{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fas-the-money-burns.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Famerican-versailles-vyKDPBdr","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"An American Versailles","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":"The times are getting tougher, and one of the largest mansions closes to prevent a potential Versailles ending.\n\nThe ultra wealthy E.T. Stotesbury and his wife Eva Stotesbury close their Philadelphia mansion Whitemarsh Hall for the summer of 1932 fearing potential looting from the disgruntled over the Great Depression. The Stotesburys also loan their artwork to the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Meanwhile, Evalyn Walsh McLean pawns the Hope Diamond.\n\nOther people and subjects include: James “Jimmy” HR Cromwell, Cobina Wright, Delphine Dodge Cromwell, Frances Hutchinson, Stotesbury granddaughter Louise Brooks Howard, Gaston Means, Lindbergh baby, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, “Jakey” John Jacob Astor VI, Caroline Astor, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Grace Fortescue, Massie Trial, Horace Trumbauer, Baron Lord Duveen, Paul McLean, Nile Niami, Donald Trump, David Siegel, Westgate Resorts, El Mirasol – Palm Beach, Wingwood House – Bar Harbor, Mar-a-Lago, The One Mansion – Bel Air, Versailles – Florida, Versailles, Schonbrunn, Hapsburg, World War I, World War II, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gulf War II, Saddam Hussein, Sri Lankan presidential palace, pandemic high end retail stores looting, artwork, paintings, tapestry, carpets, porcelain, statues, lying, looting, betrayal, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, near catastrophic car chase, mirage\n\nArchival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com."}