Evelyn Nesbit, a 15-year-old artist's model became the Marilyn Monroe of her time after coming to New York City in 1900. By the age of 16, Evelyn was a famous actress and model, having an affair with famous (married) architect and her benefactor, Stanford White (responsible for the Washington Square Arch). Harry Thaw, the son of a Pittsburgh millionaire, was jealous of White and his social standing, and pursued Nesbit to get back at him. Nebsbit eventually agreed to marry Thaw after he proposed to her for two full years. But the whole thing turned into a murderous triangle one night in 1906, on the rooftop theater of Madison Square Garden. Thaw, a cocaine addict and known sadist, became jealous of White and murdered him to defend Evelyn's honor. [PBS]
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