The Nurse Who Set Fire to Monaco
Before dawn in one of the most guarded penthouses on Earth, billionaire Edmond Safra locked himself in a bathroom with his nurse. They thought assassins were in the house. The only other man inside was Ted Maher — the nurse hired to keep Safra alive.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of the 1999 Monte Carlo fire that killed Safra and nurse Vivian Torrente: the staged home invasion, the wastebasket, the self-inflicted wounds, the confession, Monaco’s “trial of the century,” and the prison break that lasted only hours.
A small fire. A fortress that filled with smoke. And a man who wanted to…
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