From Rags to Richest Man in Los Angeles: The Scandalous Life and Mansion of Edward Doheny

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024

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  • @wmtrader
    @wmtrader 22 дня назад +26

    Waking up with only a couple dollars in my bank account, done that.
    Gone to sleep as one of the richest people in the country, still waiting on that.

  • @LaurenceDay-d2p
    @LaurenceDay-d2p 22 дня назад +17

    So glad this grand house has been preserved instead of turned into parking lot, like so many other grand mansions in SoCal.

  • @vickiephilpitt7697
    @vickiephilpitt7697 22 дня назад +34

    I liked everything about this house. I am surprised that they used curtains instead of pocket or french doors to separate rooms. Strange. It's amazing that the house still stands. Wonder what it looks like now.

    • @Higherseeker
      @Higherseeker 14 дней назад

      That was my question. Is the house still standing.

    • @joycedudzinski9415
      @joycedudzinski9415 13 дней назад

      @higherseeker Watch video instead of only listening and you might discover something. 🤔

  • @dmd5645
    @dmd5645 22 дня назад +12

    Wow, What a TEASER!!. I almost expected you to go into what it looks like today!!. I felt like it was a cliffhanger from a TV series and I could feel a scream of NOOOOOO!!!. SHOW ME what it looks like NOW!!!. 😂😂🤣😂
    DEFINITELY the Pompeiian room.. and, the fact that there were ornate oil paintings EVERYWHERE!!. WOW!!. COOL!.

  • @Kristenhas3cats
    @Kristenhas3cats 22 дня назад +22

    Well now I gotta know about these bodies at his son's house

  • @ibuguru
    @ibuguru 22 дня назад +6

    I loved the breakfast room. Such small, intimate rooms for family breakfasts were usually bright, cheerful, with good views of the grounds. Many families also used them for afternoon tea with a family member when not entertaining, or even a casual supper. Once the staff served the tea tray, they disappeared for very private family - or "madame's" - personal time. Very cozy in a grand home. Dining rooms were very formal, usually only for entertaining, which of course was frequent and lavish. And libraries are always my favorite rooms in any house. Nice that he had a second library, a rare book room for his treasures. Crazily eclectic exterior design, but interiors were surprisingly lovely.

  • @David-tm8sl
    @David-tm8sl 22 дня назад +9

    A beautiful and expansive home and the landscaping looked incredible ❤

  • @Laura-i2r9r
    @Laura-i2r9r 22 дня назад +3

    Beautiful Mansion both inside and out !! Love the wandering Vines up the walls of the exterior of the house . The grounds and drive up the roadway to the Main House are really beautiful . A nice little walk Inwould enjoy at my age . Love a property wth lovely trees and gardens all around ❤😊🌸🌺

  • @StamperWendy
    @StamperWendy 22 дня назад +4

    5:55 Oh, I want to hear that story! Thanks, Ken!

  • @mikess56
    @mikess56 17 дней назад +3

    Inspiration for the character in there will be blood

  • @anteeker
    @anteeker 22 дня назад +4

    I love all the libraries. They all look so cozy. It looked like there might have been a Fredrick Remington painting in the main library. What is the house now, a private home or a public place?

    • @kenhamasaka2524
      @kenhamasaka2524 20 дней назад +3

      That house and surrounding properties was turned into Mount Saint Mary's University, a private university dedicated to under-privileged women (I believe it is co-ed now). USC's main library has the Doheny name, dedicated to one of his sons who died in WWI, while in the US Army. I'm sure there is more of the Doheny generosity that I'm not aware of.

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 14 дней назад

      @@kenhamasaka2524 Fatty Arbuckle's mansion is also encompassed by the Mount Saint Mary's campus. It is now a dorm for students at Mount Saint Mary's. Jordan the Lion does a vlog about Arbuckle's manse, with film of what it looks like inside now, along with still shots of the mansion in the teens/twenties.

    • @kenhamasaka2524
      @kenhamasaka2524 14 дней назад

      @@lemorab1 Thanks for the information. I had heard that Fatty Arbuckle had a house in the Silverlake area.

  • @estiefranks6468
    @estiefranks6468 22 дня назад +2

    I loved the Pompeo room with the skylights

  • @rugerroo3464
    @rugerroo3464 22 дня назад +4

    Awaiting the reveal of the two dead body scandal.

