As The Money Burns

A big birthday with a big inheritance comes with more attention and trouble. So would a birthday party even be worth the risk? November 1933, after Doris Duke turns 21 and receives the first portion of her inheritance, she must now face threats from kidnappers, ill-intentioned suitors, and lawsuits. Meanwhile another kidnapping situation turns deadly. Amidst the threats, Doris has a small birthday dinner party with some illustrious guests back at her mansion. Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Holt Inman Duke, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Eva Stotesbury, Edward “E.T.” Stotesbury, Walker Inman, Prince Serge Obolensky, Elsa Maxwell, Maury Paul / Cholly Knickerbocker, Janet Snowden, Harold Vanderbilt aka “Mike,” Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mrs. Curtis Dall aka Anna Roosevelt, “Atty” Atwater Kent Jr., Secretary of War, superintendent of Annapolis, West Point graduate, Newport sheriff, Cinina Rafaela (alternate spellings Cimina – Fafeala), J. Irving Shaffer, Brooke Hart, Thomas H. Thurmond, Jack Holmes, California Governor James Rolph, Grand Duke Dmitri, Mrs. Horatio Seymour Shonnard aka Mary Elizabeth Joyce, Mrs. Allan Ryan Jr., Harrison Williams and wife Mrs. Harrison Williams, Mrs. Allen Gouveneur Wellman, Lady Mendl, Mrs. Robert McAdoo, astrologer, reporter, photographers, injury lawsuit, twenty first 21st birthday inheritance, Army-Navy football game, broke suitors, FBI investigation, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, kidnapping, transatlantic air mail, American-European air mail service, League of Nations, mob rule, lynching, accordion, Great Danes, tiara, royal guests, Duke mansion, Duke Farms, Whitemarsh Hall, Santa Clara County Jail, Manhattan, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Cape Verde, Africa, different story format, anecdotes, expanding references, newspaper research, Pro Search archive, Newspapers.com, cultural references, , biographies, Richest Girl in the World by Stephanie Mansfield, Trust No One by Ted Schwartz, Daddy’s Duchess by Valentine and Mahn, Too Rich by Pony Duke, The Silver Swan by Sally Bingham, prevalent fears of kidnapping, Great Depression newspapers vs modern social media, birthday quotes on wealth, Sherry Papini, Joseph Dunniger, Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, psychic mediums, Spiritualists – Spiritualism, debunking, Netflix Frankenstein 2025, Guillermo Del Toro, Del Toro’s father’s kidnapping, James Cameron, ransom, father – son reconciliation, creativity, Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, recent famous kidnapping, Niccola Peltz, Brooklyn Beckham… -- Extra Notes / Call to Action: Antique Jewellery Historian – Zuleika Gerrishhttps://www.instagram.com/antiquejewelleryhistorian/ Doris Duke and her tiarashttps://www.instagram.com/p/DT_YSorjd5X/?img_index=1https://www.naturaldiamonds.com/historic-diamonds/doris-duke-jewelry/ Marjorie Merriweather Posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/DUIMRV7jXTX/?img_index=1 YouTuber Meghan’s Mole Doris Duke and Peltz Family Connection | Meghan’s Mole January 31, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ffm5Aa1IGA Enty Lawyer – Crazy Days and Nights blog Doris Duke cryptic message relating to Peltz familyhttps://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2022/07/todays-blind-items-get-yours.html The Silver Swan: The Search for Doris Duke by Sally Binghamhttps://www.amazon.com/Silver-Swan-Search-Doris-Duke-ebook/dp/B078X21PDT Share, like, subscribe -- Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com. Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands Section 1 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties Section 2 Music: Moonlight Cocktail by Hutch, Album Tea Dance 1920s, 30s, 40s Vintage Tea Party Section 3 Music: It’s An Old Southern Custom by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands --https://asthemoneyburns.com/ X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns X / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburns Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Another heiress turns 21 thus gaining part of her fortune, but what the richest girl wants most horrifies her mother. November 1933, Doris Duke attempts to spend a quiet 21st birthday at her mansion in Manhattan in remembrance of her father Buck Duke, only to have to flee the press and public attention for Duke Farms in New Jersey. To quell the young heiress's restless spirit, her mother Nanaline Duke finally relents to fulfill one undesirable birthday wish. Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Holt Inman Duke, James Buchanan Duke aka “Buck,” Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Jenny Renaud, Walker Inman, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Maury Paul / Cholly Knickerbocker, Greta Garbo, Mrs. Horatio Seymour Shonnard aka Mary Elizabeth Joyce, reporter, bodyguards, students, twenty first / 21st birthday inheritance, trust, avoidance, undercover, unmarried women, independent woman, vocation, potential suitors, cultural arts, speculation, bodyguards, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, kidnapping, college dorm, musical instruments, accordion, Great Danes, tiara, dog collars, press interview, photographers, flappers, gin party types, respectable friends, fashion, Duke Endowment, Supreme Court tax case, music store, jazz club, in-home movie theater, Duesenberg town car, private railcar, Duke mansion, Duke Farms, Rough Point, Duke University, Manhattan, Newport, R.I., New Jersey, Harlem, research issues, tv series and podcast development and evolution, press attention, newspapers, gossip columns, astrologer, reviewing and comparing sources, biographies, Richest Girl in the World by Stephanie Mansfield, Trust No One by Ted Schwartz, Daddy’s Duchess by Valentine and Mahn, Too Rich by Pony Duke, The Silver Swan by Sally Bingham, Duke Endowment website, incorrectly dated anecdote, faulty memory and recollections, resurfaced details, delays in production, A.I. artificial intelligence complications, life changes, family deaths, purpose and meaning of these stories, Powerball, choices, past, present, future, history,… -- Extra Notes / Call to Action: Only Natural Diamondshttps://www.instagram.com/onlynaturaldiamonds/ Doris Duke gems including a tiarahttps://www.instagram.com/p/DT-SbGRDFOi/?img_index=1 Barbara Hutton’s most famous jewels including her jade necklace,https://www.instagram.com/p/DReiEtHFjin/?img_index=1 Signature pieces of Wallis Simpson, then the Duchess of Windsor.https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxacsJEhIP/?img_index=1 Mansions of the Gilded Age by Gary Lawrance often features various Duke propertieshttps://www.instagram.com/mansionsofthegildedage/https://www.facebook.com/groups/mansionsofthegildedagehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MansionsOfTheGildedAge Past Perfect Vintage Musichttps://www.pastperfect.com/radio/www.pastperfect.com The Silver Swan: The Search for Doris Duke by Sally Binghamhttps://www.amazon.com/Silver-Swan-Search-Doris-Duke-ebook/dp/B078X21PDT Share, like, subscribe -- Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands Section 1 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More Sophistication Section 2 Music: As