S19E09: Who's That Lady | Mona von Bismarck, The Kentucky Countess (Done & Dunne Crossover)

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In today's crossover episode with Alicia's other podcast, Done & Dunne, she takes us through the surprising life and many marriages of mid-century socialite and fashion icon, Mona von Bismarck. From humble origins on a Kentucky horse farm, Mona found marriage to be a feasible path to the good life, and was the wife of the then-richest man in America for nearly three decades - but that's far from the end, or the best, of her story! Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, and welcome to Trashy Devourses.
0:03.4	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:07.7	My name is Stacey.
0:09.0	And I'm Alicia.
0:09.9	Thanks for joining us today for this week's tale of
0:13.0	Miracle Misadventure with a done and done crossover twist.
0:18.3	Oh, look at that.
0:19.2	Our story today could have gone into either one of my podcast
0:23.3	loves and not sure if y'all know this,
0:26.1	but it's my birthday week.
0:27.8	So I figured why not both a present for my trash pandas and
0:32.2	a present for my investigators too.
0:34.6	You are really leaning into this August thing.
0:38.0	Oh, August slips away like a moment in time.
0:41.2	This week I have the tale of Mona Vaughn Bismarck,
0:46.1	the Kentucky Countess, so famous, so fashionable, so trashy.
0:51.8	Truman Capote writes about her in Rhemona Clayform and his
0:55.8	scandalous answered prayers in the chapter called Kate McLeod.
1:00.7	She's one of his swans kind of, but Mona was so much more than
1:05.3	that she was married five times, three times a widow, twice
1:09.4	divorced.
1:10.5	Her whole life is pretty incredible.
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