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A twisted Pop art romance, a worldwide manhunt after an accidental murder, and more in this edition of the VF Archive digest.
The Doris Duke Cold Case, Reopened
Speaking out for the first time, in 2021, a former Newport, Rhode Island, paperboy said that in 1966 he confronted the billionaire heiress right after she may have committed murder.
The Second Coming
Donald Trump's campaign rallies—part tent revival, part Roman Colosseum—featured a bizarre gospel of numerology, tweetology, and white supremacy. There, Trump was God, and Jeff Sharlet joined the faithful.
The Gentleman Vanishes
In November 1974, Richard John Bingham, the dashing 7th Earl of Lucan, disappeared after accidentally murdering his children's nanny—instead of his wife. Despite Scotland Yard's worldwide manhunt, Lucan has never been found, dead or alive. If Lucan's circle of intimate friends had any knowledge of him, they would doubtless take it to their graves.
Edie in Andyland
Beautiful, rich, and deeply damaged, Edie Sedgwick was the avatar of Andy Warhol's desires. In 1965, as Pop art's prince moved from painting into film, he made Sedgwick his superstar—his Marilyn—until the relationship imploded.
The Private Princess
With her dazzling blond head set firmly on her elegant shoulders, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy confronted a ravenous spotlight—and the inevitable comparisons to Jackie—from the moment she stepped out of that tiny Cumberland Island chapel at John Kennedy's side.
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