Time Goes By by Adelaide Hall, Album Elegance 2 Section 3 Music: So Rare by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3 End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands --https://asthemoneyburns.com/ X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns X / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburns Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Divorces come in several stages – physical, financial, legal, and emotional. The latter might be the hardest if ever to achieve. As one reporter learns with a slap in the face.November 1933, opera singer Mary McCormic and Prince Serge Mdivani are officially divorced. But when Mdivani biographer Grace Williams tries to expose the terms of the settlement, Grace faces Mary’s wrath.Other people and subjects include:Prince Alexis Mdivani, Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Mae Murray – formerly Princess Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Pola Negri – formerly Princess Mdivani, Samuel “Sam” Insull, Michael Luddy, city editor, photographer, William K. Vanderbilt III, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, William K. Vanderbilt II, Brooke Hart, Northwest Mounty, slap, million dollar lawsuit, Faust opera, taxi, secondhand automobile, United Airlines, Assistance League Tea Room, Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood club, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times building, Liberty Magazine, Pacific Shore Oil Company, pawnshop, Los Angeles, Paris, New York, Omaha, Detroit, Arkansas, Texas, evolution of sources, tracking down information, The Mdivani Saga by David Gigauri, Poor Little Rich Girl by David Heymann, secret unnamed source, “Who Cares” by Serge Mdivani as told to Grace Williams” unpublished manuscript, UCLA, Georgian website, Georgian community, Wikipedia, Joseph Stalin, Harry Sinclair, Teapot Dome Scandal, Washington D.C. social leader, Alabama, British ancestry, Duke of Wellington ancestor, Wellesley ancestor, Clark Gable, “Rhea / Ria” Maria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham, Carole Lombard, Gone With The Wind, Joan Crawford, Francois Tone, factual consistency, overplaying connections, 5 Los Angeles Times buildings, Mirror Building, 2 granite castles, Art Deco by Gordon Kaufman, new mid-century in El Segundo, Gutzon Borglum’s bronze eagle sculpture, bomb explosion, fire proof, bomb proof, earthquake proof, anti-union, American labor movement, John “J.J.” McNamara, James Barnabas “J.B.” McNamara, Clarence Darrow, Vanderbilt Cup motor racing, Crime of the Century, one of deadliest criminal acts in United States, deadliest crime to go to trial in California, tragedies, humanity, yesterday’s news, Will Smith, Chris Rock, 2022 Academy Awards, retrospectives of Mary McCormic slap, Ventura County Star, Tampa Times, Morning Call reprint, Louvre jewel heist, jewel history,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Fellow podcasters @WhatsHerNameWhat’s Her Name Podcast by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meiklehttps://whatshernamepodcast.com/https://pod.link/1320638747Goodpods ranks As The Money Burns in Top 8 Indie Documentary PodcastsBest Documentary Podcasts [2025] Top 8 Shows - Goodpods#4 in the Top 100 Indie Documentary Weekly chart#8 in the Top 100 Indie Documentary Monthly chart#15 in the Top 100 Indie History Weekly chart#18 in the Top 100 Indie History Monthly chart#25 in the Top 100 Indie Society & Culture Weekly chartgoodpods.app.link/4PeLmbBvAqbThe Mdivani Saga by David Gigaurihttps://www.amazon.com/Book-9781835740736-David-Gigauri/dp/1835740731https://www.instagram.com/mdivanisaga/The Silver Swan: The Search for Doris Duke by Sally Binghamhttps://www.amazon.com/Silver-Swan-Search-Doris-Duke-ebook/dp/B078X21PDTShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Organ Grinder’s Swing by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: Turkish Towel by The Savoy Havana Band, Album Fascinating RhythmEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

A fortune hunter returns with his heiress bride from their honeymoon to collect her inheritance. Has he finally secured his ultimate prize?November 1933, as birthday girl Princes Barbara Hutton Mdivani turns 21, she seems to have it all a prince for a husband and a large fortune all her own and now is a fashion and pop culture icon. But will it be enough? What else could an heiress want?Other people and subjects include:Prince Alexis Mdivani, Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Doris Duke, Cobina Wright, Frankly Hutton, Irene Hutton, “Jeem” James Jimmy Donahue, Aunt Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Woolworth “Woolie” Donahue, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Mary McCormic – formerly Princess Mdivani, “Alfy” Alfred Vanderbilt, Jr., Dorothy “Dottie” Fell, Pola Negri, Elsa Maxwell, James Blakeley, Frank Woolworth, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Prince David – Prince of Wales – future King Edward VIII – future Duke of Windsor, British King George V, British Queen Mary, Mahatma Gandhi, William Waldorf Astor, Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., magician & mind reader Dunninger, Martin Van Buren Morris, Bobby La Branche, Hank Topping, M. Dorland “Larry” Doyles, Jane Bride, John Watts Kearney, John Carney, Gordon Sayre, Sam Piza, Mae West, Irving Berlin, Moss Hart, Clifton Webb, Marilyn Miller, Dorothy Dilley, Oscar Shaw, Anne Harding, Harry Bannister, “As Thousands Cheer” musical revue, “Hot & Bothered” play, newsworthy, headlines, Great Scavenger Hunt, farewell party, birthday party, birthday cake, simple dinner, not exceptional, Hungarian orchestra, gypsy music, Chinese proverbs, fashion, jewelry, Prohibition, champagne, wine, E.F. Hutton financial firm, press, police, crowds, fanfare, New York City mayoral race, Communist or Socialist candidate, Fifth Avenue Hutton townhome, ocean liner Bremen, Music Box, Broadway, Central Park Casino, La Rue restaurant, Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Harlem Cotton Club, Georgian delegation, Soviet State of Georgia, Communist Russia, Paris, New York City, four Barbara Hutton biographies, two unnamed sources, Barbara Hutton by Dean Jennings, Million Dollar Baby by Philip Van Rensselaer Poor Little Rich Girl by David Heymann, In Search of A Prince by Mona Eldridge, Noel Coward song Poor Little Rich Girl, tv movie, Farrah Fawcett, plagiarism lawsuit, Ethel Waters, “Supper Time” song, lynching, President Herbert Hoover, White House, Grandpa Rockefeller, Radio City Music Hall, British royals, Metropolitan Opera, Al Jolson, Walt Disney, D.W. Griffith, Ina Claire, Marie Dressler, Louis Kaufman, Jr., “Kultur” play, Hitler, Nazi, “Fan Dancer” play, burlesque, Sally Rand, fan dancing, clubs, Harlem, Greenwich Village, overlaps and connections, missing panties - skanties, autographed sock, gossip, attention, big birthdays, perverted male gaze, pervy attention, female child stars turning 18, Olsen twins – Mary-Kate and Ashley, Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown, appearance, rapid aging, reduced makeup Pamela Anderson, plastic surgery, Jennifer Anniston, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, weight loss, Fen-Phen, Atkins, gastric bypass surgery, Ozempic, semiglutide, GLP-1, rapid weight loss, pressure and obsession to be thin, too thin, silhouette, slender silhouette in Flapper & Great Depression, curvy figure in World War II, Marilyn Monroe, stress, Donna & Medrano…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Past Perfect Vintage Musichttps://www.pastperfect.com/radio/www.pastperfect.comThe Words & Music of Irving Berlin, a volume set with over 22 songs.https://www.pastperfect.com/product/the-words-and-music-of-irving-berlin-from-the-30s-40s/3 volume collection The Words & Music Multibuy with George Gershwin, Noel Coward, and Irving Berlin.https://www.pastperfect.com/product/words-music-series-cole-porter-irving-berlin-noel-coward-multibuy/Paris and New York and Fresedo by Jose Manuel Araquehttps://www.fresedo.de/2023/06/paris-and-new-york-before-fresedo.htmlChapter 19: Fresedo in Parishttps://www.fresedo.de/2021/04/fresedo-en-paris.html?m=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawM0g85leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxZ3F0eGpxSlhia0dJbDJmAR76oKJOS1DMAMBvlQsC9Qwslf8PzXJHXn-QueJLlMU6yz3qwaNW_1Moit7Ltw_aem_bnxS5maobk-N_cRuNbAhGAShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: This Is The Missus by Sidney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: Shout for Happiness by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

When a prized debutante makes her debut, one heir is determined not to miss it.November 1933, one of the most prized debutantes of this season Virginia Kent has her first coming out ball. To not miss out, John Jacob Astor VI, aka “Jakey,” charters a vehicle to bring a crew to the party. Will a love match be made?Other people and subjects include:Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Doris Duke, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, Woolworth “Woolie” Donahue, “Alfy” Alfred Vanderbilt, Jr., Atwater “Atty” Kent, Jr., Virginia “Ginnie” Kent, Atwater Kent, Mabel Lucas Kent, Jonathan Kent, George Vanderbilt, Mrs. Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt Baker Amory, Raymond Guest, Winston Guest, Dorothy “Dottie” Fell, Louise Brooks Howard, Pola Negri, Elsa Maxwell, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Isabel Dodge Sloane, Margaret “Peggy Dorrance, Charlotte Dorrance, Jane Johnson – future Mrs. Heminway, Mademoiselle Louise Millet of Paris, Mrs. Donner, Mrs. Barklie – the Barklies, the Hustons / the Houstons, the Lorimers, Pierre Barbey, Jr., Screven Lorillard, Richard “Dick” deRahm, Joseph Earle Stevens Jr., Ludlow Stevens, Eleanor “Ellie” Gould, Caroline Astor, British Queen Mary, Prince Albert – Duke of York – future King George VI, colorful debutante fashion trends, study abroad, Fermata school, Veiled Prophet Queen, bow at Court of St. James, Africa big game trip, African hunting expedition, polo, horse races, scavenger hunt, gag gift, Waldorf-Astoria, Bridlespur Hunt Club, Deer Creek Country Club, Barclay Hotel, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Aquitania oceanliner, Kenya Colony, New York City, Philadelphia, Paris, Africa, St. Louis, Missouri, Baltimore Sun, the Philadelphia Inquirer, St. Louis Dispatch, Atwater Kent Radio, Amos & Andy, Rudy Vallee, Ellie Kemper, Phillips Carlin, President Harry Truman, United Nations, costume parties, Halloween, fresh vegetables appetizer – celery & carrots with dip, Metropolitan Opera, Atwater Kent Radio Hour, NBC & CBS radio stations, Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball, Veiled Prophet Queen of Love and Beauty, post Civil War – Reconstruction era, John G. Priest, Suzanne “Suzie” Slayback, parade floats, Jinn, Bengal lancers, Louisiana Purchase, Mother Goose, racial tensions, Percy Brown, ACTION (the Action Council to Improve Opportunities for Negroes), robber Russell Hayes, historian Thomas Spencer, protests, Mexican entourage, Irish immigrants, African American Veiled Prophet Queen, Veiled Prophet – Grand Oracle, American Birthday Parade, class warfare, trade unions, St. Louis Republican – Missouri Republican newspaper, socialist newspaper St. Louis Labor, secret society, secret organization, Ku Klux Klan – KKK, Joseph Dacus, Frank James, Jesse James, misappropriation of image, photography, printing images, woodcut, idea of perfection, stress of perfections, cracks, pressures, scandal, 1958 film The Reluctant Debutante, Vincente Minnelli, Sandra Dee, Rex Harrison, Queen Elizabeth II, Edward McLean, Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, red flags, the need of friends and family,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Charisma on Command, YouTube Episode: $120,000 Was Stolen From Me… It Was My “Friend”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VPfz49JqrIShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Sweet Sixteen And Never Been Kissed by Blue Mountaineers, Albums The Great Dance Bands & Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: As Time Goes By by Adelaide Hall, Album – Elegance 2Section 3 Music: I’ve Got An Invitation To Dance by Roy Fox, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

It’s time for another Tuxedo Ball with plenty of beauties, so has this year’s most eligible bachelor finally found his future wife among them?October 1933, the top 50 debutantes of this social season mix with the most eligible bachelors at the ultra exclusive Tuxedo Park’s Autumn Ball. Will “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, “Alfy” Alfred Vanderbilt, Jr., Atwater “Atty” Kent, Jr., Pierre Barbey, Jr., or David Rockefeller find their future brides among these beauties? Amongst the best buds, prized debutantes include Virginia “Ginnie” Kent, Eileen Gillespie, Ellen “Tucky” French, Beatrice “Bea” Wagstaff, and Margaret “Peggy” Dorrance.Other people and subjects include:Doris Duke, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent, “Alfy” Alfred Vanderbilt, Jr., Atwater “Atty” Kent, Jr., Virginia “Ginnie” Kent, Eileen Gillespie, Ellen “Tucky” French, Dorothy “Dolly” de Milhau, Pierre Barbey, Jr., David Rockefeller, Beatrice “Bea” Wagstaff, and Margaret “Peggy” Dorrance, Leta Morris, Antonio “Toni” Frissell, Alice Andre, Alida Liviningston, Mary Schuyler Schieffelin, Emily Winslow, Joan Blair, Cornelia Blakely, Gilbert Keech, Atwater Kent, Mabel Lucas Kent, Jonathan Kent, John Rockefeller, Jr., Caroline Astor, Caroline “Carrie” Astor Wilson, British King George V, British Queen Mary, Cholly Knickerbocker, George Washington, Standard Oil heirs, Campbell Soup heiress, Brinton family, Pennsylvania Society for Sons of the American Revolution, Vogue feature, bow at Court of St. James, colonial, Gilded Age, new money, radio pioneer, industrialist, Wall Street, debutante goals, dance card, stag line, wallflowers, cutting in, debutantes, buds, bounders, bachelors, heirs, heiresses, society hostess, Junior League, junior assemblies, charity, horsey set, yachting, finishing school, sculpture, social standing, weddings, engagements, Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park, NY, Long Island, Newport, New York City, Philadelphia, Montecito, CA, Paris, Africa big game trip, trends, manners, Ward McAllister, Pierre Lorillard, William Waldorf Astor, Bruce Price, Emily Price Post, Edwin Post, Prince Edward – Prince of Wales – King Edward VII, James Potter, Griswold “Grizzy” Lorillard, tuxedo coat, men’s fashion, military mess jacket, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Sean Connery, James Bond – Dr. No, Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Etiquette: In Society, In Business, In Politics and At Home According to Emily Post, Vanity Fair, Collier’s, McCall’s, Cotillion, Easter eggs, seeds and plotlines, George R.R. Martin, gardener, architect, writer’s block, teasers, hints, dating wasteland, dating apocalypse, New York Times – “The Trouble With Wanting Men.” MGTOW (men going their own way), incels, porn, women’s financial demands, Manolo Blahniks, A.I. sex robots & chatbots, virtual partners, human – A.I. wedding in Japan, sex robots, AI chatbots, liberal women dating boycott of Republic and conservative men, 100 years of dating, courtship, fatigue, changing rules, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon, Venice wedding, public spectacle, HBO’s The Gilded Age, Apple TV’s The Buccaneers, weddings, scandals, engagements,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Million Podcasts – As The Money Burns listed #14 of Top 20 Economic History Podcastshttps://www.millionpodcasts.com/economic-history-podcasts/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the ThirtiesSection 2 Music: I Only Have Eyes for You by Freddy Gardner, Album EleganceSection 3 Music: From the Top of Your Head by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans, Album The Great British Dance BandsEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

The freedom of travel and adventure is cut short when one heiress is spotted, and too much attention could threaten her safety.October - November 1933, Doris Duke travels incognito to the Pacific Coast but eventually gets spotted everywhere she goes. Eventually, she ends up in Hollywood for a few special meetings. Other people and subjects include:Barbara Hutton, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Walker Patterson Inman, Nanaline Duke, Jenny Renaud, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV aka “Neil,” “Ken” Kenneth Russell Unger – K. Russell, Mrs. Kenneth Unger – Mrs. K. Russell, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Samuel “Sam” Insull, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Rose Douras Davies, Edward McLean, Marlene Dietrich, Cecile B. DeMille, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Josef von Sternberg, Scarlet Empress 1934, Catherine the Great role, Peter Arno, Sally O’Neill, Drexel Biddle Steele, City Commissioner Harry Finch, Harry Shipman, Nancy Randolph, incognito, aliases, pseudonyms, anonymous, potential suitors, no suitors, fan mail, cranks, cadgers, beggars, gangsters, kidnapping threats, pilot, bodyguards, news reporters, New Yorker cartoonist, actors, actresses, private railcar, yacht, extradition, Supreme Court tax case, fight, California vs. USC football game, Bellanca monoplane, air mail, air fields, air shows, air derby, transcontinental trip, Pacific Coast, Roosevelt Air Field, Hadley Field, Chicago’s Worlds Fair, Halloween, MGM Studio, Paramount Studios & commissary, Embassy Club – Los Angeles, Drake Hotel, Hotel Utah, Long Island, Reno, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Paris, Athens, Greece, New Jersey, discovering new anecdotes, uncovering new details, overlaps, Janet Snowden, her sister Marian Snowden Rospigliosi, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Hitler, Lindbergh, “Neil” Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, connecting and figuring pseudonyms, Ti’s Hot Mess History, India Scarlett, comparative documentaries, spoilers, similar themes, sharing information, acknowledging similar subjects and topics,… --Extra Notes / Call to Action:Poor Little Rich Girls of the Great Depression | Everyone Hated Doris Duke & Barbara Hutton by Ti’s Hot Mess History 2 hrs 51 min May 2025https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9648wgL78Great Depression Heiresses Used Their $$$$ To Steal Each Other’s Men | Doris Duke VS Barbara Hutton by Ti’s Hot Mess History 1 hr 37 min May or June 2025https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8asr_gwQw20Feuding Heiresses | Barbara Hutton vs Doris Duke – India Scarlett October / November 2024 2 hrs 32 min October 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0FHMJlgSPUShare, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance BandsEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Marrying in haste is easy, but divorces can be oh so much trickier. Two complicated marriages finally dissolve in the courtroom.October 1933, Mae Murray is on her third attempt to divorce Prince David Mdivani. Amidst their divorce proceedings, she has several other cases related to an unpaid debt and a personal injury claim. Meanwhile Hope Diamond owner Evalyn Walsh McLean requests an insanity hearing for her wayward spouse Edward “Ned” McLean. In other news, more details on potential Lindbergh baby kidnapping suspects pop up. Other people and subjects include:Koran Mdivani, Mary McCormick, Prince Serge Mdivani, Pola Negri, Valentino, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Samuel Insull, Gaston Means, Cartier, Elizabeth “Betsy” Stack, Robert Stack, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, John “Jafsie” Condon, Cemetery John, Rose Douras Davies, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Dr. Ross Chapman, Dr. Arthur Patrell, Edgar Allen Poe, Reverend Francis Hurney, John Gorch, Otto Hawk – Arthur Young, bridal party, loans, usury, lunacy petition, mental cruelty, controlling behaviors, erratic jealousy, alimony, community property, child support, child custody, trust, financial settlement, freedom, personal injury, leg insurance, extradited, pottery fraud, real estate embezzlement, ransom money, wrestler, racketeer, ex-convict, detective, Hope Diamond curse, morphine addiction, prostitutes, aging actress, flailing career, 1925 Merry Widow, Washington Post headquarters, Pacific Shore Oil Company, Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, Bricklayers’, Masons’ and Plasters’ International Union, Metropolitan National Bank, Shepard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, L.A. Superior Court, Brooklyn Fox Theatre, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Athens, Greece, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, Hopewell, NJ, Youngstown, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Scotland, Paris, Mexico, Latvia, Zelda Fitzgerald, spending sprees, alcoholism, women, dance classes, elope, European honeymoon, trained seal, trained bear, May Dixon Thacker, Teapot Dome Scandal, Elk Hills, naval oil leases, oil tycoons, President Warren Harding, U.S. Secretary of Interior Albert Fall, U.S. Attorney Harry Daugherty, Harry Sinclair, Edward Doheny, Strange Death of President Harding, Liberty Magazine, falsities, inaccuracies, retraction, revenge, Lochinvar, Walter Scott, poem, knight, Helen, laggard, Mdivani-Hutton jade necklace, Duke of Windsor brooch, Victoria & Albert South Kensington, Cartier exhibit, connections, synchronicity, frequency illusion, Baader-Meinhof, coinciding lawsuits, Unsolved Mysteries, America’s Most Wanted, History Channel, documentaries, new Mdivani book & Instagram account, scandal, overlaps, large fortunes, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Cartier Exhibit at Victoria & Albert South Kensington, London May 27th – November 16th, 2025https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/cartierSearching for the Mikinaak is available via Tubi, Amazon, and YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x-9C9EWur4Share, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Lullaby by Coleman Hawkins, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 2 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 3 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect BluesEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Another debutante season is beginning, and a new crop of beauties are already making a splash.September – October 1933, Jakey Astor enjoys being the most eligible bachelor and is looking for a wife. Several debutantes attend early debut events before the official social season begins, while one lad turns into a professional party thrower to survive his economic downturn.Other people and subjects include: Louise Van Alen, Vincent Astor, Eva Stotesbury, Madeleine Talmage Force Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Katherine Force Spencer, William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, Caroline Astor, Eileen Gillespie, Ellen “Tucky” French, Virginia Kent, Atwater Kent, Atwater Kent Jr., Betty Morris, Charles Ewing Green Lloyd, Hildegarde Graham, Miguel deBraganza, Adelaide Moffett, Alice Andre, Jorge Andre Jr., Agnes Pyne, Chadwick Wiggin, De Forest Mellon, Bayard Walker, Caroline Sawyer, Joan Blake, Katherine Blake, Nancie Stewart, Margaret Salvage, Gwendolyn Gwynne, Louise Whitehouse, Nelson McAllister Lloyd, Susanna Green Lloyd (Susannah), social factotum, social secretary de luxe, Vogue feature, debutantes, legalized beer bars, milk bar, stag line, redlight ticket, Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice quote, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Villa Rosa Newport cottage, Sonogee estate, Wheatley Hill, Muenchinger King Hotel, Hotel Pierre, Princeton University, Princeton Inn, Princeton, NJ, Ardmore, PA, Montecito, CA, Middletown, RI, Newport, Bar Harbor, Long Island, tracking down names and lineages, getting more details, hints and seeds at future storylines and scandals, marital overlaps, divorcees and remarriages, betrayals, affairs, Capote’s Swans, Swan husbands’ earlier wives, affairs, secrets, homosexuality and lesbianism, future link between characters, developing story about romance and seduction, dating again in modern era, AI sexbots and companions, frustration tolerance, negotiation, compromise,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Physical – Apple TV series with Rose ByrneShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Let’s All Go To Mary’s House by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 2 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: The Girl Friend by Savoy Orpheans, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of The 1920sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Fifth Year Anniversary recap and future storylines.Hints and teasers of themes involving love and fortune. Series tagline: All they want is love. Everyone else wants their fortune.Other people (*referenced not specifically mentioned) and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Prince Alexis Mdivani, Frank Shields, Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, Enzo Fiermonte, heirs, heiresses, marriages, divorces, weddings, scandals, betrayals, sports, life changes, challenges, envy, listener interactions--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Mansions of the Gilded AgeInstagram: Mansions of the Gilded Age and The Gilded Age Society by Gary Lawrancehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/mansionsofthegildedagehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MansionsOfTheGildedAgeNew York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comStories Among the Stones *formerly Power Privilege & MoneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/memoirsofthepastPast Perfect Vintage Radio – Amazon’s Alexa, TuneIn Radio, myTunerRadio appshttps://www.pastperfect.com/radio/www.pastperfect.comCheck out and answer polls for As The Money Burns via social mediaX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect BluesSection 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the ThirtiesEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Some weddings might be grand, but nothing catches more attention than a good divorce scandal.August – September 1933, the marriage of Prince Alexis Mdivani and heiress Barbara Hutton has caused a lot of press attention on the couple as well as those around them. His two older brothers, Prince Serge Mdivani and Prince David Mdivani are in the papers again for their divorces and issues around their oil company. While youngest brother Prince Alexis and Barbara enjoy positive coverage, Prince Serge finds himself in a bitter press battle with soon to be ex-wife, opera singer Mary McCormic.Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Louise Van Alen (referenced, not mentioned), Cobina Wright, Pola Negri, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Princesss Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince David – Prince of Wales – future King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Lady Thelma Morgan Furness, Princess Marquesa de Portago, Lily Damita, Janet Snowden, Prince Caravita, John de Braganza, Lord Nicholas “Dickie” Mountbatten, Archpriest Jacob Smirnoff, Samuel Insull, Insull energy empire, Pacific Shore Oil Company, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Marion Campbell, Nipo Strongheart, Mary Garden, Chester MacCormic – Macomic – Macormac, Kenneth Rankin, Reba McCormic, Harold McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, Ganna Walska, terrible singer, Cowgirl soprano, opera career advice, protégé, Chicago Civic Opera House, Russia, Soviet state Georgia, Biarritz, Moscow, Paris, Los Angeles, Liberty Magazine, Good Housekeeping, new Mdivani source, Tallulah Bankhead, Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Yvonne Vallee, Rudy Vallee, divorce, remarriage, Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, Susan Alexander, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Florence Foster Jenkins, Meryl Streep, Enrico Caruso, Cole Porter, Lily Pons, cult musical camp, Alexander Winton, Winton automobile, Bobby Franks, Richard Loeb, Nathan Leopold, Clarence Darrow, Eva Stotesbury, Massie Rape Trial, Los Angeles Olympics, 1932 events, Amelia Earhart, Al Capone, circular connections, reconstructing & reconnecting the past, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Queen Victoria, Prince Philip, Prince Charles – Princes of Wales – King Charles III of Great Britain, Faith Baldwin, romance writer, female novelist, What Is Wrong With American Marriages syndicated news article series – Part 6th Pitfalls of International Marriage, Mademoiselle Dollars - American dollar princess, Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Lord Charles Cavendish, Boni de Castellane, Anna Gould, Duke of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Gladys Deacon, Sally Rand, risque striptease dance, messy divorces, too public, chaos, high passion, burnout, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, divorce book,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Hollywood Mysteries, YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@HollywoodMysteries#61 – Louise Brooks, The Girl Who Had The World In Her Hands and Lost It Allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg8D-KNHNZcCheck out and answer polls for As The Money Burns via social mediaX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Did You Mean It? By Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: Stars Fell On Alabama by Lew Stone, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: This Is The Missus by Sidney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Another day, another danger as an heiress finds herself in double trouble, but a minor medical emergency is nothing compared to the tax man.September – October 1933, Doris Duke finds herself in the hospital only weeks before her tax case heads to the Supreme Court. In both instances, more attention is given to her vast fortune in the press.Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, James “Buck” Duke, Walker Inman, E.T. Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Mdivani brothers (Serge Mdivani), tonsillectomy, President Franklin Roosevelt - FDR, New Deal, Chief Justice Hughes, George Allen, William Perkins, Uncle Sam, tax commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue – Internal Revenue Service – IRS, Supreme Court, Board of Tax Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Tax Appeals, levy, tax exile, tax evader, first richest list, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Vincent Astor, public fascination with millionaires, robber barons, breeder bureaucracy, trusts, Duke Foundation, Sixteenth Amendment, Revenue Act of 1924, tariffs, sales tax, Gilded Age, Prohibition, World War I, World War II, St. Luke’s Hospital, President Donald Trump, Ferdinand Pecora, Wall Street investigation, J.P. Morgan Jr. Al Capone, biographies, missing information, uncovering new details, story restructure, empathy, Los Angeles fires, empathy, Heraclitus, tax audit, divorce, cancer, home loss, trauma, anger, phishing scam, Matt Taibibi, rich people problems, problems, Hurricane Helene, Carolinas, envy, bitterness, poison,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Check out and answer polls for As The Money Burns via social mediaX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20sSection 3 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect BluesEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Another heir, another birthday, 2 fortunes, a special gift, and by chance possibly someone to share it with?September 1933, three new bachelor heirs are fresh on the market, or are they? Alfred “Alfy” Vanderbilt Jr. comes into his fortune but gets an even better gift from his mother. Alfy along with Jakey Astor and Wooly Donahue are more serious and not interested in being the typical playboy heirs, but questions remain as to who is really still on the market.Other people and subjects include: Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Vincent Astor, Alice Ava Muriel Astor Obolensky von Hofmannsthal, Caroline Astor, Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Woolworth “Wooly” Donahue, Alfred “Freddy” Vanderbilt Sr, Margaret “Maggie” Emerson McKim Vanderbilt Baker Amory, Captain Isaac “Ike” Emerson, Ellen “Elsie Tuck French Vanderbilt, Ellen “Tucky” Tuck French, Alice Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt III aka “Neily,” Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sr. aka “Freddy,” Willaim “Bill” Vanderbilt, Reginald “Reggie” Vanderbilt, George Washington Vanderbilt III, William Henry Vanderbilt III – future Governor of Rhode Island, Dorothy “Dotty” Fell, Dorothy “Dolly” de Milhau, Gladys Munn, Pulitzer family, Dr. Smith Hollins McKim, Charles Minot Armory, Raymond Baker, Gloria Baker, Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker, Ronald Denyer, Agnes O’Brien Ruiz, Sagamore Stables – Sagamore Farms, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Racecourse of Baltimore, Belmont Racetrack of New York, racehorses, horsey set, birthday party and dance, bachelors, secret engagements, playboys, childhood friends, best gal, sea victims, iceberg, torpedo, scandal, affair, suicide, spousal abuse, St. Georges school in Newport, St. Paul’s school in New Hampshire, Harvard, Yale, private tutors, trusts, ocean liners Europa, Titanic, Lusitania, Mauretania, Paris, Newport, Saratoga, Sands Point, Long Island, Bromo-Seltzer, sodium bicarbonate, pharmacist, antacid, painkiller, sedative, tranquilizer, hangover remedy, Mount Bromo of Java, Alka-Seltzer, Bayer, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), tv series, The Simpsons, The Golden Girls, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Rogers and Hart, Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, Spike Jones’s spoof remake song “Laura,” Otto Preminger, Laura film, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, German U-boat U-20, torpedo, lifeboats, lifejackets, young mother with baby, Cunard, Blue Riband, wounded soldiers, munitions, Germany, Britain, and United States, warship, passenger ship, racehorses, War Admiral, Seabiscuit, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, 2007 Zodiac, 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man, 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence, Scream franchise 2022 & 2023, effects of loss, identity, connection to loved one, heroism, lionization, fast vehicles and cars, animals, nature, nurture, troubles,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:American Aristocracy websitehttps://americanaristocracy.com/https://americanaristocracy.com/lists/the-four-hundred Share, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: From the Top of Your Head by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2Section 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Fiery passion not only infects the young but the old as well, including one heir’s mother caught up in another scandalous affair.September 1933, recently divorced Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick waits for her much younger lover Italian boxer Enzo Fiermonte to be divorced as well. They rush to get married only to have more complications in Bermuda, where more than a heart gets broken. Other people and subjects include: John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Vincent Astor, William Dick, William Force Dick, John Henry Dick, Signora Tosca Manetti Fiermonte, Gianni Fiermonte, mother and two brothers Fiermonte, Ralph Carr, Janet Snowden Caravita, Prince Caravita, Phil Plant, Claire Windsor, Alfred Read, Marian Read, brother of University of California football player, Dr. Moulowd, Dr. King, fictional book “The Last Slaver,” Dr. Preston, Dr. Weeks, Dr. Watson, personal doctor, secretary, tutor, Madison Square Garden prizefighter winner, boxer, male bathing suit competition, divorce, scandal, press, Italian press, rumors, alienation of affection, payoff, fickled lovers, newlyweds, detectives, gold diggers, social climbers, stepmother, lovers spat, telegram, X-rays, airplane, ocean liner Vulcania, Pan America, Queen of Bermuda, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Manhattan, Hotel Pierre, Bermuda, Bellevue estate, King Edward Hospital, 1932 Olympics Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Rome, Paris, Venice, Lido, Lake