0:00.0	The boat that broke Gucci, I'm Jason Horton.
0:02.7	I'm Rebecca Leeb.
0:03.7	And this is Ghost Town.
0:20.4	If you've read the incredible book The House of Gucci by Sarah Gay Fordon,
0:24.1	yes, it's the one that the 2021 movie starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver was based on,
0:29.4	you might recall the stunning 200-foot wooden yacht that Maurizio Gucci bought and remodeled
0:35.3	at the height of his control over the Gucci brand.
0:38.1	The boat, called the Creole, was notoriously cursed and with it brought death, destruction,
0:44.2	and ghosts.
0:45.2	That's for you to decide.
0:46.9	Today we're talking about the Creole and its curse that spanned millionaires and generations.
0:52.0	Built in 1927, its first owner was all-American millionaire, Yale alum, and industrialist Alexander
0:58.1	Cochran.
0:59.1	Chris and the Vera, it was the largest wooden sailing yacht ever constructed.
1:03.4	In the words of veteran photographer Geel's Martin Rajay, the boat was, quote,
1:08.4	outside all the norms of size, aesthetics, and history.
1:12.2	And it would continue to be without its maker at the helm.
1:15.3	Why?
1:16.3	Because with all of its grandeur and glamour, Cochran didn't have time to enjoy the yacht.
1:20.4	He died suddenly of cancer in 1929.
1:23.2	His heir sold the boat to a man named Maurice Pope, a British Yotsman who renamed his new
1:27.3	purchase the Creole after particularly delicious dessert invented by his personal chef.
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