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Infamous Scandals
Infamous Scandals contains articles on high-profile TV personalities, sports people, politicians and members of the Royal Family who have fallen from grace in the eyes of the public. The book contains all the famous 20th century tales as well as more recent misdemeanors. The victims include John Profumo, Marilyn Monroe, River Phoenix, O J Simpson and Bill Clinton among many others.
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512 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 2008
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December 29, 2020
Interesting stories but poorly written, with many grammatical and spelling errors.
December 15, 2025
"Scandals that had significant impact in their own time"
Film Stars - Jean Harlow, Olive Thomas, Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe, Fatty Arbuckle, Woody Allen, Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Hugh Grant, Winona Ryder, River Phoenix, Robert Blake, Rob Lowe, Lana Turner, Rudolf Valentino
Politicians - Bill Clinton, John Major, John Profumo, Mark Foley, Lord Lambton, Jim West, Ted Kennedy, Cecil Parkinson, Strom Thurmond, Gary Condit
Government Scandal - J Edgar Hoover, The fall of President Nixon, Eugene Talmadge
Aristocrat Scandals - Rasputin and the Romanovs, The Montagu Affair, House of Windsor, House of Grimaldi
Sports Personalities - OJ Simpson, David Beckham, Mike Tyson, George Best, Diego Maradonna, The Black sox scandal, Rosie Ruiz
Pop Stars & Celebrities - Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Gary Glitter, R Kelly, Anna Nicole Smith, Pete Doherty
Radio & TV Personalities - Alan Freed, Martha Stewart, Michael Barrymore, Heidi Fleiss, Therese Humbert
Religious Scandals - The Spanish Inquisition, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Jack Hyles, Jimmy Swaggart & Jim Bakker, Scandal in the Roman Catholic Church
Judges & Teachers - Clarence Thomas, Judge Dallas Powers, Debra Lafave, Amy Ghering
Film Stars - Jean Harlow, Olive Thomas, Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe, Fatty Arbuckle, Woody Allen, Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Hugh Grant, Winona Ryder, River Phoenix, Robert Blake, Rob Lowe, Lana Turner, Rudolf Valentino
Politicians - Bill Clinton, John Major, John Profumo, Mark Foley, Lord Lambton, Jim West, Ted Kennedy, Cecil Parkinson, Strom Thurmond, Gary Condit
Government Scandal - J Edgar Hoover, The fall of President Nixon, Eugene Talmadge
Aristocrat Scandals - Rasputin and the Romanovs, The Montagu Affair, House of Windsor, House of Grimaldi
Sports Personalities - OJ Simpson, David Beckham, Mike Tyson, George Best, Diego Maradonna, The Black sox scandal, Rosie Ruiz
Pop Stars & Celebrities - Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Gary Glitter, R Kelly, Anna Nicole Smith, Pete Doherty
Radio & TV Personalities - Alan Freed, Martha Stewart, Michael Barrymore, Heidi Fleiss, Therese Humbert
Religious Scandals - The Spanish Inquisition, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Jack Hyles, Jimmy Swaggart & Jim Bakker, Scandal in the Roman Catholic Church
Judges & Teachers - Clarence Thomas, Judge Dallas Powers, Debra Lafave, Amy Ghering
January 28, 2024
interesting tidbits…
If you like to know the inside scoop on famous people, this is a pretty good book. I love Hollywood gossip and learned a few things I never knew.
If you like to know the inside scoop on famous people, this is a pretty good book. I love Hollywood gossip and learned a few things I never knew.
June 29, 2019
So bad, did anyone bother editing or proof reading?
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