Barbara Hutton: A Tragic Heiress Worth $387 Million

In 1924, 12-year-old Barbara Hutton inherited a $28 million trust fund from her grandfather, retail magnate Frank Woolworth-about $387 million in today's money.
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[@codyshi4743]

Regardless if you’re rich or poor, what matter the most is having love from nice people.

[@carieyoung1111]

She died broke, anorexic, addicted and divorced 7 times! So tragic :-( such a sad life. Money can never buy happiness or contentment

[@FaithandNova]

Money wasn't the problem she just mentally never overcame her hurt and pain. Some ppl let their trauma trap them

[@LuzMaria95]

Faith Kings yeah I agree.

[@jane1929]

Money can buy happiness but not contentment.

[@nvm5486]

Poor people tend to have more goals and more motivated than people already born rich i mean kinda boring cause they got everything in a snap

[@jjgogojag6371]

The poor thing, the men only wanted the cash........Not when there are way to many psychopaths and sociopaths in the US, an epidemic in of itself. Drug dealer target wealthy individuals wealthy children etc..... Scavengers. Look at our administration. Is there even one that is philanthropic. NO. Historically if you had money you had a cause and they supported it thoroughly. The question was her mother murdered, suicides can be murders.... PTSD, for sure.

[@windstorm1000]

a lot of good in Barbara--she wore dresses just once and then gave them away to maids, help---she was very generous but unhappy with all that money--it became a cage for her...

[@bleepbloop9914]

She sure didn't give any amount of that cage away to anyone, when the whole world was suffering under the Depression

[@LuzMaria95]

bleep bloop facts.

[@flufflepuffle]

@@bleepbloop9914 This money was earned by her family, and they have every right to it. If I needed to buy food, I wouldn't go knocking on the doors of large houses asking for it. Just because she didn't resolve the country's problems, doesn't mean that she wasn't nice.

[@PtolemyXVII]

Margarita Kulyapina that's a position of entitlement that has devastating consequences. A society without noblesse oblige becomes a dog eat dog world. The woolworths of today are worth nothing. Money comes and money goes. What matters more is what you did not how much money you inherited

[@musix2009]

bleep bloop here y’all go blaming rich for things stop it....there were many rich people during that age..

[@alil8270]

There are so many children out there even today, in the same situation of having all the riches and no love or real company :(

[@anthonydsouza2005]

If those children need love start donating money to charity to save people's life.

[@itsbliss877]

@@anthonydsouza2005 that makes no since just because they're donating their money doesn't mean people will love them

[@anthonydsouza2005]

@@itsbliss877donating money doesn't mean people will love you,it means you are getting rid of insecurity and loneliness, and surrender you're self to Jesus Christ.

[@maricela7307]

I’ll take that life over love and company sorry not sorry

[@angiealigo4012]

@@anthonydsouza2005 yes,surrender ur life to Jesus will give u peace,love,comfort that no human nor wealth can give,only Jesus can fill every emptiness.

[@phatasticmeemo]

Yeah, no amount of money in the world can fix me after watching my mother commit suicide. None, I'd rather have her with me forever.

[@hoe1601]

R RQ mental illness

[@lennyd.9270]

So sorry 😢🙏

[@Thatgirlcodes]

Wish I could feel that way about my mom

[@lilyvalley5389]

Sorry to hear.

[@FaithandNova]

@@hoe1601 nope not mental illness not everyone had a good mother. Some of us was given the spawn of satan as a mother

[@InsaneNuYawka]

“She has everything except love” stopped me in my tracks and made me cry

[@arturoglez4529]

She lived in Mexico and had a beautiful house in Cuernavaca that is now a hotel. The stones and architecture are a mixture of Japanese and Thai culture. It was used as the set of a famous Mexican telenovela called "El Pecado de Oyuki" (Oyuki's Sin). She was very well liked in Mexico.

[@alexandermorrison2218]

👏

[@lauraarechiga7367]

Sumiya beautiful place🥰💗

[@mcaskey358]

Mental health is priceless. It's sad that in her time there really wasn't a great deal of help for people. Perhaps if she'd had some therapy she could have found love, happiness, and contentment. Perhaps if her mother'd had access to mental healthcare she may not have killed herself and heaped that trauma onto her daughter. Maybe if her father'd had family counseling he wouldn't have been such a cold and neglectful father. Now days we have the help, we just can't afford it. So I guess, in a sense, money CAN buy you happiness, in the form of mental healthcare. Just think how much better off our society would be if we all had equal access to healthcare.

