The Shocking Case of the Mad Heiress | Alize de Janzé
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2024
- Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into we are looking into the life of Alize de Janzé, an American heiress who spent years in Kenya as a member of the Happy Valley set and was connected with several scandals.
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I love it whenever he says “however,” it sounds so good in my brain
Moreover and furthermore are two of the ones that always stand out to me 😂
Оh jeeeee😍
Yes....He has such an excellent way of narrating.
Great story🙂
Love the stories hate the narrator
The abuse from her own father messed her up for life, as is usually the case with child SA. Couple that with how society was back then towards it (pretended that it didn't exist) and she never stood a chance.
Unfortunate but very true.
Yes I agree 💯%.
The Happy Valley Set was also briefly featured in the movie "Out of Africa".
And in White Mischief, the story of the Lord Errol murder. It was a very good movie but seems to be largely forgotten today. A pity as it’s well worth watching.
I don't want to hear about the Brits looking down on Americans anymore. These Brits behaved very badly Gastly
There's a thoroughly good film from 1987 called White Mischief.
It's all about the Kenyan 'Happy Valley' set and a murder. Alize (portrayed by Sarah Miles) plays a considerable part in the story. I'd recommend it to anyone. It's strong, grown-up stuff - but it brings Alize to life for anyone whose interest has been piqued by *Forgotten Lives*' excellent biography here.
WHITE MISCHIEF is an even better book.😊
I haven't read it. Many thanks for the recommendation. 🙂 @@mmundy5928
I watched the movie. Very messed up group.
Thank you! I'll look for it.
@@mmundy5928Thanks! The book is usually better and I liked the movie.
Alice de Janze was indeed a leading member of "The Happy Valley" set led by Joscelyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Errol and Hereditary High Sherriff of Scotland and his then wife, the equally colourful, Lady Idina(formerly "Gordon") who like Alice, had also abandoned her husband and children to
run off to Kenya, with her Lover then husband. The entire set became known as "Remittance People" with independent incomes, whose wealthy and socially prominent, mostly British or American families fearing scandal, shipped their wayward progeny off to the relatively sophisticated, but isolated Kenya. Remember this was long before television or the Internet. Because they did not need to bother with the mundanities of having to work for a living, they built and settled in large homes on sizeable landholdings, living lives mostly devoted to decadent debauchery. It must be remembered, that the excesses of "The Happy Valley" were by No Means applicable to all "White settlers" who lived in the country at the time, most of whom were decent hard working folk.
"Jos Hay" Lord Errol, handsome and devilishly charming, had probably the most noble lineage of any in "Thee Happy Valley", but he had no money. He was a also a serial adulterer, whose proud boast was that, he could bed any woman with a pulse, in the country. After he and Idina were divorced, Errol married the unfortunate "Molly Ramsay Hill", who's husband a wealthy English Colonel had built her a lavish and imposing, "Moorish" style mansion called "Oserian", on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivashsa. It is believed that Errol, introduced his new wife to the deadly "delights" of Heroin and just three years later, she was dead from a combination massive drug overdose and alcohol. Errol inherited the house and at last he had a home befitting one of his stature he felt. The only problem was that there was still no money. At this time enter the recently arrived, wealthy English
Baronet Sir Jock Delves Broughton and his new, glamorous and much younger wife, Diana. It was a second marriage for both having each been divorced previously. Through out that whole period world wide, "Divorce" was considered the ultimate "Social Disgrace". Because Errol and "Sir \jock" knew each other socially amongst the upper class "White Settlers" of Kenya, it was natural that the latter should introduce his glamorous new bride to the errant "Earl". Within a couple of weeks Errol and Diana began a steamy, passionate and blatantly public affair, which would lead to Lord Errol's murder a few short months later. The ensuing trial which found Sir Jock Delve's Broughton innocent of Lord Errol's murder, outraged English society
which at the time stood alone, against Hitler rampaging across Europe, with lurid details of profligate excesses and blew the lid off "The Happy Valley"!!
Thank you for this information 😊
Through time immortal, it's been proven that money isn't everything. It can't buy happiness, health, kindness and all the other valuable traits humans have been known to have. How sad it all is, though I love all history, that people never learn, or they simply choose to ignore the past and live in the rich, vapid, lusty, power-driven moments of their lives. What's happening in the world right now is eve more bitter proof of that. Thank you so much for a story so true, yet no film could capture its vain characters, and their cruelty and self-indulgence.
You didn't mention Errol's horse stud breeding plan using his ill-gotten gains? I remember the mansion at Naivasia! Thank You.
The expats in Kenya of this particular period were, even in modern standards rather wild. There are several stories about this enclave.
She is really beautiful. Their lives seem so pointless.
Life is pointless
What a sad story. I'm quite sure she did have a mental illness. I think the saddest part is her children. They probably didn't understand why mommy wasn't there for them 😢
You have a marvelous speaking voice.... I appreciate your wonderful research and presentation. Well done! It's amazing to me how many wealthy people are rather insane...There seems to be a common theme, of a lack of genuine intimacy in relationships and love. Especially for the children who undoubtedly suffer the most...Due to the parents own self-absorbed lifestyle and selfishness. Very sad...
