Why She Lived in a Rotting Hotel Room for 24 Years | Ida Wood
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Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of Ida Wood, a rich and famed New York Socialite who decided to lock herself away in a New York hotel for 24 or so years.
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I did know your mom is from Mexico 🇲🇽 cool my mom also from Mexico 🇲🇽 ❤
Good mix!
Can you do prince alemayehu the prince queen Victoria stole and educated in london?
Wow how cool are you, there's some amazing blood in your veins young man who never seems to age 😃✌️🦘🇦🇺🐨🕊. Out of all the channels on RUclips, this is the only subject matter I personally sought out and subscribed to. Yours was the only channel that was exactly what I was looking for, no longer forgotten thanks to you. Thank you for your wonderful work. 🙂🙏🏆🎊.
I will do it! Muchas gracias señorito
The sisters remind me of the Collyer brothers, who were also well-off, but chose to live in isolation for decades, because of their obsessive hoarding. Thanks for sharing your ancestry. Most of us are global citizens, even if we don't know it yet.
@Mary Roberts= BOT ACCOUNT
Crazy people
We are all aware our ancestors come from different countries. No one is a global citizen, it’s ridiculous terminology to erase the sovereignty of countries.
I'm a United States citizen, thank you.
Yes! It reminded me of the collyer bros as well. Too bad they all couldn’t have been introduced 🙃
I deeply appreciate your sensitive mention of the plight of the Irish in the 1800's. This piece of important history is often overlooked in the United States, despite the emphasis here on racial and other social rights equality. I am of Irish ancestry myself. Also, what a perfect sponsor for your channel! What a fascinating combination of countries for your own ancestry-I'm sure it will be very entertaining to delve deeper for you.
The stories you choose to share here are always riveting & you tell them with such grace & composure. Wonderful as always!
Thanks for your kind words and support, appreciate it !!
We also had No blacks no Jews no dogs no Irish was a normal sign in London boarding houses note that we Irish came after the no dogs 🙈
@@hablin1 those signs were common in the U.S. also during the same era :(
I love your display name, very creative!
It seems when a person is rich and doesn't leave a will so called " relatives " come crawling out of the wood work like greedy insects
My brother had a DNA test done and it answered a lot of questions I found odd about myself. Certain things appealed to me for reasons I did not understand. It makes sense now that I know what's in my DNA. Although we don't look it, we are Norwegian, Irish, English and a bit of East African. A great great grandfather turned out to be an 1800's British Prime Minister!
That's very cool !
Which pm?!
Yes I'm adopted and epigenetics plays an extremely large role in everyone's life but people never pay attention to it. It really does affect us
@@captainfoxheart Never knew the word for it...Thanks. This is a very deep rabbit hole.
@@missclaw6598 Sorry, no family member from England have contacted us so until then, we would just wait and prefer they don't see it in a video comment off the internet. Wayward sons did not write home to tell the folks they had children with the natives. For now it is just a motivation for others to do/not do a DNA test. It can be a double edge sword because a lot of cold cases are being solved because of DNA testing.
You are both hard-working and handsome. Thank you for sharing your ethnicity results with your audience!
My pleasure, thanks for watching 😁
Great vid forgotten lives. Keep up the fantastic work. Trust me, this whole community appreciates it 👍 🙏
Will do, thanks for the great support!!
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I did My Heritage, I originated from an orphanage in London...but found the truth...Family in the States..originating from Ireland and Then the Austro-Hungarian Empire....we get on so well.Sadly my father and brother have past...Also family in Essex😊Great channel...
Very good video.
I was thinking that she may have been blackmailed by someone who knew her true identity or at least that she wasn’t from a rich family in Louisiana. That would have caused a scandal that she and her sisters weren’t willing to face.
Could that be the reason why she withdrew such a large sum of money and went into hiding, or possibly that the hiding in itself was a term from the blackmailer? I’m thinking that it may have been someone from the Louisiana family who after the war was destitute and saw the opportunity to compensate for Ida pretending to be from his or hers family.
Just a thought.
I enjoyed this story about wealthy socialite, Ida Wood, it was very intriguing. I'm curious as to what happened to her daughter who turned out to be a sister's daughter? Did she inherit from Ida Wood's estate? And, that was very interesting about your family history via DNA. Great investigating, and presentation, as well.
Glad you enjoyed!! And the daughter was actually a younger sister! She died before Ida. Glad you enjoyed the video and the My Heritage stuff 😀
I love these videos!!
