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Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Millionaire Murders: Ted Ammon - Murder in the Hamptons - Part 2

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Wealth, power, and luxury couldn’t shield Ted and Generosa Ammon from the dark side of their crumbling marriage. In Part 2 of Murder in the Hamptons, we explore how their bitter and costly divorce spiraled into resentment, rage, and ultimately, murder.

Who was behind the brutal killing of the wealthy financier? And how did greed, jealousy, and betrayal turn a high-society love story into a deadly nightmare?

Join us as we uncover the shocking conclusion to one of the Hamptons’ most infamous crimes.

💰🔪 #TrueCrime #TedAmmon #MillionaireMurders #MurderInTheHamptons #BetrayalAndGreed

🎧 Podcast Recommendation: The Noir Factory Podcast
📖 Book: Almost Paradise: The East Hampton Murder of Ted Ammon by Kieren Crowley

Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

0:06.9

It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised.

0:13.4

Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. We're in the series Millionaire Murders, where people are targeted for murder due to their wealth.

0:23.4

This is part two of murder in the Hamptons.

0:27.3

On the last episode, I took you through the backgrounds of both Generosa and Ted Ammon, how they met in New York and wed, how they adopted two children, and how Ted became a multi-millionaire

0:39.0

by the time of his 36th birthday. We also saw how the power and position this level of wealth

0:44.8

gave Generosa began to turn her into a demanding, out-of-control person. The more she had, it seemed,

0:51.6

the more she wanted. Her biggest trigger seemed to be even the hint of

0:55.5

rejection or betrayal, by family and friends alike. But her controlling ways began to drive a wedge

1:01.7

between her and Ted. In the end, her husband betrayed her by starting an affair with another woman,

1:08.3

and Generosa, at the end of our last episode, had filed for divorce

1:12.4

and vowed to destroy Ted, a man she now hated and sought revenge against.

1:18.6

Join me for the conclusion of this fascinating and tragic story that takes so many twists and

1:23.7

turns, I couldn't put it all into one episode.

1:27.1

This is part two of Ted Ammon,

1:29.4

murder in the Hamptons. As was her habit, once Generosa determined that she had been betrayed,

1:41.1

this time by her husband of 14 years, she slammed the door on the relationship.

1:46.3

There would be no trial separation, no working things out, or going to marriage counseling.

1:51.8

She flew immediately with the children from their home in England, to New York to file for

1:56.5

divorce.

1:57.7

When she arrived, she decided she needed a new home, purchasing an eight-story townhouse

2:02.8

on East 87th Street. This would begin Generosa's campaign to take Ted for as much money as possible.

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