Correction for Courtney. Claus's first mistress was no way a soap opera actress, even though Wikipedia says so. His first mistress was Alexandra Moltke Isles (also of Danish ancestry), who portrayed governess and heroine Victoria Winters in the ABC daytime Gothic serial hit "Dark Shadows" 1966-1968. I watched that show after school every day. I was surprised and stunned as hell when I watched the von Bulow trial on CNN in 1985 and saw Alexandra who I remember so well as Victoria Winters on the witness stand. In "Dark Shadows" her character Victoria Winters was on trial accused of being a witch. And here I was seeing her decades later, the former mistress of an alleged murderer, Von Bulow, being interrogated by lawyers in a real trial. What a mess Alexandra was in, as her TV character Victoria Winters had been 20 years earlier. The irony of life.
@@themarkthompsonshowOxford Dictionary defines soap opera as a television series dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters. Dark Shadows never fit that mold. TV historians consider it a Gothic serial, not a soap. It had no hospitals or ERs. Vampires, witches, time travel, werewolf, parallel times, occult, etc. were Dark Shadow's plots and certainly not daily, ordinary events as featured in soaps like All My Children, General Hospital, etc. Soaps have no witches, vampires, paranormal stories or monsters.
What do you do if you are married to someone who becomes severely mentally ill? Pour on a lot of money as a motive, and you have a nightmare situation instead of a marriage.
Another great True Crime Corner Courtney! You excel in doing your homework for the show.
Thank you, I appreciate your support and this note!
Thank you Courtney, will have to see Reversal of Fortune...
Yes! Let me know what you think.
OMG I watched it, can't comprehend it still will have to watch again. (guilty probably)
Oh I’m glad you watched the movie. It has a different context 40 years later with Alan Dershowitz.
Correction for Courtney. Claus's first mistress was no way a soap opera actress, even though Wikipedia says so. His first mistress was Alexandra Moltke Isles (also of Danish ancestry), who portrayed governess and heroine Victoria Winters in the ABC daytime Gothic serial hit "Dark Shadows" 1966-1968. I watched that show after school every day. I was surprised and stunned as hell when I watched the von Bulow trial on CNN in 1985 and saw Alexandra who I remember so well as Victoria Winters on the witness stand. In "Dark Shadows" her character Victoria Winters was on trial accused of being a witch. And here I was seeing her decades later, the former mistress of an alleged murderer, Von Bulow, being interrogated by lawyers in a real trial. What a mess Alexandra was in, as her TV character Victoria Winters had been 20 years earlier. The irony of life.
To be fair, Dark Shadows was considered a soap. I loved Dark Shadows too! Great knowledge on your part… thanks ! -Mark
@@themarkthompsonshowOxford Dictionary defines soap opera as a television series dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters. Dark Shadows never fit that mold. TV historians consider it a Gothic serial, not a soap. It had no hospitals or ERs. Vampires, witches, time travel, werewolf, parallel times, occult, etc. were Dark Shadow's plots and certainly not daily, ordinary events as featured in soaps like All My Children, General Hospital, etc. Soaps have no witches, vampires, paranormal stories or monsters.
What do you do if you are married to someone who becomes severely mentally ill? Pour on a lot of money as a motive, and you have a nightmare situation instead of a marriage.