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Scandal Queens · July 29 · 1 hr 18 min

Barbara Daly Baekeland: Hell In the Ivory Tower

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 While you might know the Baekeland family for their plastics empire, in the 1980s -- they became known for a scandal filled with incest and murder. It was the kind of story that "just doesn't happen" in the high society circles of America. But in 1972, the curtain was peeled back on the elite of Manhattan when one of their own was murdered in cold blood. This is the sordid and tragedy filled story of one of high-society's biggest scandals: the story of Barbara Daly and her son Tony Baekeland. Support the show Love this episode? Follow Scandal Queens on Instagram and TikTok for the dish on more toxic celebrities. Or, join me on Patreon for more deep dives.

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What do you think? Send me a text 📱

While you might know the Baekeland family for their plastics empire, in the 1980s -- they became known for a scandal filled with incest and murder.

It was the kind of story that "just doesn't happen" in the high society circles of America. But in 1972, the curtain was peeled back on the elite of Manhattan when one of their own was murdered in cold blood. 

This is the sordid and tragedy filled story of one of high-society's biggest scandals: the story of Barbara Daly and her son Tony Baekeland. 

Support the show

Love this episode? Follow Scandal Queens on Instagram and TikTok for the dish on more toxic celebrities. Or, join me on Patreon for more deep dives. 

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