Episode 126: Mom “Cures” Son With Incest (Murder of Barbara Baekeland)
Tony was getting fed up. His friend wasn’t listening to him.
“No no no you don’t get it! I’m f***ing my mother!” - he screamed.
The restaurant went quiet.
Tony came from a strange family to say the least. His great-grandparents were the creators of plastic. Yes, plastic. His mom was an eccentric aspiring author working on her debut novel about a mom who seduces her son on a yacht - that everyone believed to be more of an autobiography.
Strange? Sure.
Homicidal? Absolutely.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Savage Grace” - by Natalie Robins & Stephen ML Aronson
^such a good book I can’t even describe to you how glued I was to this one
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-wealthy-heiress-is-murdered-by-her-son
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/kill-shrink-warned-mother-baekeland-plastics-heir-article-1.1114966
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/death-of-a-socialite-the-barbara-baekeland-case
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/baekeland-anthony.htm
https://historybyday.com/human-stories/a-twisted-mother-son-bond-barbara-baekelands-story/
https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-barbara-baekeland/
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