Dressed For DEATH On The Titanic. His Mistress In Boat 9. His Wife Got A MESSAGE: Ben Guggenheim

Dressed For DEATH On The Titanic. His Mistress In Boat 9. His Wife Got A MESSAGE: Ben Guggenheim On the night the Titanic went down, a millionaire named Benjamin Guggenheim changed into evening clothes and waited for the end like a gentleman. That is the version America printed in April 1912, and the version Hollywood has filmed ever since. But the man in that evening suit had walked away from one of the largest fortunes in the country. The woman he helped into lifeboat nine was a singer from Paris, not his wife. When his brothers finally opened his books, the estate took almost four years to settle. A claim from a woman in Italy arrived with a signed agreement. And his last words to his wife passed through the one brother who ran the fortune he had left behind. It all started with a steward knocking on a stateroom door just after midnight. Chapters: 00:00 — The Official Story 03:06 — ACT I — THE RISE 07:47 — ACT II — THE FACADE 11:24 — ACT III — THE CRACK 16:41 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 21:27 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons, Europeana and the British Library. 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 United States Senate Titanic Inquiry, testimony of Henry S. Etches — https://www.titanicinquiry.org/USInq/... The New York Times, April 20, 1912, Guggenheim, Dying, Sent Wife Message — https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org... Guggenheim Estate Valued at $3,551,994 — https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org... Encyclopedia Titanica, Benjamin Guggenheim — https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org... Daytonian in Manhattan, The Benj. Guggenheim Mansion — http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com... #documentary #history #Titanic #oldmoney