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S5 Ep.2: From Rags to Riches to Rags

Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper

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Eileen's Best Friend Don Watkins

Eileen never met her father, who died by suicide in prison. She was also abused and made homeless by her alcoholic grandpa. Ultimately, she never had a strong role model to guide her onto the right side of the tracks. In May 1976, Eileen is hitchhiking around Daytona Beach and meets a millionaire yacht club president called Louis Gratz Fell. It was a bizarre and unexpected whirlwind romance, like something out of a fairy tale. But she was 20 and he was nearly 70 years old.

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