Socialites

Near the end of her life, Rebekah Harkness’s iconic beauty calcified into monstrosity—yet her death was even more horrific.

In 1934, Gloria Vanderbilt was at the center of an infamous child custody battle—but throughout the proceedings, she kept the most devastating secret.

Slim Keith was once the hottest socialite in Hollywood, then she simply...disappeared. She was known to charm Hollywood’s most powerful men but there was a sinister dark side to her fairy tale—and there’s a reason history wants us to forget her.

Think Cara Delevingne is scandalous? Meet her great-aunt, Viscountess Doris Castlerosse.

Hui-Lan Koo was THE It Girl of the Jazz Age. If she’s not well-known today, maybe that’s because of her absolutely tragic end.

The Gilded Age was nothing without socialite Alva Vanderbilt—but the entire time, she was hiding the most tarnished secret of all.