S16E14: Mother | Barbara Daly Baekeland

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Some stories shoot right past "trashy" and head straight for "disturbing," and that is the case of murdered socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland. Alicia recounts the troubling life and times of a family beset by mental illness and too much money, and the tragedy that unfolded as a result. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Dipsea. Get 30 days of full access to steamy stories for free when you go to dipseastories.com/trashy! FX’s Fleishman Is In Trouble. Streaming on Hulu on November 17. StoryWorth. Visit storyworth.com/trashy and save $10 on your first purchase! The Oak Tree Group. Mention Trashy Divorces for your free one hour financial preparedness conversation. Call 770-319-1700 or visit them on the web at theoaktreegroup.net. Further Reading: Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family, by Natalie Robins (Amazon.com) Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls, by Marlene Wagman-Geller (Amazon.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	caution. The ultimate spicy meatball from Dominoes is hot. Just not stupid hot. It won't earn
0:05.2	you mythical status, or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath. It's hot, good hot.
0:10.8	The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else. The ultimate spicy meatball with Siracchard
0:15.2	Drizzle from Dominoes, it will get you fired up. Subject to availability.
0:20.2	Hey everybody, welcome to Trashy Divorses. A good podcast about bad relationships. My name is Stacey.
0:28.1	Thanks for joining us this week. I'm Alicia Friends. We are back this week with a little bit of
0:33.2	Trashy on a different level. This story has been requested many times, and it seemed like the
0:39.3	week to get into the sad and tragic tale of Barbara Daly, Bakelund. It's also dark and distressing
0:48.2	tale. Stacey, you're really on that. It is shocking all of it, and it is Trashy and not our usual
0:57.0	typical fashion. This really is very much a Greek tragedy. There's a family haunted with
1:04.1	mental illness, a stunningly beautiful red-haired daughter with her own penchant for danger.
1:12.0	Lives of excesses. This tale includes adultery, madness, incest, matricide. One of those things
1:20.3	would be enough, but this story has them all. It is definitely the darker side of Trashy
1:27.0	Divorses. Yeah, this is probably the darkest. Maybe we've ever done. Hence, giving you a little
1:31.9	bit of advance warning here, this episode does include some more serious themes, especially in the
1:38.4	last section of the story about 30 minutes in. Listener discretion is advised. Before we begin,
1:46.7	our darker Trashy journey today, we do have some names right here in the Magic Mirror.
1:51.6	So many thanks to give out to these new folks who have joined our Patreon community for
1:56.9	all the behind-the-scenes Trashy, including ad-free episodes and multiple bonus episodes
2:02.8	every week, too. We are so grateful. Thank you so much for joining us at patreon.com slash
2:09.1	Trashy Divorses, Natalie G, Mb, Megan S, Kristen P, Lacey S, Lindsay B, and Merrill B.
2:17.5	Holy cats and a new Super supporter as well, Patricia. All y'all, thank you so so much for
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