In this episode we examine the darker side of associating with royalty. Old world rulers get their brutal revenge on a political enemy, Persian princes are left out in the cold, and American Royalty the Vanderbilts drive an idealistic woman to a tragic demise.

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We all know the Hollywood of yesteryear was full of scandals and secrets swept under the rug by the studio system. In our seventh episode, we take some of these skeletons out of their closets and discuss some shocking and sensational scandals involving murders, affairs and mysteries of some of Tinseltown's brightest stars.

*Advisory: This episode does not contain any graphic content, but does include some tawdry details from divorce cases.

Episode 6 provides some historical examples of the not-so-new phenomenon of "slut-shaming". Our three stories concern the messy divorces and real-life heartbreak cases of a real estate magnate in the roaring 20s and his child bride, the glamorous movie star Mary Astor, and an up and coming Follies girl and her millionaire boyfriend.

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Our fifth episode is all about fire: whether to clean up a murder, evict some unwanted guests or cleanse away those pesky sins, our subjects all turn to the flames for assistance in their deadly and bizarre schemes.

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For our special Valentine's Day episode, we're diving into some less than romantic stories of jilted lovers, bizarre trysts, and tragic romances. We'll be discussing a young couple's bizarre suicide pact and an aviatrix's scandalous romance which ended in murder.

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In Episode 3, our topic is explorers off course. First, we trek through the arctic on several dangerous expeditions with noted Norwegian explorer Hjalmar Johansen, then we discuss the story of explorer Leonidas Hubbard's tragic death and his wife's ultimate revenge.

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