Pearls, petticoats…and plenty of courtroom drama. In this episode of The Gilded Heiresses, we pull back the velvet curtain on the darker side of America's Gilded Age: the scandalous divorces, ruinous affairs, and shattered reputations that lurked beneath the glittering surface of New York high society. From Alva Vanderbilt's jaw-dropping divorce settlem…
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Watch: Affairs, Fortunes and Fallen Reputations in the Gilded Age
The darker side of the Gilded Age
Mar 25, 2026
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Gilded Heiresses
Exploring the real lives of American heiresses in the Gilded Age — the women who inspired HBO’s The Gilded Age.
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