Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history.  

'Mr Prudent Well-Sealed-up'  

DISCLAIMER: I am bisexual and obviously this story is not about him being insane because of his sexuality or anything along those lines, this story is about him being a super insane rich guy anyway and the society he lived in being fucked up and horrible if that was not obvious from listening.  

SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist) http://rictornorton.co.uk/beckfor1.htm https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22232 https://www.kent.ac.uk/ewto/projects/anthology/william-thomas-beckford.html http://bath.co.uk/they-came-to-bath/william-beckford https://beckfordstower.org.uk/history/william-beckford/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonthill_Abbey https://www.fonthill.co.uk/history/ http://www.hvtesla.com/fonthill/ 

(its been a while since i researched this so regrettably some of the sources are missing)