Plausibly Live! - The Official Podcast Of The Dave Bowman Show

It was just past 11 p.m. on a steamy June 25, 1906 when Harry Kendall Thaw, millionaire playboy and professional lunatic, stood up from his table at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden. The show, a light musical romp called Mam’zelle Champagne, was wrapping up. The crowd was cheerful, a little drunk, and completely unprepared for what was about to happen. Across the room, at his usual table, sat the man Thaw hated more than anyone on earth. Stanford White, the famous architect, the designer of the very building they were in, was taking in the show without a care in the world. That’s when Thaw pulled out his pistol, walked up to him, and shot him three times in the face.