A Twisted Mother-Son Bond: Barbara Baekeland’s Story

Rich, Troubled Minds

When the young socialite was introduced to the charming Brooks Baekeland, a trainee pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, they quickly earned the status of a celebrity couple who had it all: good looks, wealth, and in Brooks’s case, a member of the Bakelite empire lineage (as the grandchild of the person who invented plastic, Leo Baekeland).

A portrait of Leo Baekeland beside a group photo of his grandkids.

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After walking down the aisle in California, the newlyweds moved into a stunning, extravagant apartment on New York’s Upper East Side. But not long after, their marriage began to show some obvious cracks, and that’s when the trouble started. We’ll jump back into this and all the juicy drama shortly.

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