S26E21: Trashy Tabloids | Heiress Murders Nazi Sex Fiend!

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In 1936, America was shocked by the details that emerged in a murder trial in New York City. A young heiress, romanced by an older German financier with deep ties to the Nazi party, decided to end things when it became clear that he wouldn't end his marriage to his wife in Germany. Dr. Fritz Gebhardt took Vera Stretz's rejection badly, a gun was drawn, and when police arrived around 2:30 that morning, Fritz was dead and Vera refused to explain why she'd shot him. Alicia has the full story from our Trashy Tabloids series on Patreon. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Trashy Tabloids, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.4	everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. My name isacey and Alicia, even I don't know what secret
0:40.7	you've been cooking up for this episode. So many secrets. It is no secret to you, Stacey,
0:45.8	that I am obsessed with old magazines. No secret. No secret. I love them. I have stacks and stacks
0:52.2	of tabloid magazines from the last 100 years.
0:56.3	It's my favorite thing. It really brings you joy. To go through find old articles,
1:01.8	who are we talking about confidentially, or look at the old advertisements, so to speak.
1:08.7	There's always something delightful that connects into the spider webs of this
1:13.3	trashy universe we have built between trashy divorces, trashy royals, and done and done, and
1:19.5	swiftry too. The ads in, you know, tabloids from the 40s and 50, they really are, I mean, doctors
1:26.5	endorsing cigarette brands. Doctors as
1:30.1	pitchmen for cigarettes. Amazing. Amazing stuff. Amazing stuff. Those were the days. Those were the days.
1:40.9	Anyway, all of this is to say that I am obsessed with what I am calling trashy tabloids.
1:47.4	And over on Patreon for our highest level feeds, I have been doing a few of these.
1:53.7	More are coming.
1:54.8	They're just delightful snapshots of trash through time.
2:05.3	Today, for the main feed, I am bringing you an incredible story. It has everything you like. We got true crime. We have an heiress. And we have a murder of a
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