🧐 Why Nicholas has such a variety of nationalities:
a) His great great great great grandad was a very handsome Pirate who had beautiful women waiting for him at various exotic islands and established ports around the world 😎
b) He comes from a line of international playboys that settled in various countries to lay down their roots 😉
c) His ancestors were musicians, either on upscale cruise ships or the traveling circus!
d) His ancestor was a beautiful Princess that owned magical things and exceptional at math and war tactics, making her quite a catch, but she was kidnapped from her home by invading forces then coerced to marry the invading country’s crown Prince and birth his heirs. When that ruling country was overthrown she once again was kidnapped and made to marry that invading country’s Prince and birth his heirs. And once again it happened, the magical Princess was taken, but she escaped with all her beautiful kiddies to Europe somewhere, or Mexico legend says..thus solving the mystery of Nicholas crazy background!
I loved how diverse your heritage results were; it's like you have parts of almost the whole world inside you. 😊 Great research on a fascinating story!
Thanks very much:)
My mother is from Mexico too 🥳🇲🇽. Consider doing a video on the San Patricios in Mexico. Very interesting history on Irish soldiers deserting the US army during the Mexican American war and fighting for Mexico.
How interesting is this: how rare it is to hear of such incredibly interesting information which deserves to be heard in memory of these great Irishmen
Haunting story. Well presented! Thank you for sharing your heritage results.
Thank you!!
I need a deeper dive into Ida’s story. 👀 so many questions.
You might be interested in the 1964 book "The Recluse of Herald Square -- the Mystery of Ida Wood" by Joseph A. Cox. Very good reading and much more information.
thanks for your work every week!! 🎉🎉
Thanks Andy 😊
The story was great , as usual. Your stories are always very interesting and very well researched. Also , thanks for sharing your DNA results. You are truly a man of the world 🌎 ❤ . I had mine done and I am only from 3 countries . My ancestors didn't get around much.😅
An amazing story, and your heritage was interesting, as well.
Thanks!
I wish you would have conducted a poll of your possible ethnicity. I always assumed you were Persian. They are a beautiful, gracious people!
Well, this whole time I thought you were French lol!!
I love your videos and how respectfully you tell these people's stories. Thank you!!
That was so neat they were able to find her next of kin out of that large number of people without DNA! Pretty cool
You are a great storyteller!!!
This was so well done! Thank you…these stories deserve to be told. ❤️
I am glad to see you at your channel I very sick I am so intrigued about the history you teach about the past. It makes my day better.😊
Obsolete Oddity also did a deep dive on Ida that touches on a few other facts not listed here., and you have some info that he omitted.
So between the two of you, you get a pretty complete picture of her life.
She was a pretty sharp cookie.
Not surprised at all that she decided to hide away, at some point everything catches up to you. I definitely went through a period similar to this. Coming out now but mine lasted 5 years..
Your channel is fascinating and whenever I come across it whilst searching for something completely different ... I end up watching 2 or 3 of your videos. I so appreciate your inclusion of the vintage photos and illustrations of the past. My mother passed away at 101 years old and had kept such a good family record that I've a pretty good idea of where we came from (even though she would tell me that I came from the moon!). I still may go for the DNA kit ...
I love your voice man. Perfect for your craft.
Awesome video and interesting info regarding your ethnicity. Thanks for what you do.
Thanks very much, appreciate it!
Fascinating story and fascinating report on Your ancestry !:-) 🙏
There is a large diaspora of Lebanese to Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, I wonder if this is the source of your Middle Eastern heritage.
It could be!
His mom is Mexican, she has Spanish DNA. Spain was Muslim during 700 years, many Spaniards have Arabic and Jewish DNA.
Enjoyed this very much. Ida seemed to be very smart in some of her earlier life decisions. Your heritage was very interesting also. Thanks for sharing.
I wish all ad placements were as entertaining as yours was! Thanks for all the work you put into your content!take care and be well.
That's why you are so beautiful in your genes.
Ida did not learn from her own experiences of Irish discrimination.
Paradox
Marrying a person who wanted slavery to continue.
Understanding the hardship of her own without compassion?
I hope she was kinder .
The Mores moved through Mexico. Thats why you're part Middle Eastern. I straight up thought you were Middle Eastern. Anyways, great stories as always. Cheers
Wow what an interesting mix your dna was 😊 makes mine a bit boring 😂😂 I can recommend myheritage as a genealogical resource. I use their program to record my family trees.
Great story. I think people just get tired of others BS if ya know what I mean? Sad she wouldn't let someone in to clean.
I knew you'd have a lot of the Irish in you☘️🤣👍
Thank you FLives for this amazing video and your great Sponsor! I want also to congratulate on the channel growth! It shows what you're doing is working and it is awesome!
