when you said I had better life than many of these women, do you mean the women you worked fhr ? And if I can ask were they addicts ?

  • @kslinaz5668
    @kslinaz5668 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very thoroughly done, great info. I've read about three of these ladies, and I learned a few new things from you. ❤🎉

  • @carolmitchell6155
    @carolmitchell6155 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for sharing these interesting stories. Sadly, some of the people surrounding these ladies were so greedy.

  • @eamestv
    @eamestv 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you, for posting a portion of this rich history. It shows that 'he who is not happy with little, will not be happy with much'!. Bless them all.

  • @elbaestridge6503
    @elbaestridge6503 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great and amazing stories, and thank you for this upload.

  • @melindadurchholz3738
    @melindadurchholz3738 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done. You tell these stories in a kind way. Regarding Doris Duke, its well known in Newport ,Rhode Island that tbe paperboy was present at a crucial time of the accident. He has come forward in the last 2 years after his father begged him to keep quiet many years ago for fear of lethal retaliation fron Duke.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I look forward to ALL your videos ❤😊.
    - Happy holidays and New years 🎇🎉 if you don't upload again before the end of the year.

  • @lorrainebrett6430
    @lorrainebrett6430 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. Totally enjoyed these documentaries.

  • @PamelaTitterington
    @PamelaTitterington ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Money does talk,mostly,but the downside is that you are never sure about people's feelings towards yourself, so creates deep seated anxiety,but the mother is on another level,to be constantly watching to manipulate ,disgusting trait,in her mother,self seeking ,selfish b...h,thanks again for these terrific ,well reported stories 👍😊

    • @KayBacci
      @KayBacci ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, money talks but all it ever says to me is, 'Goodbye!' 😂

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s like pretty privilege

  • @aimeewank7859
    @aimeewank7859 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am sure that James Cameron took inspiration from these ladies’ lives when he wrote the character of Rose in Titanic. Wasn’t her full name Dewitt Buchanan? I heard those names somewhere in this video. Very well done! New sub here 👍🏽💌✌🏽

  • @LalinDissanayaka
    @LalinDissanayaka ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is my favourite channel right because ypu help sooth me to sleep

  • @TheRelizabeth
    @TheRelizabeth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful. Thank you!❤️

  • @rosella0555
    @rosella0555 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Outstanding Documentary 💯
    Well done ✅

  • @LittleYardiePrincess
    @LittleYardiePrincess ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm genuinely surprised that Maryann didn't arrange for Ann to have an "accident". What a greedy and heartless woman. She would have squandered that money even faster than she did with her own inheritance and died in squalor, anyway. Just deserts.

  • @CeciliaMcDonald-k1h
    @CeciliaMcDonald-k1h ปีที่แล้ว +2

    By the time I was raised in a place where the wealthy people were I had been asked by three men who tried to pick me up. Thank you Mom and Dad for making me aware of this danger

  • @marlasharpe111
    @marlasharpe111 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Loved this! Could we have similar ones again!

  • @tashaparker9427
    @tashaparker9427 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Completely enjoyed this video! Great job.

  • @lindahughes2289
    @lindahughes2289 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Barbara was a beauty and Doris was scary scary looking, IMO

  • @heidiwolf1793
    @heidiwolf1793 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yay!! Thank you for this! 💋

  • @jaimeemattingly1745
    @jaimeemattingly1745 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing I learned..if you want wealth to run in th family name your children appropriately..that being said these young women's lives prove money doesn't equal happy untroubled lives just like anyone else. Also would love to read th books written about these women nd get full details so fascinating..thank you for th content.

  • @calilove6445
    @calilove6445 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Voice like an ambien... I'm gonna save this for night time when I can't sleep. Thx.

  • @rachelmayes298
    @rachelmayes298 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Can you imagine how hard Barbara Huttons family must have worked to get so much money?
    Then in Barbara’s lifetime she wastes all of the money, so Lance her son has nothing.
    She comes across as very selfish and totally naive when it comes to accountability.
    I think her father did not help her to grow up with his love and support. But I suppose in that era women were not looked upon as equally as men.
    Such a sad story.

    • @WellbredNfedKembleTV
      @WellbredNfedKembleTV ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A direct contrast to Doris Duke whose father taught her the business and how to deal with people and how to watch out for her fortune. XoXo

    • @peggypasson8794
      @peggypasson8794 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Her son passed away in a plane accident before she passed ? Sad 😢

    • @ElizzzaB
      @ElizzzaB ปีที่แล้ว

      Raised by nannies?

    • @pandakicker1
      @pandakicker1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was seen as equal to men and my parents still squandered the wealth they had and my mother struggles to stay afloat. My dad left me with less than a grand when passed away and his father was a very wealthy man who worked for oil companies.

    • @bbe3034
      @bbe3034 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a precious 6 year old granddaughter. I advise my daughter in a loving way to NOT spoil her! It seems to me, those who are spoiled with especially extravagance, doesn’t appreciate what they have and waste it. Not all of course, but most. But my daughter and her husband are not wealthy of course, but he just received his pilot’s license and hopes to work for a company like FedEx. We are so proud of him. He came to 🇺🇸 from Russia on a tennis scholarship with $50.00 in his pocket. He’s extremely smart and has always been extremely hard working, a loving father and husband. We are so blessed to have him, he’s truly like a son. 💙💙

  • @MeadowDay
    @MeadowDay ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent, thank you.

  • @DaVinciCosmeticsUSA
    @DaVinciCosmeticsUSA ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great videos love them , greeting from LA

  • @ivettesantana4319
    @ivettesantana4319 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These women were weak with no resilience. that is why they fell for the trappings of their minds. A lot of us would take those millions and make miracles in people's lives rather than waste them on those men and addictions

  • @jeffcee9457
    @jeffcee9457 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great info i enjoyed

  • @maureenmcdonough7018
    @maureenmcdonough7018 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting stories thank you for your hard work I hope that you get a lot more Subscribers you deserve it

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! I hope so 🙏

  • @tracycraft2971
    @tracycraft2971 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an amazing video!!❤❤❤

  • @lc-bats
    @lc-bats 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Once a gambler, always a gambler.

    • @susanfaulkner2304
      @susanfaulkner2304 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Know when to walk away . . .

    • @lc-bats
      @lc-bats 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@susanfaulkner2304 Know when to fold lol

  • @167curly
    @167curly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is so sad that these rich women became victims of greedy men.

  • @victoriakay2136
    @victoriakay2136 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My son lived next door to Shangri la in Hawaii. It’s a museum now

  • @ColleenDomos
    @ColleenDomos ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There was a commercial about E.F. Hutton here in America back in the day and the tagline was "When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen."

  • @tracey-lu4kx
    @tracey-lu4kx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting, mesmerising to hear and see.