The Scandalous True Story of Titanic's Wealthiest Passenger - JJ Astor & His Teen Wife

In a scene from John Cameron's Titanic movie, Rose told Jack the backstory on John Jacob Astor and and his very young bride. She called it a scandal. Rose was right. This was a scandal. It wasn’t normal for John Jacob Astor’s time and it certainly WAS a scandal that he had an 18 year old wife. The scandal was only compounded by the fact that he had rather recently been divorced from his wife of nearly 20 years who had bore him 2 children. And she was in with the in crowd of New York’s high society. So this union between John Jacob Astor and Madeleine - the new, younger Mrs. Astor - was definitely giving the people something to talk about in 1912. And it’s giving us something to talk about today. It’s another Hot Mess History scandal from Ti. Your source for the hottest scandals from 1870 - 1940. Whether you are looking for scandals from The Gilded Age, The Titanic, or The Great Depression…you can find them on this channel. Enjoy! To see more Titanic passenger scandals, enjoy this playlist:    • Titanic Scandals   To see the videos about the LaRoche family and Madam CJ Walker's daughter:    • Titanic: Was There REALLY a Black Family O...      • Titanic's Only "Black" Family - After Tita...      • Madam CJ Walker's Daughter Who Blew Throug...   For my super hot & nasty scandals, follow me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84584460 Lailah Lynn's Business of Blogging: https://www.businessofbloggingwithlai... If you want a one-on-one consultation with me to help grow your channel, email me at: [email protected] If you want to advertise your business on this channel or collaborate with me, email me at: [email protected] If you want to join channel membership to get exclusive perks for the Ti Said What Ti Said Channel, you can join here:    / @tishotmesshistory   Feel free to donate to your lovely hostess: Cash App: $TiwanC PayPal: paypal.me/PrettyFitTi To listen to your favorite old school jams, follow my radio show on Stationhead: https://www.stationhead.com/hotmessmusic To see more short-form content from me, follow me on TikTok:   / hotmesshistorywithti   Follow me on InstaGram:   / tishotmesshistory   To follow me on Twitter:   / tisaidchannel