Ep 25: Twisted Ties and Fashionable Demise: The Mayerling Incident & Andrew Cunanan

Author: Farz Sokhansanj, Taylor Pineiro
Published: Mon 19 Jun 2023
Episode Link: https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-25-twisted-ties-and-fashionable-demise-the-mayerling-incident-andrew-cunanan-FoYKZW0o

This week Taylor starts us off with the mysterious murder-suicide at Mayerling, a hunting lodge that’s more like a palace outside of Vienna. In 1898 Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his 17-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera died, changing the course of history and leading to the ruin of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and a little thing called WWI).

Then, Farz brings us to Miami via a killing spree that ended in the death of one of the most famous fashion designers of the 90s, Gianni Versace, by the coward Andrew Cunanan. Motives remain unclear - why did Cunanan go on a murder spree across the country only to gun down an icon at 9am on a weekday?

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Mayerling Photos via the public domain

Gianni Versace via https://www.discogs.com/

Andrew Cunanan via the Irish Sun

Casa Casuarina via wikipedia

Some sources:

Mayerling: Pact of Rudolf the Crown Prince of Austria and Mary Vetsera- Did it change History?

The Darker Side of Vienna - Europe Up Close

Twilight of an Empire