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The brutal murder was the violent climax to an emotional rollercoaster ride for the beautiful socialite who was linked by marriage to the bakelite empire the worlds first plastic. Its based on the true story of barbara daly baekeland, a socialite who had an incestuous relationship with her son in. Socialite barbara baekeland was murdered by her 25 yr old son, anthony, in 1972. Barbara baekeland wikipink lenciclopedia lgbt italiana. Barbara daly baekeland one mother who most certainly seduced her son was barbara daly baekeland. Barbara daly baekeland was a wealthy american socialite who was murdered by her son, antony tony baekeland. How a society beauty was finally murdered by the gay son. Her increasingly close and torturous relationship with their only son sows the seeds for a tragedy of spectacular decadence. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the.
He fell in love with his professors daughter, eloped with her against his. A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, savage grace is the saga of brooks and barbara baekeland beautiful, rich, worldly and their handsome, gentle son, tony. Wealthy socialite barbara baekeland and his son antony. But while these images portrayed perfection, beneath the surface, baekeland was suffering from severe mental instability. Savage grace 2007 trailer savage grace is a 2007 film directed by tom kalin and written by howard a. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the atlantic and remains one of the most memorable american tragedies. He marries barbara daly, and the marriage is a disaster.
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