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80: A Nepo Baby’s Hollywood Castle: America’s Billionaire King William Hearst | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

2023/3/29
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本期播客详细讲述了美国报业巨头威廉·兰道夫·赫斯特及其位于加州的奢华城堡——赫斯特城堡。城堡的建造过程、建筑风格、内部装饰以及赫斯特举办的盛大派对都被一一呈现。节目中提到，赫斯特城堡是当时美国最著名的派对场所之一，吸引了众多好莱坞明星和政界名流。然而，赫斯特对派对的严格控制和城堡内部的种种规定也引发了争议。节目还讲述了赫斯特的童年经历、家庭背景以及与母亲和父亲的关系，这些都对他的性格和行为产生了深远的影响。此外，节目还介绍了赫斯特城堡的私人动物园，以及一些在城堡派对上发生的趣事和冲突。总而言之，赫斯特城堡不仅是建筑史上的杰作，也是美国20世纪上半叶社会文化的一个缩影，它见证了奢华、名流、争议以及时代变迁。

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Bailey Sarian introduces Hearst Castle, a mysterious and beautiful castle in California, and explores the questions surrounding its existence and the man who built it.

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Welcome to the Dark History podcast. We’ve talked about William Hearst on here before. He is one of the OG Nepo Babies. On top of being born into wealth, he pretty much ran the newspaper industry so he was rolling in it. And one of the big things he spent his cashola on was his house, nay his CASTLE. Oh yeah. In today’s episode, we are talking about Hearst Castle. No surprise here, but the story behind a castle in California is juicy and I have been dying to share this one with you all. Get ready to hear all about this nepo baby’s pimped-out crib.

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