Como, Palm Beach, Newport, Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, forbidden remarriage, living spouses, King Henry VIII of England, Catherine of Aragorn, Anne Boleyn, Prince Charles – King Charles III, Camilla Parker Bowles, Diana, Princess of Wales, Andrew Parker Bowles, W.F. Kimball, J.T. Kimball, police dog Tuffy, dog inheritance, Karl Martin Hartung, Kaiser Wilhem II, Princess Hermine of Prussia, Princess Augusta of Prussia, blackmail, romance scams, sweetheart scams, swindler, natural son – illegitimate son, Paulinenhof Internment Camp, Nazis, Soviet Red Army, royal burial, female doctors, medical research study, Dr. Josephine Neal, Dr. Margaret Smith, encephalitis study, St. Louis epidemic, trouble with dating, starting over, failed romances, wealthy wives, green card process, ICE interaction with ex-husband, home visit, divorce troubles,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeTi’s Hot Mess HistoryTi’s Hot Mess History, YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@TisHotMessHistoryRiches to Ruin – Titanic Widow of John Jacob Astor & Her Troubled 3rd Marriage by Ti’s Hot Mess History July 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY-qiEn3ak The Scandalous True Story of Titanic’s Wealthiest Passenger – JJ Astor & His Teen Wife by Ti’s Hot Mess History May 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF89xKNWbow&t=25s The Rich Boy Nobody Wanted: Titanic Baby John Jacob Astor VI by Ti’s Hot Mess History December 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rlV8oT6lxsAnna Bey Official YouTube ChannelShare, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: Stars Fell On Alabama by Lew Stone, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: You Turned Your Head by Jack Jackson, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Young love burns bright and impulsively as an heiress runs off to marry her prince, only to regret it days later.August 1933, Janet Snowden finally meets her very own Prince Caravita and rushes into marriage. When days later she has a sudden change of heart, their story is all over the press, and her life gets into danger.Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, Doris Duke, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Huntington Hartford, Frank Shields, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Marian Snowden, Mrs. Marian Adair Snowden Davidson – Mrs. Walter Davidson, Commander Walter Davidson, Janet Snowden, Prince Don Francesco di Sirignano Caravita of Naples, Prince John de Braganza of Portugal , Princess Anita Stewart de Braganza (Miguel de Braganza), Alva Vanderbilt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, William Vanderbilt, Oliver Belmont, Jennie Jerome, Winston Churchill, Boniface “Boni” de Castellane, Anna Gould, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord – Duke of Sagan, Friederick Nietzsche, Zarathustra, Mrs. Edith Crockett, Supreme Justice George Taylor, Jr., Hugh Herbert, Tallulah Bankhead, Robert Montgomery, Will Rogers, Al Jolson, 1927 The Jazz Singer, blackface, American dollar princess, Great Depression, Prohibition, the Gilded Age, dispossessed royalty, elopement, minor, annulment, romantic friendship, kidnapping threat, ocean liner Rex, Manhattan, Newport, Rhode Island, Westchester, Florence, Italy, Savoy Plaza Hotel, Allerton House for Women, champagne party, speakeasy, history from female perspective, seeking male side of story, euphemisms, virginal, unconsummated, impotency, gay or bearded marriage, bride, starlet, star, alienation of affection, rebound relationship, heartbreak, scandal, modern dating dilemmas, return to dating, dating on the rebound, Jennifer Lopez, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears, Anna Bey…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Anna Bey Official YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@AnnaBeyOfficialI Chased Society’s Idea of “Success” & Lost Who I Amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OacGU5ofwloShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Sweet Sixteen And Never Been Kissed by Blue Mountaineers, Albums The Great Dance Bands & Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: Let’s Do It by Arthur Rosebery & His Kit-Cat Dance Band, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

As Tennis Week ends, the real competition is over the three best finale parties, with one hostess playing with all her might.August 1933, Jakey Astor and Doris Duke return to Newport for the end of Tennis Week with plenty of romantic and marital speculation. Henrietta Hartford hosts the biggest finale party with a special technological innovation.Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Barbara Hutton, Daisy Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Harford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Frank Shields, Rebecca “Billie” Tenney Shields, Vincent Astor, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Phil Plant, Mrs. William Hayward – Sara Mae “Maisie” Cadwell Manwaring Plant, Katherine Emmons Force Spencer, Martin Van Buren Morris, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Morris II – Elizabeth Hillis Wynkoop, Mary Booker, Alletta “Leta” Morris, Betty Morris, Mary de Mumm, Mrs. Scoville Treadwell, Harold Vanderbilt aka “Mike,” Gertrude Lewis Conaway Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, Ogden Goelet, Enid Connfelt, Wilmer Allison, Ellsworth Vines, Queen Mary of England, Edwin Berwind, Julia Berwind, Mrs. John “Black Jack” Bouvier III – Janet Lee Bouvier, Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier Kennedy, Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill, Jane Alcott, treasure hunt, aviation exhibition, Tennis Week, French Championships, Wimbledon, Davis Cup, marital matches, mating game, engagements, marriage certificate, honeymoon, reluctant bachelors, dances, dinner parties, tennis balls, fashion show, debutantes, private yacht, Nourmahal yacht, ocean liners, Rex, President Harding, Harvard University, Newport Casino, Maidentown, Manhattan, East Hampton, Southampton, Newport, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, Rough Point, Wakehurst, Seaverge, Chastellux, Cave Cliff, collapsible ballroom, storytelling choices, why podcasting, freedoms, book publishing, tv series, costs, casts and locations, Gone With the Wind downsizing characters & plots, visualization challenges, documentary, artificial intelligence – ai image generation, historical accuracy and correctness, future iterations, connecting to the past, 2024 chaos, Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner, presidential candidates, roasts, Al Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seeds, packing in details,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Old Money Luxury https://www.youtube.com/@oldmoneyluxury/videosShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: With Thee I Swing by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30sSection 2 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect BluesSection 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

