In today's crossover episode with Alicia's other podcast, Trashy Divorces, she takes us through the surprising life and lucrative marriages of mid-century socialite and fashion icon, Mona von Bismarck. From humble origins on a Kentucky horse farm, Mona found marriage to be a feasible path to the good life. She was the wife of the then-richest man in America for nearly three decades - but that's far from the end, or the best, of her story.

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