E296: The Affair of the Necklace (part I)

Fresh Hell Podcast

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True Crime, History

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week we’re heading to Versailles for one of the most scandalous cons in French history. In Part 1, you'll hear all about the glittering worlds of Versailles and Schönbrunn, the childhood and marriage of Marie Antoinette, and her already fragile reputation as “Madame Déficit.” We’ll meet the main characters in this elaborate scheme: Cardinal de Rohan, desperate for the queen’s forgiveness; Jeanne de la Motte, a schemer with royal pretensions; her husband Nicolas; the forger Rétaux de Villette; and Nicole d’Oliva, a young woman who just happened to look like the queen. will describe to you...in detail...this gaudy piece of jewelry! affair of the diamond necklace, marie antoinette, cardinal de rohan, jeanne de la motte, nicolas de la motte, rétaux de villette, nicole d’oliva, versailles, schönbrunn, louis xvi, louis xv, madame du barry, french history, 18th century scandal, french revolution origins, con artists, diamond necklace scandal, diamonds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.4	The podcast hosted by two women who never met in real life and who own not as many diamonds as you'd think,
0:46.5	unless you think that we own zero.
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0:50.5	I own zero diamonds.
0:51.9	Zero diamonds.
0:53.5	I have some diamonds. I own some mostly
0:57.8	very sentimental diamonds, but nowhere near the diamonds we're going to be talking about today.
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