I would love a full video about The Happy Valley Set
These videos are so neat!❤ Thank You for all the hard work you put into them.
SA usually leads to drug abuse at all classes. Some just have enough money to live the “high life” while doing it!
Party! Party! Who cares if it is 5 o’clock!
The mistress of the from king of England , Wallace Simpson also liked her silver syringe. It should be talked about more.
Never,ever after 7 books have I read that.She had no vices.Just Rich Men
@@graceyoakum8863 what about that Wallace Simpson equipment might not have been normal? And that she didn’t let men have vaginal sex with her? Did you hear those things?
Even rich girls got to have something special to attract the eye of a rich guy that gets everything he wants. That’s why they are all so freaky with ever revolving partners that quit when it all becomes too much or not enough.
She may have been bipolar, but more likely what lay at the root of her problems was trauma. Years of child abuse will cause behavioural problems and attachment disorders. Her other problem was being an intelligent and free minded woman in the 20s. Her behaviour would have been seen as unbalanced because it was nonconformist.
Exactly Right
The Kennedy's oldest daughter was independent 'different', a lobotomy she got, & that was in the sixties, a calmer era!
Also the drug use is significant, those substances WILL CREATE for severe mood swings. The brain is so imbalanced, trying to equalize neuro firing, which becomes a challenge.
Your analyzing skills are impressive!
🎆Have many blessings, those are always decent tidbits to add to the diet of Life.
Ya brought me joy to witness another critical thinker!
Thanks.
Also having nothing "real" to do would drive one nuts. Drink, take drugs and socialize--boring.
So accurate @twinkle231979. Ty for sharing.
@@Cynthia-rt2mz. Such intelligent observations by you here. You sound very informed. I am also so I recognize ppl similar to myself being a critical thinker. Kudos & respect to you. I am neurodivergent so I notice things that others do not.
This is one of my favorite channels. Good stuff.
Wow, thanks!
White Mischief is on TUBI.
Thanks.
I wonder if Alize de Janzé and wildchild Zelda Fitzgerald ever partied with one another in Paris; what a combination!
5:11 The two people in the middle are F. Scott Fitzgerald and Josephine Baker.
Indeed!
If they make a current movie about her, Natalie Dormer can play her. She played Anne Boleyn on The Tudors. She was also on GOT.
This is actually very sad to hear and I feel bad for her, it seems she was the victim of sexual abuse by her father, which that does have a massive impact on anyone who goes through it, the fact that addiction and mental health issues ran in the family only added to how things turned out. Even now people who suffer from mental health issues or any of the other things she went through, still don't get the help they desperately need. I have suffered from depression since childhood and have had my own attempts, so in my own way, I can to a point understand why she was such a mess.
As always nice intro, voice and great historical events. Thank you FLives
Thank you kindly!
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Always my pleasure! Thank you!
I've read books about her. Tragic indeed.
You tell these stories so well❤
Thanks 😊
‼️ what do you mean at 12:25 she was "asked to leave the country" !??? By who? The government? Because of the trial or something else? Can you imagine being such a party girl you're permanently kicked out of a country 😂 she sounds like a lot of fun at parties and stuff but would be a nightmare to love
Yup, the colonial government didn't want her there!
I love your way to tell the life stories of this very interesting women. Thank you so much! 🖤
If she hadn’t abandoned her children, then probably she wouldn’t have had a lonely life, too bad
Nice storytelling. But, obviously what drove her over the edge was not some personality disorder, or drugs, but rather , that her lover had been happy to let her leave her husband for him, and only AFTER THAT informed her that he couldn’t marry her because reasons.
Always nice content, thanks!
Wow you sure do find the interesting bits of history!
I try my best ;)
Loved it very interesting sad for the children I hope they had a good life
Thank you. Lovely narrative voice and inflection.
Ty so much for ur narration and research of content. You do a superb job.
It seem to me she had a very sad life, always looking for something and never finding it. Or when she did, she soon lost interest. The tragedy of the story is the children, she didnt knew them, and they her. People who have mental health issues, had/have a very lonley life, better understood now, but in her era, people were usually put in an institution and sometimes forgotten about. Wonder what became of her children, and how their lives turned out?
My mother was like that. I am an only child but scarred for life. I have had to work very hard at it.
I always enjoy your videos, thank you so very much ❤ 😊
My pleasure!
Another great story. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for another great story 🎉
Thanks for watching!
i always love a new video from you. ☮️
Thank you for another interesting but sad story.
Thanks for listening+
thanks for your video first class !
I love these videos! Let me just say that suffering from major depression myself. Opium does seem to work best. Unfortunately living in the U.S. I cannot have it
Very interesting...thank you
As awful as everything about Alice de Janze's life and the Happy Valley Set sounds...I really must admit that this is an astoundingly riveting video! You really never disappoint!
Thanks for listening !!
@@ForgottenLives You'revery welcome! :D
Brilliant!