[@5abiChikka]

Money buys almost anything but it can’t buy true love & happiness. Some people are so poor all they have is money.

[@bellaella4155]

Absolutely!

[@jflan92]

Barbara's father, a wealthy stockbroker, helped to almost triple her $28m fortune by making excellent investments before pulling her money out of the stock markets just in time before the Big Crash of 1929.

[@johninmorocco4343]

jflan92 He doubled, not tripled her inheritance.

[@jackieclan815]

@@johninmorocco4343 Still a big feat nonetheless

[@maggiemae7749]

Inside information

[@jackieclan815]

@Jeremy Kirkpatrick I changed it lol

[@barbarak2836]

@Jeremy Kirkpatrick "Feat" is correct.

[@scottibrown3274]

When I read the stories about these American heiresses, I can’t help but feel sorry for them. They have the world at their finger tips, and all the money in it, yet despite all their wealth, they are lonely and unhappy.

[@zeynand4039]

Awhh that is heartbreaking. No one to pick you up from school, for the holidays.

[@windstorm1000]

very hard on a child---creates a life long neediness/unresolved feelings. really feel for her...

[@mollybrown8361]

Just hearing about the suicide of my relative broke me so I can’t imagine finding/seeing my mother had committed suicide. God forbid, I can’t imagine her pain!

[@witzelasper2821]

a cliffhanger??? a tease clip darn it all

[@TreClaire]

Why do none of these clips ever finish!?

[@sharonspaghetti815]

I know...why not????

[@Taradise85]

They want u to get the channel

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

I know this happened so long ago, but I just wish someone was there. How did not a single one of her school friends take her home for the holidays when no one came either? 😣 My mum was always having us stay until someone’s parents came and inviting people home as well if something happened. And that’s just what you do for someone!

[@kellymathews6615]

I wonder the same thing!

[@lisaellis2593]

Agreed!

[@cristabelle1207]

they didn't have the fact right on her grandfather's death, he didn't die when she was twelve... he died only a few short years after her mother committed suicide in 1917, Barbara was only about six or seven

[@deborahearle4151]

As Claire Booth Luce observed, "Money cannot by happiness. But it provides a comfortable way to be miserable."

[@seungyeonkim837]

The narrator of this clip is Elizabeth Mcgovern, who played an American heiress in Downton Abbey (the same era when Barbara lived)

[@tyngchinchillachang838]

0:45 "the fuck that".

[@myra961]

Tyngchinchilla Chang hahahaha 😂

[@miyu-miyu9771]

Tyngchinchilla Chang WTF! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@getupandgojoe]

I think the father didn’t care for his daughter because in reality he’s the one that poisoned his wife. He thought he would inherit the fortune but his daughter received it which made him resent her!

[@jackieclan815]

Yeah that's a pretty big theory

[@jamesfracasse8178]

Poor little rich girl what does she know about misserie?

[@jackieclan815]

@@jamesfracasse8178 She lost her mom to suicide and saw it happen. She never loved herself.

[@Thatgirlcodes]

See but someone mentioned he doubled it for her and pulled it out of stocks right before the crash

[@jackieclan815]

@@Thatgirlcodes A bad father but a badass investor for sure.

[@SKF358]

This is one of the saddest stories, to find your suicide mother at age four. It's a very early time to learn you cannot count on anyone but yourself--and me, but it's a little late for that.

[@denniserandolph6244]

Is Cora from Downton Abbey narrating the video? I’m dying to know

[@popazz1]

Apparently yes it is, Elizabeth McGovern.

[@TheCheshireCat4469]

It is, as soon as I heard that voice I knew immediately that it was her!

[@ingriddubbel8468]

You mean Elizabeth McGovern.

[@rachaelhartsfield6175]

Dennise Randolph yes!

[@mantality312]

There’s plenty of people who had it worse, and grew up in poverty and turned out fine.

[@JosannaMonik]

If I was that rich, I would have adopted 20 children and a bunch of dogs and given them love and security. Children and pet's love are pure. She would have never died lonely.

[@nicoletapopliceanu]

True. She did not know what to do.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

At that time there was many young heiresses who fell to the hands of adults who didnt really have their interest at heart.

