Introducing The Baron of Botox

Dr. Fredric Brandt went from a small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna’s personal skincare consultant and the go-to for public figures desperate to stave off aging. His clients loved him. Fashion magazines profiled him. But as Brandt continued to build his empire—Coconut Grove mansions, Four Seasons suites, luxe Manhattan offices, absurd art collections—he was slowly becoming addicted to his own product, injecting himself with fillers and even working on his own face. As his fame exploded, the darkness inside only grew. Popular speculation has it that it was Martin Short’s scathing portrayal of a clearly-based-on-Brandt character in the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt that pushed him to his death, but the truth is far more complicated. Baron of Botox traces the rise of Brandt’s empire and seeks to understand the ugliness that bloomed under his carefully curated facade.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Markis, Hannah, Devonte, Abigail, Jeremiah, and Sierra Hart—six beautiful black children, ranging in age from 12 to 19—were all adopted by Sarah and Jennifer Hart, both white. On Jen’s Facebook page, it looked as if they were the perfect blended family, even earning the nickname “Hart Tribe” from friends. Then, on March 26, 2018, the family’s GMC Yukon was found belly-up on the rocks below California’s Highway 1. The news of the murder-suicide shocked their friends and made national headlines, leaving many wondering what possibly led to the fatal crash. Could these lives have been saved? Broken Harts, a new podcast from Glamour and HowStuffWorks, investigates this question with more than 30 never-before-heard interviews. Cohosts and Glamour editors Justine Harman and Elisabeth Egan and reporter Lauren Smiley follow the family’s journey from South Dakota through Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington, and finally to that 100-foot cliff in California.