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This week we pull one from the Patreon Vault to explore Clarendon Court in Newport RI, the home and its colorful history with so many spiderwebs. From its construction to its century of legendary owners, there is much more to this home than the location of two attempted murders.

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In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow, taking them from their June 1966 marriage to Christmas 1980, as the second attempted murder of Sunny by Claus at Clarendon Court, their Newport RI home. The fourteen years covered here takes our couple from happiness to adultery and then suspicious of even darker themes, before it all comes crashing down.

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We begin a deeper investigation into the scandal that rocked high society in the 1980s, the twice attempted murder of Sunny von Bulow and the subsequent trials of her second husband Claus von Bulow for those crimes.

In this first episode, we introduce and get to know the main characters in this story, Martha “Sunny” Sharp Crawford and Claus von Bulow. What happens in their lives before and up to their marriage in 1966?

There are so many sticky spiderwebs that might surprise you in this one, including Coco Chanel, Truman Capote, Ann Woodward, and the very first case of murder by insulin poisoning – it really does all come together.

Sources

The Von Bulow Affair,
by William Wright (Amazon link)

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman
Capote, The Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century, by Roseanne
Montillo (Amazon link)

FATAL
CHARM: The Social Web of Claus von Bülow | Vanity Fair | August 1985 (archive.vanityfair.com)

Martha Sharp
Crawford (1932-2008) – HouseHistree

Kenneth Barlow:
the first documented case of murder by insulin – PMC (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

When
Truman Capote Met Ann Woodward, Recently Minted Widow, in Saint Moritz ‹
CrimeReads



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In this bit of a bonus episode, we pulled out a few delightful tales from long ago Patreon episodes to celebrate Dolly Parton just a little while longer. Included are anecdotes from Kenny Rogers, long time collaborator that will melt your heart, and a story from Keanu Reeves too that no one saw coming.

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Today, we honor the queen of our hearts by revisiting a long -ago story from Season Five. Stacie revealed the details about the start of her career, when country superstar Porter Wagoner plucked her from obscurity to be his “Girl Singer.” Seven years later, her split from him drove him off the stage and into a courtroom, but Dolly would always love him anyway.

As a follow up, we celebrate Saint Dolly just a little more, remembering more about her life, career, and legacy.

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