{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fas-the-money-burns.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fa-mess-of-things-yT3STdhp","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"A Mess of Things","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/300bb58f-ec29-4038-aa46-61554694b38f/7ebeea4a-5855-4492-91ef-0278593d7bb3/atmb_thumbnail_scale.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Secrets are unleashed when two wealthy industrialists find themselves in different dire straits only to make the same permanent fatal decision.\n\nIn March 1932, both Swedish “Match King” Ivar Kreuger and George Eastman commit suicide but for very different reasons. Kreuger’s empire falls apart after bad dealings, while Eastman suffers ill health. The impact of their deaths joins a long list of recent prominent suicides and a rising disturbing trend.\n\nOther people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, James Donahue, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Samuel Insull, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Jonathan Kenneth Galbraith, Kodak camera, Eastman Kodak, Wall Street of 1929, Great Depression, 1930s suicide statistics, 1931-1932 Columbia University study, suicide prevention group, 1932 Top 10 Stories, Massie Trial, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, HBO documentary Weight of Gold, Olympics, Olympians, Michael Phelps, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Steven Holcomb, Sasha Cohen, Apolo Ono, Lolo Jones, Katie Uhlaender, African safari, American Museum of Natural History, euthanasia, financial scams, Ponzi scheme, shell games, embezzlement, boiler rooms, stock peddlers, larcenists, fraud, Enron, Enron Vice Chairman J. Clifford Baxter, Bernie Madoff, Silicon Valley Bank, Joe Rogan, Youtuber Coffeezilla Stephen Findeisen, crypto currency, Cryptozoo, Logan Paul, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, Celsius, Alex Mashinsky\n\nArchival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com."}