I want you to know that, i won't be able to listen to you next week. Going for two surgeries. Will be back in June. I'll listen and relisten the videos i'll miss when i'm back. Continue doing your great job. Love your channel. Thank you. Take care
Thanks again!! Good luck im sure everything will go well :) really appreciate the ongoing support ❤️
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Thank you for your kind words. And you are very welcome! See you next month
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I really loved the myheritage kit I used! I had a wide range of results like you It's interesting to hear you have Mexican heritage - I would not have guessed! Cheers for another great video!
Glad you also enjoyed your kit! Thanks for watching :)
I should clarify I was surprised because of geography and distance of the countries rather than looks!
I’m surprised that you have Irish Welsh heritage
Love falling asleep to your channel, and I always wondered where your accent was from. Can you tell us?
Thanks for sharing your heritage, Nicholas! So very interesting.
I enjoy your stories. Thank you 💕😊
My pleasure!
Ida Wood is fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing your heritage too. Very exotic outcome
I absolutely love your videos. Thank you for sharing this interesting variety of history with us, you are awesome!
Great video and such interesting Heritage results, a bit of Finnish and Italian was interesting, and did they divide Britian into England, Scotland and Wales
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Thank you for yet another interesting story.
Your channel is one of my favorites on RUclips! I feel so curious about these "forgotten lives." So fascinating! Thank you for your hardwork :)
Thank you for sharing the fascinating story of Ida Wood. Back in the 1980's I was given a book written by Joseph A. Cox, acting as the Public Administrator of New York County in Ida's case, called "The Recluse of Herald Square" by a co-worker. I kept the book hoping to get round to reading it one day. I am only now finally reading it and am currently half way through. It's an incredibly intriguing story. I wish it hadn't taken me nearly forty years to read it! Thank you Jennifer!
What happened to all of Ida's beautiful dresses? Were they placed in storage? Were they sold? Did they rot?
I don't know why living as a recluse is considered "crazy" or "madness" I think more people would do it if they could afford too. The financial crisis probably changed people somewhat too and so the sisters thought well this is no fun to be around anymore we're not suicidal or too poor though so let's just go waste our years away from others. Wealth is a luxury for some they don't have to do what they don't want to do anymore some can afford a car so they don't have to use public transit some can afford a hotel room and to be left alone completely just opening the door for room service and laundry occasionally. I have watched dozens of videos now of people saving to live off grid in tiny homes just so they can retire away from society too. They will probably still need to go out for supplies every few weeks though the sisters did not they just had a bunch of cash and could send a maid to get them clothes or food or anything and then tip them well not to pester them. As wealthy women they would probably be targetted maybe assaulted by the poor too fear of robbery or violence kept them isolated too.
This video is one of your best! And, yes, I did learn something new. Cheers!😊
This was some amazing research on this one. Very great story!
Thanks for bringing to us all of these great cases
Great storytelling!
Very good. Thank you.
Lovely video, as always..
Fantastic video as always ❤
What a fascinating story! Thank you for sharing it!
Thanks for sharing 😊
I'm surprised only one photo of her
I don't know if it was used in prepration for this excellent video, but there's a very interesting book about Ida Wood called "The Recluse of Herald Square -- The Mystery of Ida Wood" by Joseph A. Cox and published in 1964. Recommended reading! --- Also, is the hotel still standing? It would be fun to visit the rooms where the ladies lived for so long and, according to the book, never got direct sunlight.
Love' that you shared your results I to was shock how mix I was. Thanks for your video.
I find these types of videos on RUclips quite fascinating. So much history rich with all of the quirky behaviors that some people used to make it in a hash world. I really love learning about many of society's famous people. I also love watching RUclips channels that tell me how all the royal kings and queens of the past lived their lives such as Queen Victoria and her husband Albert and all the other royal kings and queens of the past. Those types of history shows bring to life the day and time when it happened. These stories all teach me so much more than just reading about history in a textbook. Thank you for giving me the story of Ida Weed
Glad you enjoy the videos :)
Beautiful story. Herald Square has its his story. Wonder more about these so much old money in states. Nyc is mystic for suree.
Good evening 🌆✨
your heritage. well, we always will be surprise because some family members don't talk about all families and sometimes, none at all. but bear in mind, that people travelled and migrated at lot back then and still do over the centuries not to mention, having a family with different nations, weather they hook up while passing through or in marriage ect. goes to show that we are all one big family
I love your vids! SO interesting and intriguing ! It’s obvious you put a lot of care and time into your content. Bravo!
Fascinating! What an interesting story, and strange. I have never heard of this particular millionaire recluse before, but I hope she was happy. Sounds pretty sad to me, I must admit, but it beats dying destitute. I wish I was more surprised by the 1100 vultures who tried to swoop down on Ida's money- glad it went where it should've. Thanks for posting this story!
Well thanks! I ordered a DNA kit! Good deal! $50. CAD.
