{"id":553,"date":"2022-11-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/?p=553"},"modified":"2022-11-08T01:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T01:46:44","slug":"mrs-steele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/2022\/11\/06\/mrs-steele\/","title":{"rendered":"The Widow Steele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-bette-davis-joan-crawford-1962_u-l-ph5wiw0.jpg?resize=335%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-bette-davis-joan-crawford-1962_u-l-ph5wiw0.jpg?w=335&amp;ssl=1 335w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-bette-davis-joan-crawford-1962_u-l-ph5wiw0.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-bette-davis-joan-crawford-1962_u-l-ph5wiw0.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Crawford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Crawford met Alfred Steele in the mid 1950s when her career was going downhill. She decided to step away from Hollywood and become the wife of a Pepsi executive. All seemed rosy, but the marriage ended in his death and she found she had crushing debt. The only way out was to find work &#8211; in the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/S6E2-1.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption>Hollywood&#8217;t &#8211; Joan Crawford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0B8GB3KB3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=642%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=642%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=768%2C1225&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=963%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 963w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?resize=1284%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/JC2022.png?w=1567&amp;ssl=1 1567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest? by John William Law.<br>From Aplomb Publishing, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Crawford Joan Crawford met Alfred Steele in the mid 1950s when her career was going downhill. She decided to step away from Hollywood and become the wife of a Pepsi executive. All seemed rosy, but the marriage ended in his death and she found she had crushing debt. 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