Two Wives Met on Fifth Avenue. He Was Arrested. Then He Fled Isaac Singer

The Singer Sewing Machine King's Private Life Was Much Darker Than You Thought The official story is simple. Isaac Merritt Singer took a sewing machine that didn't work, fixed it in eleven days, and put it into millions of American homes. He died rich in an English seaside town in 1875, surrounded by family. But the family at his grave was only one of five. In New York he kept four households running at once, two of them under invented surnames. Three of the women were named Mary. On August 7, 1860, two of those households met in the street on Fifth Avenue, and within days the richest sewing machine maker in America was under arrest. His will acknowledged twenty-two children. After his death, a woman who had lived as Mrs. Singer for a quarter of a century went to court to claim she was his widow. And one line in his final will left his eldest son just five hundred dollars. Chapters: 00:00 — Two Carriages on Fifth Avenue 02:27 — ACT I — THE RISE 06:40 — ACT II — THE FACADE 10:56 — ACT III — THE CRACK 15:13 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 19:24 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources: Isaac Singer and His Wonderful Sewing Machine, American Heritage — https://www.americanheritage.com/isaa... Isaac Singer, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_S... Isabella Eugénie Boyer, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabell... Marin Journal, November 25, 1875 — https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MJ1875112... Edward Cabot Clark, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... #documentary #history #oldmoney #scandal