[@lexigrimhaive]

I love the voice of the narrator.

[@piratesswoop725]

She sounds like Lady Grantham from Downton Abbey!

[@rossdimmock1]

piratesswoop that’s because it is🙂

[@jocelynw6405]

It is Elizabeth McGovern( aka Lady Cora from Downton Abbey) 😉

[@bdavis8397]

It's tragic she has all this money and can't get her life together.

[@jimboland4161]

B Davis: This happens to a lot of rich kids. They can’t get their lives together....

[@user-ek3ss3cw7k]

correlation?

[@7777lizabeth]

Shirley McClain's daughter was left alone at boarding school during hokidays in JAPAN! Another sad story!

[@samusaran181818]

Mrs. Crawley and her whispery voice!!!

[@MrsGrey-rl8qj]

Samus Aran yessss i thought i was the only one to recognize the voice!

[@Margurisa]

OMG!! I thought the exact same thing

[@ashliekennedy2764]

I think you mean LADY Crawley, Countess of Grantham.

[@ursangonolibrary8074]

exactly a hundred years ago...

[@LovatoLover22]

Creepy

[@lorihutton9535]

Thank you for sharing this story.

[@crystaljumi]

Princess sarah but a darker reality?

[@tropicalhorizongaming5459]

I read an article on her life, I feel so bad for her :(

[@oldwestwwii9113]

Money ruined a sweet lady

[@bighands69]

Money had nothing to do with it. More than likely the way she was raised by her parents was the reason just as poor people being raised incorrecntly will have the same effect. It applies across all spectrums of society.

[@20PINKluvr]

The way she was raised ruined her. To fall in love with materialistic wealth

[@ilanamillion8942]

The only husband who didn't get or want money from her was Cary Grant.

[@thom-IV]

Why are these videos so short? I would enjoy to watch the full episodes if those are available on a platform. Thank you

[@hollyjollydog]

the song ''I found a million dollar baby in a 5 and 10 cent store'' is making fun of her

[@roseagaatsz8403]

A heart breaking story. You can’t buy love ❤️

[@goldenglove4663]

wow this is crazy. So many synchronicities.

[@cassandraralph5906]

Money is just that, money, it doesn't buy you wisdom, good health, joy, trustworthy friends and family!

[@juanitarichards1074]

Where's the rest of the story? I read a biography about her once and it was in depth and took me a few days to read.

[@mtnblueskiess]

So sad.....Many live without love. Money has nothing to do with it. It can not buy the one most needed thing in life. Love is air. Can't truly live without it.

[@aimeek1236]

I will never understand people who commit suicide when they have a child

[@lillolf3758]

Mega money can't buy true happiness...just wish us peasants had a little more!🤔😉

[@tinklvsme]

Sergio Golovin has a 6 part series with Farrah Faucet. It's really good!

[@tyngchinchillachang838]

"the fuck that"

[@codyshi4743]

I felt sorry for the innocent young age Barbara.

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

Who is that gorgeous woman playing the 18 year old Barbara Hutton?

[@redar9820]

X-MISMA-X Your mom

[@TheStacyfergie]

RedAR that's actually nice of u

[@ayeshak6822]

No me

[@davidd3625]

X-MISMA-X It's Rebecca Dyson-Smith

[@youlandparris8529]

It's me. Lol

[@Cityheart221]

Why is the documentary not finished? Third one that has done this.

[@TaiJ-Aird]

Is there a longer version?

[@lolablake9196]

I’m so annoyed that I can’t buy this in my country

[@gangstarebel2746]

It's very painful whe you will see one of your parents committed suicide because you have no one to blame, you can't get out from anger. you're just keeping all the pains alone and trying your best to heal all the wounds inside of it.. 😞

[@stevend.bennett427]

I was emotionally rejected for much less.

[@GrowingGoodHair]

Poor baby, so tragic and heartbreaking 😭💔💔

[@LovemyLeo1]

:( I'm not rich like Barbara, but I can relate to her life in many other ways...

[@prigonz4708]

alguien lo puede subtitular? porfavor

[@Sarahmchambliss]

Is the narrator the actress who plays Cora in Downton Abbey??!!

[@cheepes3d]

How do you see the full documentary?

