49 - The Taliesin Massacre: A Fiery, Axe-Murdering Rampage

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Let's Get Dark

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4.6 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Taliesin was the 600 acre estate owned by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, located south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin. After having an affair with Mary (Mamah) Borthwick, Wright left his first wife Catherine Lee Tobin, and designed Taliesin, where he and Mamah would reside. Many of Wright’s most acclaimed designs were created there, and although beautiful, the property was home to a brutal massacre. One afternoon, a butler working for Wright set fire to the property a...

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0:00.0	What? What? What? What? I'm What Yeah What What What What? What? I'm Okay, hello everyone. It's Ashley.
0:44.5	I'm Bianca.
0:45.6	We're a creep but real. And today, we're bringing you a tale of true crime. And I know it's been a hot minute.
0:54.3	It has, but we're excited to get back into it.
0:56.6	Yay.
0:57.7	Sometimes I just like to take a break, and then sometimes I like to take a break from the other stuff.
1:01.7	Anyway, let's just get into it.
1:03.2	Let's get right straight into it.
1:05.3	Today we are talking about the Taliesin Massacre, which took place on a 600-acre estate owned by the renowned architect
1:14.0	Frank Lloyd Wright. For all intents and purposes of this story, I'm going to call him Frank.
1:19.8	So this estate was located south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin, which had originally
1:25.4	been owned by his maternal family. After having an affair
1:28.7	with Mary Mamma Borthwick, Wright left his first wife, Catherine Lee, Tobin, and designed Taliesin
1:35.7	where he and Mamma would reside. Many of Wright's most acclaimed designs were created at Taliesin,
1:41.4	and although beautiful, the property was home to a brutal massacre that
1:45.1	became the most murders committed by one civilian at one place in time in Wisconsin history.
1:50.9	It is even said to leave the grounds haunted to this day.
1:54.7	So a little bit of background on Frank Lloyd Wright.
1:57.3	He was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8th, 1867, to William Carey Wright,
2:04.7	who was an orator, a music teacher, occasional lawyer, and an intern minister, and Anna Lloyd-Jones,
2:11.9	who was the superintendent for schools in Richland County. So his dad had like 7,000 jobs, a man of many talents.
2:24.1	What is it?
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