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Anne Marie D’Orléans was considered “the greatest heiress in Europe”—but her love life was brutally cursed. Her "happily ever after" went up in flames.

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In 1927, Alice de Janze tried to kill her illicit lover Raymond de Trafford. Her act shocked the world—but there was one final plot twist in store.

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Socialite. Schemer. Spy. All of these words have been used to describe Gloria Guinness, but few know her even darker history.

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In the 1950s, Rebekah Harkness was America's most infamous heiress. If she’s not well-known today, maybe that’s because of her dark end.

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Barbara Hutton was one of the wealthiest women in the world—but this "poor little rich girl" destroyed her life in the most tragic way possible.



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