[@johnshields6852]

Its amazing to see that most cliches have a bit of truth to them, like money can't buy you happiness, money is the root of all evil. Probably like most people I wanted to be rich as a young man, but as an old man money has lost its importance, obviously you need it to survive, but health and basic needs are what's important. New cars, new houses, jewelry, toys, the novelty of owning, stuff, wears off quickly, no matter how much stuff you have, in the end it's just you surrounded by stuff.

[@snowieskiesabove]

But thousands of children go through this and they’re poor

[@nitewanderer]

Is that Cora Crawley narrating?

[@jayal5771]

People after her money..... , poor girl .

[@LetsGoGetThem]

She was very giving and kind, she was used by people around her and died almost in bankruptcy. The trauma from this event probably played a part.

[@knowlightknowright]

To me money represents peace of mind NEVER happiness. 😯

[@criznueve]

Money doesn’t represent peace of mind, people stress over money with or without it. Money represent accessibility and opportunities.

[@messekitty]

Where is the rest of this story?! 😤

[@aprilm8019]

how sad leaving her daughter to find her dead how unforgivable and damaging

[@agoroyagoroy517]

Where's the episode 2

[@rachelmcsweeney8676]

where can I watch this entire video? thanks ❤

[@corettaha7855]

www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/million-dollar-american-princesses/beautiful-and-doomed/1003587/3423927 Rachel McSweeney

[@theloversbook]

How do I watch the full episode? Can’t access it anywhere. Not even using the link in the bio

[@jenniferwilliams4447]

Just goes to show that there is no substitute for real family love. The rich may be rich but the poorer can be richer in unconditional love.

[@trixiedelite2017]

We Pray for You Barbara

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Lets not forget Lil Gloria Vanderbilt. Sara Rector and many others

[@SomewhataMystery]

Thing is never please others please yourself. Money might give some things but you really have treat yourself good. Someone wants to be part of your life they have to respect you its exchanged in energy. I know back then things are different.

[@adik4309]

Reminds me of myself only I’m less rich

[@monica8399]

when can we see the full version?

[@dottievillegas9122]

Monica Dillard it's on

[@tinklvsme]

Monica Dillard There's a good 6 part series with Farrah Faucet here on u tube

[@carolined8759]

Whats the name of the documentary? :)

[@JosannaMonik]

@@carolined8759 Just google her name Barbara Hutton; poor little rich girl.

[@lorenachas3738]

I wish we had this chanel in mexico :c

[@shannonm75]

I think rich people have a worse life than poor people. Actually if you have money but no friends you are very poor.

[@Senate300]

What of those in the middle?

[@thomasdonaldson5099]

So sad she had such a hard life.

[@catolicaapostolicayromana7614]

Heartbreaking story

[@mariadefatima6469]

The school part happen to me tooo!!!!!!but I wish they left me the money tooooo

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

I heard that she could drink Coca-Cola and say where it was bottled! (The best Coke was from Louisiana, the worst from Utah.)

[@tam7509]

Cora Crawley from downtown abbey is narrating

[@cb-tz8og]

Grandfather was Woolworth. Father was E.F. Hutton, and she only had $328 million?

[@demitraferles7970]

Why are all these so brief?

[@kaylaray8885]

Poor baby . All I want to do is pick up her up and hug her

[@paulleckner8235]

I saw the movie starring Farah Fawcett Majors.

Money is not what people think it is! People who have more than enough seem more like prisoners

[@rebecamarte8076]

the person who narrates sounds like the mom from Downton Abby

[@j.a.2120]

WHAT a VERY selfish And cruel thing for her to do to her daughter! 👎🚶

[@ahoweO7]

Where’s the rest ?

[@coopsevy5664]

Aw thats so sad

[@IR-yd5bp]

What was this ?? A sample !!!!

[@secreteobsession3584]

But did she kill herself that is a point that needs to be investigated

[@bfshorts6443]

Netflix please make a show about the Woolworths. Surprised that they didn't appear in The Crown. Make it a show about the American "crowns"

[@mickeywitty9948]

If only that money can buy happiness, she would have been happier.

[@jehobden]

F.W. Woolworth died in 1919, but his wife lived until 1924. That's when Barbara Hutton inherited her money, though it remained in her father's control until she turned 21 in 1933.

[@normanweimer8333]

God Bless everyone Amen 🙏

[@jeanthree]

Moral of,story money doesnt buy happiness

[@omennemo8844]

What??? You just told the first part of her life. That's it? I thought you would have had more about her in this report.