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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

The Taliesin Massacre

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A famed architect, a torrid love affair, an angry staff...what could possibly go wrong?! Turns out, everything. This week's episode discusses the tragedy surrounding Taliesin, a property Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his lover.  Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://franklloydwright.org/the-god-almighty-lloyd-joneses/ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tobin-448 https://allthatsinteresting.com/mamah-borthwick https://www.history.com/news/the-massacre-at-frank-lloyd-wrights-love-cottage https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-taliesin-massacre-the-darkest-chapter-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-story-e7d95a03ec1e https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/taliesin-haunted/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright#Divorces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olgivanna_Lloyd_Wright

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The show you're about to listen to may contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong

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language, and other sensitive material.

0:20.6

With an emphasis on cults, murder murder and other adult matters,

0:23.0

listener discretion is advised.

0:25.0

On cult leader, I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter,

0:27.0

though press media and other resources cannot always be verified,

0:30.0

sources can be found in the show notes. Oh, Hello. Hello and welcome back to Colt Leader I'm your Colt Leader Spencer Henry and

1:08.0

this week we are getting into a story that I would say has gotten lost in time over the past couple of years.

1:15.7

This story in particular centers around a torrid love affair between a married

1:24.4

and a famed architect who also happened to be married. In front of us we have a tale of Moida and

1:28.8

mayhem that I'm sort of surprised isn't more common knowledge, considering the architect involved is

1:35.0

none other than Frank Lloyd Wright.

1:37.0

And if you aren't somebody who obsesses over architecture, maybe you're not familiar with

1:41.6

him, but chances are you've heard the name and I got to pause

1:44.7

Gotta tell you a really funny story real quick. So back in September when I got really sick I was at my sister Olivia's house for a few days and she was watching a show

1:55.2

called Gilmore Girls which probably everybody knows and in this one specific

2:00.3

episode there's a dinner scene where the mom Lorelei makes a reference to the

2:05.5

Tallieson massacre that we're talking about today and a few weeks later I was like

2:10.7

oh shit I wonder what the real story is behind this and I wasn't

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