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

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? Let’s discuss! https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpodMayerling Photos via the public domainGianni Versace via https://www.discogs.com/Andrew Cunanan via the Irish SunCasa 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 CloseTwilight of an Empire Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected]