Titanic Most Tragic Widows | Being Poor VS Rich Changed ALMOST Everything After The Disaster
August 25, 2025
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Madeleine Astor was the widow of the wealthiest man on the Titanic who went down with the ship on her maiden voyage. John Jacob Astor. She was merely a teenager - 18 and just 1 year older than his son, when she started dating the 40 something John Jacob - which caused his wife of almost 20 years to divorce him. I covered all of that scandal in my previous video. Also in that video, I asked you all if you wanted me to tell you the story about Madeleine’s third marriage - which was a cause of great embarrassment to her. So many of you told me that you wanted the story.
Once Olivier Mendez discovered the Joseph LaRoche had been a passenger on the Titanic, the story was spread and then it became the story of a black family that had been on board the Titanic. That just was not the case. Regardless, Joseph LaRoche - the French & Haitian man of the family went down with the ship. His body was never recovered. So he was never buried, but half of his ancestry was.
When I said that his wife LITERALLY buried his blackness, that’s what I meant. LITERALLY. As in, Mrs. LaRoche took every photo of Joseph along with every ID card or paper that referred to him as black, Haitian, or African, and she put them in a chest and buried them in her backyard. But, maybe she had a good reason. Decide for yourself.
Madeleine ended her romance in first class with her first husband, millionaire, John Jacob Astor. And she started her romance on another ocean liner - inviting a guy from 2nd class to dine with her. He would become her third husband, Italian boxer, Enzo Fiermonte. She was expecting romance, but was he her karma, plus some extra?
It’s another Hot Mess History scandal from Ti. Your source for the hottest scandals from 1870 - 1940. Whether you are looking for scandals from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, or The Great Depression…you can find them on this channel.
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