The Dark Story of the Gilded Age Mansion Where the Heir Was Shot 4 Months After Moving In

Edward Lawrence Doheny born August tenth eighteen fifty-six Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Struck oil April eighteen ninety-three Los Angeles age forty-three. Two hundred feet depth. Net worth one hundred million dollars nineteen twenty-five. Richer than Rockefeller. Son Ned born November sixth eighteen ninety-three. Gordon Bernie Kaufman architect. Greystone construction began February fifteenth nineteen twenty-seven. Fifty-five rooms. Forty-six thousand square feet. Cost three million one hundred sixty-six thousand five hundred seventy-eight dollars total. Most expensive California residence. Ned moved in September nineteen twenty-eight. Hugh Plunkett secretary companion. February sixteenth nineteen twenty-nine both men found dead guest bedroom. Single bullets head. Murder suicide official story. District Attorney Buron Fitts closed case forty-eight hours. Forensic investigator Leslie White documented inconsistencies. Cigarette smoldering Hugh's fingers. Gun warm heated. Bodies moved. Four hours before police called. One hundred thousand dollars cash Albert Fall December nineteen twenty-one. Teapot Dome scandal. Fall convicted bribery October twenty-fifth nineteen twenty-nine. Doheny acquitted nineteen thirty. Edward died September eighth nineteen thirty-five age seventy-nine. Beverly Hills purchased nineteen sixty-five one point one million dollars. National Register April twenty-third nineteen seventy-six. Mystery unsolved. Subscribe.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:33 Chapter 1: The Prospector Who Became a King
8:28 Chapter 2: The Son and Heir
12:39 Chapter 3: A Gift of Stone and Dreams
18:40 Chapter 4: The Scandal That Poisoned Everything
25:31 Chapter 5: September 1928, Moving Into Paradise
31:29 Chapter 6: Hugh Plunkett, The Indispensable Man
36:14 Chapter 7: The Night of February 16th
43:45 Chapter 8: The Investigation That Wasn't
50:57 Chapter 9: Burials and Questions
1:00:03 Chapter 10: Lucy's Long Widowhood
1:03:17 Chapter 11: Edward Doheny's Final Years
1:09:45 Chapter 12: The Mansion Changes Hands
1:16:11 Chapter 13: Hollywood's Most Famous Murder House
1:22:07 Chapter 14: Theories That Won't Die
1:33:53 Epilogue

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