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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 – Part 2: Age of Illusion

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Dotsy's Life Story

Dotsy livermore grew very comfortable at the helm of her husband's vast fortune. But wealth can make life easier, it cand make you a target too. Jesse and dotsy bolted awake as two men burst into their bedroom waving a forty calibr pistol in front of their faces. They were burglars, but they didn't look like burglars. The robbery was a national news story. It was on the front page of the new york times that following monday. Because of jesse's success on the stock market, the livermores were public figures,. and the press was fascinated with them.

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