A big birthday arrives with a large inheritance and thus the ability to finally control one’s life or so it seems.August 1933, Jakey Astor finally turns 21 and comes into his fortune. Only other troubles complicate his rise into Society. Meanwhile several debutantes are lining up to be the future young Mrs. Astor.Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Cobina Wright, James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Harford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Frank Shields, Rebecca “Billie” Tenney Shields, Franklyn Hutton, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt III aka Neily, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Jr., Alice Vanderbilt, Alfred Vanderbilt, George Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Vincent Astor, John Jacob Astor VI aka Jakey, John Jacob Astor IV aka Jack or Colonel, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Alice Ava Muriel Astor Obolensky von Hofmannsthal, Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick, Katherine Emmons Force Spencer, Lorillard Spencer, William Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, James “Jeem” Donahue aka Jimmy, LeBrun “Brunie” Rhinelander, Princess Donna Cristina Torlonia (Christina, Christiana, Cristiana), Viscount Duncannon, Eileen Gillespie, Ellen Tuck “Tucky” French, Betty Morris, Mary de Mumm, Leta Morris, Phyllis Gillespie, Rose Winslow, Penelope Winslow, Virginia French, Francis Ormond French – Frankie, Marrying Frenches, Marrying Wilsons, Divorcing Mdivanis, Gold Dust Twins, Sea Victims, iceberg, torpedo, Mrs. Marguerite Skirvin Adams, Perle Reid Skirvin – Mrs. George Mesta, Katherine Howard, Charles Townsend, Social Register, sand castle design, treasure hunt, aviation exhibition, Tennis Week, mating game, marital proposals, dances, debutantes, World War I, Titanic, Lusitania, New York, Washington, D.C., Bar Harbor, Saratoga, Naragansett, Newport, Rhode Island, Rough Point, Seaverge, Beaulieu, Breakers, Chastellux, Beachmound, Mid-Cliff, Malbone, Cliff’s Walk, Bailey’s Beach, Muenchinger-King Hotel, Thames Street, St. Georges school, Harvard University, BehindtheName.com, Census charts, familiarizing unknown people, popular names, repeating names, origin, lineage, clarity, Byzantine history, Arab history, John Palaiologos (Paleologos), Michael Palaiologos (Paleologos), John the Climax, John the Impotent, Robert Adams, Jenny Marston, Lawrence Tibbett, Benjamin Shaw, Sr., Harry Thaw, Stanford White, Evelyn Nesbit, Madison Square Garden rooftop, sexual scandal, special dates, anticipation, let down, setback, finding positives, self-delusion,…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comFriday, November 1st, 2024 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929)https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-1-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-1021721385167/Friday, November 8th, 2024 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan’s Grandest Hotel (1931-present)https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-2-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-1021721475437/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: From the Top of Your Head by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

As tough times persist, several dangers lie ahead for dreams, fortunes, and more importantly life itself.May – August 1933, many struggle as Prohibition and the Great Depression continues. Evalyn Walsh McLean attempts to sell the Hope Diamond and buy back the Washington Post. Doris Duke and other heiresses are under threat of kidnapping in Newport. Cobina Wright’s new attempt to rebuild her fortune comes with some shady business connections and other troubles.Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Nanaline Duke, William May Wright aka “Bill,” Lil’ Cobina Wright, Jr., James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, Jenny Renaud, Edward McLean, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Alice-Leon Moats, No Nice Girl Swears etiquette book, armed bodyguards, armed limousine, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, crime of the century, gold certificates, fraud, hoax, ransom, press, Gaston Means, John F. Condon, Cemetery John, J.J. Faulkner, Florence Nightingale Graham – Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis – Elizabeth Arden, cosmetics pioneer, operation, recovery, Primo Carnera, Jack Sharkey, John Factor, General Pershing, Admiral Cone, Bernard "Barney" Baruch, Jay “Rye” Ryland, Sam Rosoff, Mr. Dimples, amorous English gentlemen, Prince Kadhar, Alice Roosevelt Longfellow, Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eugene Meyer, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Rosemary “Rose” Douras Davies, Emily Post, Mahatma Gandhi, Tammany Hall, Hope Diamond, Kohinoor, Star of India, souvenirs, replicas, cursed gem, unlucky charm, bad luck, bankruptcy, pawn, 1933 booklet, multi-level exhibition, diamond mine, huts, shacks, Amsterdam diamond cutters, gold mining, Prohibition, repeals, beer, tax evasion, prison sentence, the Great Depression, monkeys, baboons, cruise lines, ocean liner Leviathan – SS Vaterland, Waldorf-Astoria hotels, Brearley, Fermata, convent in Rome, Rough Point, Maine Chance Farms, Madison Square Gardens, Yankee Stadium, Roosevelt hospital, Chicago’s World Fair, “A Century of Progress” exhibition, Newport, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, the Rockies, Saratoga, horse races, Cobina Wright’s autobiography I Never Grew Up, Max Baer, Max Schmeling, Murray Humphreys, Chicago underworld, FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation, tapped phone conversations, Al Capone, prison baseball team, prison riot, jail time, making connections, World War I, World War II, refurbishment, scrap, Mahatma Gandhi hunger strike, Jewish writers, concentration camps, struggles, tv series, fashion designers, Hulu’s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Netflix’s Halston, Apple TV’s The New Look, Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Pierre Balmain, Thierry Mugler, Cristobal Balenciaga, Jean Patou, artistic and creative endeavors, rejection, setbacks, prey, predator, hedonism, chaos, multiple issues at once, Chris Williamson, Modern Wisdom podcast, Jimmy Carr, jealousy quote, blocks, happiness…--Extra Notes / Call to Action:New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comFriday, November 1st, 2024 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel’s influence on luxury travel and fine dining. Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored. But all good things come to and end.https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-1-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-1021721385167/Friday, November 8th, 2024 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan’s Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement. A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over. More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel. Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-2-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-1021721475437/Share, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Lost In A Fog by Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 2 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect BluesSection 3 Music: Just A Mood by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsX / Twitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – http