The Dark Story of Woolworth's: He Paid CASH for the Tallest Tower and Never SIGNED His Will

The Dark Story of Woolworth's: He Paid CASH for the Tallest Tower and Never SIGNED His Will On April 24, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in Washington, and eighty thousand bulbs lit up the tallest building in the world. Frank Woolworth had paid for it in cash, every cent of it, with money made five and ten cents at a time. That was the story America received. But the family inside that story was coming apart while the tower rose. A daughter died in a suite at the Plaza Hotel, and her death certificate says one thing while her child's biographer says another. A husband went to court about the wife who had once nursed him back to health. A granddaughter became the richest girl in America and the name striking shop girls sang about. And in the last weeks of his life, in a marble house on Long Island, a new will was drawn up and left on the table. Chapters: 00:00 — The Night the Tower Lit Up 02:35 — ACT I — THE RISE 06:38 — ACT II — THE CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE 10:45 — ACT III — THE CRACK 15:59 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 20:44 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and Europeana. 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 Frank Winfield Woolworth, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_W... Woolworth Building, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolwor... The Lost Woolworth Mansion, Daytonian in Manhattan — http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com... The Woolworth Misfortune, How Not to Provide for Heirs — https://sisfg.com/the-woolworth-misfo... Greensboro Lunch Counter, Smithsonian National Museum of American History — https://americanhistory.si.edu/explor... #documentary #history #oldmoney #woolworth