    • @LaurenceDay-d2p
      @LaurenceDay-d2p 22 дня назад +2

      The story of Edward Doheny scandal is on the internet. Just research.

  • @cw5451
    @cw5451 15 дней назад

    Spectacular and glorious home! Thank you for all of the wonderful pictures and for the work you put into this video.

  • @jimwiskus8862
    @jimwiskus8862 22 дня назад +1

    I am amazed but thrilled that it still remains a silent witness to all of ups and downs of Mr D. I am quite intrigued about the bodies in his son’s mansion. I’ll tune in Ken! By the way, your narration is spot on.❤😊

  • @josephsf2452
    @josephsf2452 22 дня назад +3

    surprised in the dining room, how small it was,

  • @ReallyStrongGuy
    @ReallyStrongGuy 22 дня назад +2

    Hmmm... So this is what is meant by "New money". Beautiful home. 😊

    • @markserpa4511
      @markserpa4511 17 дней назад

      Founded
      Secrets kept
      Established
      Takeover

  • @andreaberryhill6654
    @andreaberryhill6654 22 дня назад +1

    If the house was destroyed, I hope the books were saved!

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 22 дня назад +1

    I love the rags to riches stories of the U.S. Good report, Ken. Oops, Doheny made bad decisions. Love the old home (especially openness of this one)and neighborhood photos of that era. I imagine it is nothing like that now.

  • @treasuremuch9185
    @treasuremuch9185 22 дня назад +3

    Really beautifully decorated rooms.

  • @shoppingonchampagne
    @shoppingonchampagne 21 день назад

    Great video!

  • @janet8982
    @janet8982 20 дней назад

    Very opulent home. The plaster was incredible with the design continuing from the walls to the ceiling. And two libraries. I found the home to be comfortable. I really liked the kitchen! And the landscaped grounds were beautiful. I’m with the person who commented the desire to walk up the driveway. I hope the home still exists and is preserved. I also felt the clip went too quickly through the rooms. I wanted to stay awhile longer and soak all the details in 😊😊

  • @seattlebeard
    @seattlebeard 22 дня назад

    Thanks for showing the kitchen. I've always found them interesting, because the family presumably never used it. :o)

  • @jerrytwolanes4659
    @jerrytwolanes4659 20 дней назад

    Another terrific video!

  • @gridplan
    @gridplan 22 дня назад +2

    I gather from what you're saying that it was his son's house, the one in Beverly Hills, that appeared in the movie "There Will Be Blood." I know that one of the Dohenys owned the mansion that appeared in the movie.

  • @larrystevens5786
    @larrystevens5786 21 день назад

    All the rooms that contain shelves of books is my favorite. 👍

  • @laureeklein9350
    @laureeklein9350 15 дней назад

    Breathtaking!!❤

  • @BusyBob6971
    @BusyBob6971 22 дня назад +1

    Lovely house. you didn’t say that dirty word “demolished” so it’s still standing?

  • @kathleenadams3770
    @kathleenadams3770 22 дня назад

    Oh wowwww the music room is my favorite

  • @amada2941
    @amada2941 22 дня назад +2

    Beautiful 🥰

  • @m.s.3798
    @m.s.3798 15 дней назад

    You can Chester Place, it is now known as Mt. Saint Mary College.

  • @georgiasmalley8984
    @georgiasmalley8984 17 дней назад

    Good job 👍

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver 22 дня назад

    Plaster walls! They sure don't build em like that anymore.

  • @rbsmith3365
    @rbsmith3365 22 дня назад +1

    I’m wondering who’s the new owner? Lot of French furniture found in LA area? But best interiors are harder to find today.

  • @jonclassical2024
    @jonclassical2024 14 дней назад

    Ken...I wake up EVERY morning with just a few dollars in my account...such is the life of a Retired Hotel Executive!!!!

  • @joecummings1260
    @joecummings1260 14 дней назад

    If I had that kind of money I'd have a wall, with electrified concertina wire on the top. And I'd have a bunch of bobcats roaming the grounds.

  • @clydepink
    @clydepink 19 дней назад

    Back in the 80's, I was part of a murder mystery held at Greystone manor and then a music video.

