The Von Bülow Affair: Murder, Mansions and Deadly Betrayal
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
When a wealthy socialite falls into a coma, suspicion is cast upon her husband. Secrets are revealed, battle lines are drawn, the media goes crazy and the case leads to not one but two trials of the century and multiple books and movies. But did they do it?
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jesse, after what feels like 100 years away, I'm excited to be recording again. |
| 0:05.1 | What do you have for us this week? |
| 0:06.9 | When a wealthy socialite falls into a coma, suspicion is cast upon her husband. |
| 0:12.6 | Secrets are revealed, battle lines are drawn, the media goes crazy. |
| 0:17.6 | And the case leads to not one, but two, trials of the century, multiple books and |
| 0:22.8 | movies. But did he do it? We'll discuss today on Love Murder. I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm |
| 0:30.5 | Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. Hi. Andy. Hi, Jesse. Welcome back, everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about sneaks, |
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