Wow, what a great story! You’re a good storyteller.
🙋♀️really njoyd. Thank U
Excelente Vidas Inolvibles !!me gustaría uno sobre las hermana Mitford ,con subtítulos en español .Muchas gracias
Muchas gracias! Tengo planeado subtitularlo pronto!
Always interesting
Thank you❤
So nice of you :)
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks!
In the end, a sad life...
People reap what they sow, they were alot of sorry,soulless, spoiled, useless,beings, if they treated each other with such indifference,I know how the natives were treated by them,
Most people reap what they sow!
Such an improvement! The sing-sono nature of your delivery in earlier videos made them impossible for me to listen to. This is so much better. Congratulations. I know this took attention and hard work.
I agree, but he started back again about half way.thru
Thanks, I keep trying to improve as much as I can!
Hey be nice, Noone needs you.I love the voice .
@@graceyoakum8863 Grace, this was a positive, complimentary comment , not a negative put down. His delivery did need improvement and he has obviously addressed the issue successfully.
I often fall asleep to his videos and knowing he’s so handsome makes it a more enjoyable experience….(im a 25 year old girl with sleep apnea not a creep lol)
❤❤❤ I love this channel
Thanks 😊
Wow you out did yourself on this one.
Thanks very much 😀
Wow the lives they lead
Where were her kids in all this?
The flotsam and jetsam of the idle rich.
Can't help thinking about how Alice was one of those people who travelled frequently on ocean liners...
Our generation, having watched Titanic, has a sort of dread regarding sea travel. But look, it was just like air travel. Alice didn't drown at sea, she travelled extensively and shot herself in the end.
A great story, and told really well, thankyou👍
Thank you 😊
Interesting.
You did a great reporting job as usual. Is there an update on this story? 14 years old Jenny Lin, in 1994 was murdered in her Castro Valley home.
Very sad life Im living in the wrong Era the women find men one after the other your lucky if you get a date these days lol
And money. Those poor girls. Hope they were ok.
I like how you show the dates of the ppl’s births and deaths. 👍
What a devoted man
Poor Thing...😢
What an unhappy woman..
Married a “just” the age of 21. That sounds old to marry in those days…1910’s.
I think she wasn’t mad. Neither really depressed. From her background and behaviour she would be diagnosed this days with borderline personality disorder, but my personal opinion she more likely had CPTSD. Maybe overlapped the two, there is still a debate about it in professional circles whether they should separate the two or use as synonyms. I believe it’s two entirely different things, despite the symptoms are very different.
Interesting
@ForgottenLives Hey man, random question but have you got Polynesian ancestry? You look a lot like my grandfather's family who are Māori and German
I did a DNA test a while back, but there was no Polynesian. There were loads of places though, if you're interested, you can see it on my Ida Wood video!
Yes it was interesting tail Especially the way you told it.
I'm glad!
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Hi!
Hi!
You left out that Armour went bankrupt. Alice lost most of her money.
That last one doesn't like waking up early.
What a life this lady has lived.
It sounds like Alize de Janze had a lot more going on in her functioning than only Depression and/or Bipolar Disorder. There is such thing as Bipolar PErsonality Disorder accompanied with high levels of malignant narcissistic traits during the practising of sociopathy too though. Medical researchers are starting to theorize that only Bipolar Disorder is caused by exposure to toxic substances over time. Bipolar Disorder only is characterized by dramatic ups and downs in physical and mental energy levels. People with that disorder report that it is hard for them to explain why their performance at work and while tasking has a less predictiable pattern of consistent results. That is all. That disorder only has nothing at all to do with character and personality.
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Alice didn’t shoot Erroll, Delves Broughton did. He confessed the murder at the time to Juanita Carberry.
Sad on her part even she had everything, in the end she didn't have emotional balance, and that send her to all her troubles .
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Ok I have to ask... How many of you would be comfortable accepting a piece of furniture if she had left a note with your name on it? I'm genuinely curious to know how people feel about that...? 🤔 Thank you in advance if you let me know your thoughts on this situation, would you accept the furniture? If so, why? If not, then why wouldn't you? Thanks again guys 🤝
Money doesn't have to face consequences.
It's very sad for her children and I wonder if the girls will in herit there mother's madness I hope not there is no cure for the mother is a shame she was born like that it's in her dna
Very Handsome
She's my favourite of the Happy Valley set
First!!!
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i dealt with a bipolar woman and dumped her even on medicine she was nuts no thank u
Alice
That's what she would probably do if she had kids too. It's a precursor of what's to come.
She was a classic beauty
What is with the AI photo? Finger wasn't even on the trigger if it was supposed to be an illustration. Just looks jarring against the real photos.
I think her father had an incestuous relationship with her and the trauma was the reason for her problems in adulthood
Great story. But I prefer your normal way of speaking at the end.
Armour meats. ,! Cool
Just one suggestion . . . Will you marry me? X
Weird thing to say 😳
ACE test
Wanted to watch but the his tone or accent is annoying
Amazing story of privilege and suicide.
Goodness me. So much sleeping around!