690. A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2)
The episode recounts the tragic and scandalous 1889 murder-suicide of Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf and his teenage lover, Baroness Mary Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge, a pivotal event that shook the Habsburg dynasty and foreshadowed the empire’s decline. The story is framed as a
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