Shadowy Facts About Sunny Von Bulow, The Trapped Beauty
Socialites are supposed to have it all. But all that Sunny von Bulow got was unrelenting tragedy.
1. She Was The Perfect Woman
Sunny von Bulow existed in a world of good breeding, long blood lines, and advantageous marriages—a world of New York powerhouses and dance-until-dawn debutante balls. But this charmed, privileged life transformed into something far more sinister when it came to her own marriages. The first was a domestic tragedy. The second was the end of her.
2. She Had A Strange Birth
Sunny’s entrance into the world is worthy of a New York fairy tale.
The only child of George Crawford, a utilities tycoon, and his wife Annie-Laurie, the little girl was born while her mother was riding the family’s personal railway coach, en route to New York from Virginia, somewhere around Manassas.
And from almost this first moment, she made her mark on the world.
3. She Was Beautiful Inside And Out
First nicknamed “Choo-Choo” because of the unusual—if opulent—circumstances of her birth, her mother and father soon changed their minds once they got to know their daughter.
Although her birth name was Martha, they quickly began calling her almost exclusively “Sunny” in homage to her welcoming, caring nature.
As it happened, that nature would be too welcoming, and helped lead to her doom. But even her childhood wasn’t without pain.
4. She Became A Toddler Heiress
When Sunny was three years old, she got her first bitter taste of fate. Her father passed that year, leaving the girl without a father figure to look toward—though he also left her with a hefty 100-million-dollar inheritance. While her mother re-married, Sunny was left to face her glittering world relatively alone…until it (briefly) turned into a Cinderella story.
