Old Money Luxury

They Were TV's First "It" Couple. At Home, Their Children Watched It Fall Apart: Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez
The $160 Million windfall, a gun aimed at a husband's head, and the biggest sitcom in America slowly falling apart between takes
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Meet The Old Money "Double Heiress" Written Out of a $2 Billion Will
Her mother is a Ford. Her father is a Niarchos. A court has ruled she gets nothing.
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The Scandalous "Party of the Century" That Ended High Society: The 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Ball
How the most controversial party of the 20th century melded European aristocracy with "celebrity" and high art lead to the end of "old money" galas…
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She Was a $200 Million Hotel Heiress. Her Body Sat Unclaimed in the L.A. Morgue: Francesca Hilton
Conrad Hilton left his empire to a foundation for the poor. His only daughter slept in her car in the same city.
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The Secrets of Ethel and Robert Kennedy's Marriage Are More Disturbing Than We Thought
The Skakels were richer than the Kennedys. They were also drunker, wilder, and harder to kill a story about.
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The Forgotten Life of "The Most Hated Woman in America”: Cissy Patterson
She rang Al capone's doorbell, published FDR's war plans, and died the night before she planned to rewrite her will again...
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The High Society Party That Killed The 1980s: The Forbes 70th Birthday Dinner
Malcolm Forbes spent $2.5 million to fly 800 guests to Tangier in August 1989. Eleven weeks later the Berlin Wall came down. Six months later he was…
She Married Into The Rothschilds, Then "Disappeared" In A Snowstorm: Jeannette Bishop
The surname on the passport was Rothschild, and by November 1980 it hadn’t legally belonged to her for nine years.
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July 2026

The Dark Secret Life of The 1980s "Bloomingdale's Wife": Betsy Bloomingdale
She married into the Bloomingdale's dynasty, then absorbed a murder, sex tape allegations, and federal subpoenas without ever missing a dinner.
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She Knew Who Killed JFK. One Week Before She Could Prove It, Dorothy Kilgallen Was Dead.
The only journalist granted a private interview with Jack Ruby was found deceased sitting upright in a bed she never slept in, fully made up. Her JFK…
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The Tragic Double Life of Kate Spade's $124 Million Fashion Downfall
She sold her name for $124 million and spent the rest of her life watching strangers sign her signature on handbags she'd never approved.
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The Prep-School Ponzi Scheme That Ended in Murder
When trust fund babies pay for an "investment club" only to end up with murder charges
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