TINA WAS ONLY 17! ONASSIS'S SHAMEFUL MARRIAGE SECRET!
Those Were the Days
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He had the largest private yacht in the world. He owned an airline, a fleet of oil tankers, and his own Greek island. He married the widow of an American president. And yet, on the fifteenth of March, 1975, Aristotle Onassis died in a hospital bed in Paris as one of the loneliest men of the twentieth century.
How does a boy who escaped a burning city with a few gold coins sewn into his coat lining become one of the richest men on earth? And how does that same man end his life having buried his only son, lost the woman he truly loved, and driven away almost everyone who once cared about him?
In this long-form documentary, we walk through the entire life of Aristotle Onassis. The escape from Smyrna in 1922. The lonely years in Buenos Aires. The first ships bought for almost nothing during the Great Depression. The wartime fortune. The famous yacht Christina. The great love affair with Maria Callas. The shocking marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968. The plane crash that killed his son Alexander in 1973. And the slow, painful decline of a man who, in the end, could not save himself.
We also address, honestly and carefully, the many rumors and conspiracy theories that have surrounded his name for half a century, and we explain which ones the serious historical record supports and which ones it does not.
A NOTE ON OUR METHOD
This video is based on a careful review of multiple published biographies, memoirs, interviews, and journalistic accounts. Where sources disagree, we say so on screen. Our goal is to separate the popular myths from what the documented record actually supports, so that you, the viewer, can form your own opinion on the questions that remain contested.
Some of the dialogue and inner scenes in this video have been gently reconstructed for narrative purposes, based on the recollections of witnesses, published interviews, letters, and biographical accounts. These reconstructed moments are used to bring documented events to life. They are not presented as verbatim transcripts.
We invite you to share your own view in the comments. Did Onassis love Maria Callas, or only use her? Was Jacqueline Kennedy a victim of that marriage, or a full partner in it? What do you believe truly caused the crash that killed Alexander? We read every comment and we love hearing from you.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Peter Evans, "Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis" (1986)
Peter Evans, "Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys" (2004)
Nicholas Gage, "Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis" (2000)
Willi Frischauer, "Onassis" (1968)
Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, "The Onassis Women" (1998)
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, "Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend" (1981)
Christian Cafarakis, "The Fabulous Onassis" (1972)
Contemporary reporting from The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Paris Match, 1968–1975
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20 Comments
A Father holds the key and responsibility.
1) He was smitten by Jackie O when they spent time on his yeatch. He was a man who got what He wanted at any cost. He had the means to engineer the assassination and got his prize ,if only to boost his enormous ego. She needed his money as she was broke. He treated her badly and used to make fun of her in Greek in her presence and in the presence of his family. He never treated her with respect. Eventually she had a companion innew york who she spent a great deal of time with but never admitted an affair.
2) What he did to Maria Callias ,a woman who truely loved him was brutal and had consequences.
3) his first marriage to a child for the sake of connection to the shipping magnate was just also very cold and calculating and ber treated her rigbt.
4)He probably did a lot of ruthless business deals and got curses for them . His life and early death shows a lot of tragedy and grief and signs of a curse ooerating. It's a sad story and a warning to anyone seeking to get rich at any cost to beware that ur children and family will suffer the consequences of your actions. Habe faith and trust in the living God for without Him u have no direction and no protection from the evil one. Thank you for reading my opinion that I gathered from other sources.
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TINA WAS ONLY 17! ONASSIS'S SHAMEFUL MARRIAGE SECRET!
Those Were the Days
21,233 views
He had the largest private yacht in the world. He owned an airline, a fleet of oil tankers, and his own Greek island. He married the widow of an American president. And yet, on the fifteenth of March, 1975, Aristotle Onassis died in a hospital bed in Paris as one of the loneliest men of the twentieth century.
How does a boy who escaped a burning city with a few gold coins sewn into his coat lining become one of the richest men on earth? And how does that same man end his life having buried his only son, lost the woman he truly loved, and driven away almost everyone who once cared about him?
In this long-form documentary, we walk through the entire life of Aristotle Onassis. The escape from Smyrna in 1922. The lonely years in Buenos Aires. The first ships bought for almost nothing during the Great Depression. The wartime fortune. The famous yacht Christina. The great love affair with Maria Callas. The shocking marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968. The plane crash that killed his son Alexander in 1973. And the slow, painful decline of a man who, in the end, could not save himself.
We also address, honestly and carefully, the many rumors and conspiracy theories that have surrounded his name for half a century, and we explain which ones the serious historical record supports and which ones it does not.
A NOTE ON OUR METHOD
This video is based on a careful review of multiple published biographies, memoirs, interviews, and journalistic accounts. Where sources disagree, we say so on screen. Our goal is to separate the popular myths from what the documented record actually supports, so that you, the viewer, can form your own opinion on the questions that remain contested.
Some of the dialogue and inner scenes in this video have been gently reconstructed for narrative purposes, based on the recollections of witnesses, published interviews, letters, and biographical accounts. These reconstructed moments are used to bring documented events to life. They are not presented as verbatim transcripts.
We invite you to share your own view in the comments. Did Onassis love Maria Callas, or only use her? Was Jacqueline Kennedy a victim of that marriage, or a full partner in it? What do you believe truly caused the crash that killed Alexander? We read every comment and we love hearing from you.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Peter Evans, "Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis" (1986)
Peter Evans, "Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys" (2004)
Nicholas Gage, "Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis" (2000)
Willi Frischauer, "Onassis" (1968)
Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, "The Onassis Women" (1998)
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, "Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend" (1981)
Christian Cafarakis, "The Fabulous Onassis" (1972)
Contemporary reporting from The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Paris Match, 1968–1975
If this story moved you, please like the video, subscribe for more full-length human stories, and tell us in the comments which figure of the twentieth century you would like us to explore next.
Thank you for watching, and thank you for listening all the way through.