Very well crafted story, with excellent context given. As for DNA, I was certain you were French or Spanish and English! Fascinating.
Why have I literally assumed he was middle eastern this whole time? I was shook when he read his results. Crazy…
Wonder if they ordered meals delivered if there was such a thing or groceries. Definitely an eccentric "Howard Hughes" type woman and family.
I really like Your Chanel very interesting. And you are A Handsome young man, keep yr storys coming & Thank you
That's correct they considered the Irish. My ancestors. As the same as black people. Yet another reason why. I have no White guilt. And nobody should
Thank you much
Thanks for watching 😁
It was me. I am the recluse living in a hotel room, lol
Her life seems so sad in spite of great wealth. Poor girl!
She probably just wanted to keep her cash safe from criminals.
Very interesting learning about your heritage, especially hearing that your mother is Mexican, can you speak Spanish?
There is a lot of association between the Middle East and North Africa, and Spain, so that's not really that surprising. Interesting, but not surprising. (My mom's family has a whopping dose of Scandinavian despite having no documented Scandinavian ancestors, probably because a lot of Vikings ended up in Scotland, where we do have documented ancestry.)
You certainly have quite a mix in your background! I turned out to be 100 percent Northern European. Irish, Scottish, English, French, German and Swiss. Both parents were born in Arkansas and apparently both had deep roots in Europe . 23and me also gives Neanderthal in a backward way saying I have more Neanderthal than 28 per cent of the population. The report changes periodically as more people sign on, so I can't wait to see what comes up. BTW, 24 years is not so long when you live to be 94. They should have helped her clean out a,little and left her there. I think the shock of being forcibly move did a number on her weakening her immune system.
I know what I'm looking for in a DNA test but I haven't found it, I might try this one, has your talented family also did this test? I would like to submit my DNA test to the Codis to help fight crime, I'm aware of the people that could do wrong even in families. I'm not ashamed of the past criminal activity of past it's them not me, I have a cousin who was released from a prison for the fact they were apart of something horrible, but it is what it is, this is all I'm giving here.
I had a great experience with this test kit! I would recommend it! And my family hasn't done it yet but they want to!
@@ForgottenLives Well if I get my change up I will, and thanks for the pin.
If the were "a part" of something, they are guilty. If they are "apart" from it, then they had nothing to do with it.
Thanks again.
Congratulations on being part Italian! I'm a little less than 1/2 Italian. The surprise in my ancestry in the mostly English side was that I can't imagine where the tiny bit of Norwegian, and of Icelandic, came from.
Vikings😊
Now that you've learned of your heritage, you're going to have to learn A LOT of new languages to cover the forgotten lives of people from all those places!
Both Ida's story and yours were fascinating. The strangest thing about your genetic history is that you don't appear to be related to Kubla Khan - which puts you at odds with the majority of the world! 😀
Thanks very much, glad you found it interesting!!
How very, very sad. 😢❤💔
If your mom is from Mexico you shouldn't be surprised by the variety in your genetic makeup an incredible percentage of latin america is mixed raced to a degree that would astonished most americans. I'm from Perú (my country and Mexico are very similar in a lot of ways) and here over 70% of the population is mixed raced. From example I'm of Spanish, Italian, French, Middle Eastern, African, and Native Peruvian descend. In a lot of latin americans the middle eastern blood comes from the moorish occupation of Spain; and the spanish were a lot less reluctant to mix with the "natives", so those two are to be expected.
She FELT safe. I too Am a recluse and I deal with it.
Mexicans are Native Americans mixed with Spanish,,,,,some Spanish there are not mixed but thats rare. …so that should not surprise….
Why would a hotel allow the room to rot...very odd.
Lovely reading style
Your a man of the world
Haha, as a Finnish person I welcome you anytime, I will damn sure make that test one day, I know I have genes from Germany, but that's all, I find those tests so damn interesting. Now back to the vid
How very sad!!☮️❣️
Can't believe I have the same birthday as her ❤❤❤
Nice looking hotel
Disliking a group of people is not a phobia. The civil war was not sparked by the South wanting to keep slavery.
Then why was it then seems to me white plantation owners wanted to keep African-Americans and slavery to make them richer and take care of their land and everything
So cool!
I can definitely see Italian in you.
DNA kit: We all are from africa 🙃 But very cool that you are part native american. I didn´t know the usa was so anti irish ...
The USA is anti everyone else...and it were those everyone else that built the countrie they live in
We aren’t really anymore but it was a huge issue when Irish first immigrated here, Most white people in USA have Irish blood
@@ix6553 i spoke about the past 😅 you also have a similar high number of germans ... me as a german finds it interesting!
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Funny I was looking for that comment...
Everyone is Irish especially on st Patrick's day