A chance encounter with German measles dramatically changed actress Gene Tierney's life

At the height of her fame in 1943, movie star Gene Tierney contracted German measles during pregnancy and bore a daughter with severe birth defects. The strain ended her marriage to Oleg Cassini and sent her into a breakdown that lasted years. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Tierney's years of heartbreak and the revelation that compounded them.

We'll also visit some Japanese cats and puzzle over a disarranged corpse.

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