  • @oksanaiavorovska7768
    @oksanaiavorovska7768 15 дней назад

    What a wonderful house-castel ❤❤❤

  • @bigredc222
    @bigredc222 22 дня назад +1

    You said he went to bed a rich man and woke up with just the money in his pocket, but never said how he lost the money.

    • @mumbles215
      @mumbles215 20 дней назад +2

      I just read his bio. Dude died rich. Wife got house and lived till her death in the 50s.

    • @bigredc222
      @bigredc222 20 дней назад +3

      @@mumbles215 Thanks for the info.

  • @RADIUMGLASS
    @RADIUMGLASS 19 дней назад

    As seen in the Columbo Episode "The Conspirators" 1978

  • @laurielaurie8280
    @laurielaurie8280 22 дня назад

    Very beautiful!

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 22 дня назад +1

    SWEET

  • @jbrown7403
    @jbrown7403 10 дней назад

    Is Doheny Beach in Dana Point named after him?

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 22 дня назад

    Great home, a bit on the big side for me, but it still seems cozy. Just needs a inground backyard pool.....

  • @Mrs-u8r
    @Mrs-u8r 21 день назад

    I had seen another documentary about the Gilded Age homes and for some reason using curtains to divide rooms was like the fashion back then I know it is a little strange, but some of the homes did separate the homes like that I just using heavy laden curtains

  • @stevekim3217
    @stevekim3217 22 дня назад

    Life is short even for the rich. I’m sure they never thought it would end but it does for all of us.

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 22 дня назад

    This is more to my liking than the ultra-florid edifices of New York. It's amazing that it still exists.

  • @LJB103
    @LJB103 22 дня назад

    Teapot Dome: where no one was convicted of giving bribes; but the Secy of the Interior was convicted of accepting them. Excellent video, but to be honest I've never liked the looks of the exterior of this house and the interior doesn't thrill me either.

  • @darcicali7693
    @darcicali7693 17 дней назад

    🩷🩷🩷 stunning

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 21 день назад

    What we do with our money, largely = the picture of our Ego. How much clutter is necessary to achieve security?
    Victorian is the height of layers of stuff.

  • @asylumlover
    @asylumlover 22 дня назад

    ONCE AGAIN, KEN, ANOTHER DEMOLITION FREE ZONE FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKFULLY IT'S STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT CONDITION IS THE INTERIOR IN??????????? IN ANY CASE, LONG LIVE THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @hwnboi11
    @hwnboi11 22 дня назад

    Chester place, it's the same area/street the real adams family house was located but is now gone....

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 16 дней назад +1

    Like my place but smaller.

  • @NewRon2003us
    @NewRon2003us 22 дня назад

    Rooms were grand yet not enough to motivate,; needed more views

  • @estebanfrisch2536
    @estebanfrisch2536 22 дня назад

    That place might do in a scrape.

  • @janeflip1
    @janeflip1 22 дня назад +2

    Reminds me of the Beverly Hillbillies

  • @davidkalbacker6033
    @davidkalbacker6033 22 дня назад +2

    Yes, please slow your speech just a little bit.

    • @user-ov4mk9ox8y
      @user-ov4mk9ox8y 22 дня назад +1

      I think the narrator is a smoker: talks in gasps.

  • @heatherscott-fleming4888
    @heatherscott-fleming4888 22 дня назад

    She's a stunner! 😍

  • @jamessullivan9992
    @jamessullivan9992 10 дней назад

    who owns it today?

  • @JonnyFunFun1
    @JonnyFunFun1 14 дней назад

    It’s pronounced Dah ony

  • @RobertHunt-vd8vy
    @RobertHunt-vd8vy 22 дня назад

    Hobson. Gold Oil Casino Reno.....Oil Obama & worse.....😊

  • @donaldharlan3981
    @donaldharlan3981 12 дней назад

    So fake. None of those people you mention are real. None of those people own any of that and nothing like that ever happen.

  • @rsoubiea
    @rsoubiea 22 дня назад +1

    The house was wonderful, the narration however, wasnt enjoyable to listen to. Too breathy, went too quickly.

  • @PiggyFuktoy
    @PiggyFuktoy 17 дней назад +1

    FABULOUS