Table of contents:
- Joseph Kennedy and Hitler
- Rosemary Kennedy lobotomy
- Tragic deaths of family members
- Infidelity
- Drugs
Video: The dark secrets of the Kennedy clan: secrets, disasters, treason and doom
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The Kennedy family in the last century was considered one of the most famous and influential in the United States. Representatives of the Kennedy clan held important positions, had weight and influence in political circles. However, rumors of a curse constantly arose around this family, because of which power, fame and money did not make Kennedy happy. The Kennedy clan seemed to be pursuing some kind of evil fate.
Joseph Kennedy and Hitler
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr., father of the future president of the United States, worked closely with Franklin Roosevelt, but later greatly disappointed the ruler. While serving as Ambassador to Great Britain during World War II, Joseph Kennedy has repeatedly expressed his support for Hitler's policies. Kennedy Sr. turned out to be a desperate anti-Semite and refused to obtain a visa to the United States for Jews who were able to escape from Nazi Germany to Great Britain, intending to cross the ocean. Franklin Roosevelt was especially offended by the proposals of his comrade-in-arms to implement in the United States a program of economic development similar to the fascist one.
Rosemary Kennedy lobotomy
The younger sister of the 35th President of the United States suffered from mental illness since childhood. Her childhood was spent in hospitals and boarding schools, and from the monastery where Rosemary was later placed, she constantly ran away to go to a bar. Seeing no other way out, Joseph Kennedy decided to perform a lobotomy of his daughter. He hoped that removing part of the brain would help Rosemary cope with the disease. However, the result turned out to be exactly the opposite: the 23-year-old girl not only did not get rid of her problems, but was bedridden for several months. Enhanced therapy after a while returned Rosemary's ability to move, only her hands could not be restored. She spent more than 60 years in isolation, passed away in 2005.
Tragic deaths of family members
Representatives of several generations of the Kennedy clan did not die a natural death. The 35th President of the United States was shot, while the metal corset worn by John F. Kennedy due to the destruction of the vertebrae played a tragic role in his death. If the corset did not support him, then the killer might not have hit Kennedy's head. Robert Kennedy, the president's brother, was also shot. In addition, representatives of the clan died at the front and in plane crashes, there are those who committed suicide, who died due to drug overdose and who found their death while on vacation at a ski resort.
In addition, Jacqueline Kennedy lost three children: she could not bear one child, the girl was born dead. One baby, born prematurely, died two days after birth.
Infidelity
John F. Kennedy was not Jacqueline's faithful husband. The most famous, but by no means the only friend of the president, was Marilyn Monroe. In his life there were many short and not very novels. Sometimes he did not even try to hide his passion by hurting his wife.
However, Jacqueline had her own little secrets: tired of the endless rumors about her husband's betrayal, she also tried to find solace on the side. The affair with her husband's brother Robert did not bring Jackie any relief. It seems that she found her happiness only in a civil marriage with Aristotle Onassis.
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Drugs
Robert Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and environmental activist, received a suspended sentence in 1983 for possession of heroin. In addition to a suspended sentence, the son of the murdered senator had to periodically undergo drug tests, undergo compulsory treatment in the society of drug addicts anonymous and give 1,500 hours of corrective labor.
The wife of the lawyer, with whom he divorced in 2010, could not survive the divorce, began to abuse alcohol and committed suicide two years after breaking up with her husband.
Another son of Robert Kennedy, David, began using drugs due to psychological trauma he suffered as a child. He was 12 years old when on TV he saw how his father first announced his victory in the presidential elections in the state of California, and after only a few minutes on the air, they announced the assassination of Robert Kennedy Sr. After another course of rehabilitation, David Kennedy went to celebrate Easter in Palm Beach on April 19, 1984. A few days later, his body was found on the floor of a hotel room. The cause of death was a drug overdose.
You can believe or not believe in the existence of generic curses, but if members of the same family have been haunted by misfortunes for several generations, then one has to think about their nature. However, close attention is always riveted to the most successful and famous families, and therefore every incident with clan members becomes a subject of discussion and direct or indirect proof of the theory of the ancestral curse.
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