The Princess Onstage at the Moulin Rouge

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Clara Ward was a "dollar princess" from Michigan who married a Belgian prince. But her adventurous spirit soon had her eloping with a Hungarian musician and she lives a life that scandalized and captivated Europe in equal measure.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.1	Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast.
0:08.1	Recently, I had a conversation with the one and only, Madonna.
0:12.2	When I was broke and I had no friends, nowhere to live, I was held up at gunpoint.
0:17.4	I was robbed.
0:18.3	Always horrendous things happened to me.
0:20.1	I had such an unhappy childhood that whatever happened to me. I had such an unhappy childhood
0:21.8	that whatever happened to me in New York is better than what my life was, so I'm not going back.
0:27.5	Listen to On Purpose with Jay Chetty on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.6	podcast. Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of IHeart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky.
0:40.9	Listener discretion advised.
0:44.9	This episode begins in Paris, the most romantic city in the world.
0:51.2	It's the end of the 19th century, the heyday of nightclubs like the Moulin Rouge and
0:57.0	the Follet Bergerre.
0:59.0	It's a typical night at one of those clubs.
1:03.0	Patrons arrive, decked out in their finest, ready to be entertained, titillated, and
1:09.0	lightly scandalized.
1:11.6	The lights dim and the show begins.
1:15.6	This performance is a double act, a pair of performers with two extremely different skill sets.
1:23.3	First, a handsome man takes the stage and begins to play the violin.
1:29.6	He's mesmerizing, his music evoking the hills of a distant land.
1:35.1	As he plays, a woman joins him on stage.
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