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In a time before movie stars were widespread and television hadnt yet been invented, Audrey Munson was one of the most famous faces in New York City. Remembered today as Americas first supermodel, Munson served as the artists model for some of the citys most renowned sculptures.Her figure can still be seen today atop the Manhattan Municipal Building, inside Frick Mansion, and overlooking various parks and plazas across the city. But hardly anyone remembers her name.Public DomainAudrey Munson, Americas first supermodel, in 1915.Thats because, after posing for hundreds of sculptures and appearing in four silent films, Munson was involved in a series of scandals that led to her downfall. Then, when she was 40, she was admitted to a psychiatric facility to be treated for depression and schizophrenia.She spent the rest of her life there, and when she died in 1996 at age 104, Audrey Munson was buried in an unmarked grave.This is the tragic story of the forgotten model who was once one of the most famous women in America.Audrey Munsons Rise To FameAudrey Munson was born into an average family in Rochester, and her childhood was largely unremarkable. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she moved with her mother to Rhode Island.In 1909, when Munson was 17, she decided to pursue her dream of appearing on Broadway. She and her mother rented a residence in New York City, and Munson was cast in a few small roles in various shows.But her big break came in a way she didnt expect. As the story goes, she was shopping on Fifth Avenue when she was spotted by a photographer named Felix Benedict Herzog. He introduced her to several of his fellow artists, including sculptor Isidore Konti.Public DomainAudrey Munson posed for hundreds of sculptures throughout the 1910s.By the end of the year, Munson was posing for Konti in his studio as an artists model. Her first credit was in Kontis marble sculpture Three Graces, which was placed in the new ballroom of the Hotel Astor in Times Square.Munson found work quickly after that, posing for sculptures that appeared across the city. In 1913, she stood as the model for Adolph Alexander Weinmans Civic Fame, the gilded bronze statue that still stands atop the Manhattan Municipal Building to this day. Its the second-tallest female figure in New York, second only to the Statue of Liberty.That same year, The Sun reported, Over a hundred artists agree that if the name of Miss Manhattan belongs to anyone in particular it is to this young woman.By 1915, Audrey Munsons fame had spread beyond New York City. She was selected to model for hundreds of sculptures for the upcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, earning her another nickname: Panama-Pacific Girl.The Richmond Times-Dispatch repeated The Suns praise of Munson in August 1915: Long after she and everyone else of this generation shall have become dust, Audrey Munson, who posed for three-fifths of all the statuary of the Panama-Pacific exposition, will live in the bronzes and canvasses of the art centers of the world.But just four years later, Munsons star began to fade.A Career Rocked By ScandalsIn 1919, Audrey Munson and her mother were living in a boarding house in the Upper West Side that was owned by a man named Dr. Walter Wilkins. The elderly doctor fell in love with Munson and he decided to murder his wife so he could be with the young model.Public DomainAudrey Munson was known as Miss Manhattan, American Venus, and the Panama-Pacific Girl.Munson claimed she had no knowledge of Wilkins intentions, but detectives grew suspicious when she and her mother fled New York for Canada. In the end, Wilkins was sentenced to death, but Munson wasnt implicated in any sort of crime.Still, she had trouble finding work after the scandal. By 1920, she was reported to be working as a ticket taker in Syracuse while her mother sold utensils door-to-door to make ends meet. Munsons mental health soon took a drastic downturn as well. According to a 2021 article in The Washington Post, she became convinced that Jewish millionaires were to blame for the fall of her career and even wrote to Congress demanding legal protection from being persecuted by Hebrews.Her roles in silent films invited further criticism. Munson appeared in four movies between 1915 and 1921. She was shown onscreen fully nude in Inspiration, becoming one of the first actresses to do so in a non-pornographic film. And in 1921, she was arrested on morals charges for her nude scenes in a different movie, though she was later acquitted.Public DomainOne of Audrey Munsons nude scenes in the 1915 film Inspiration.She attempted suicide the following year, and her mental state continued to decline throughout the 1920s. By 1931, Munsons mother had petitioned to have her committed to an asylum. And on her 40th birthday, Audrey Munson was sent to the St. Lawrence State Hospital for the Insane.The Tragic Legacy Of Audrey MunsonMunson remained in the psychiatric facility for the next 64 years. After her mother died in 1958, she received no visitors for more than two decades. The American Venus had been forgotten.Audrey Munson died on Feb. 20, 1996, at age 104. She was buried in New Haven, New York, but she didnt have a headstone for another 20 years. When her grave marker was finally erected in 2016 after fundraising efforts, a small celebration was held at New Haven Town Hall. Valerie Burditt, one of Munsons caretakers, told Oswego County Today at the time, The thing that strikes me most about Audrey was her soul. Audrey was a beautiful woman, but she also had a soul that didnt quit. It was peaceful, and it was loving, and it was kind, and most of all, it was pure. And never in my life have I met a soul like Audreys.PortableNYCTours/Wikimedia CommonsCivic Fame is believed to be the second-largest female figure in New York City after the Statue of Liberty.In the decades since Munsons death, scholars have argued whether she should ever have been admitted to a psychiatric facility at all. Per a 2022 article in The New York Times, Andrea Geyer wrote in Queen of the Artists Studios: The Story of Audrey Munson, It is unclear whether she was in fact mentally ill or a tragically misunderstood artist and feminist.Indeed, Munson had argued about the exploitation of models, some of whom barely earned the equivalent of minimum wage today. She believed that she and her peers were undervalued by the sculptors who profited so greatly from their bodies.At the same time, Munsons antisemitic rants and suicide attempts suggest that she did need some sort of help though perhaps not six decades locked away in an asylum.Today, not many people know Audrey Munsons name. The woman who was once lauded as Americas first supermodel has been relegated to small plaques around New York City. But her image still looms over Manhattan, where she quietly observes the city that made her and broke her.After learning about Audrey Munson, read about the life of Frances Farmer, Hollywoods original bad girl. Then, read the stories of seven iconic pinup girls.The post The Tragic Story Of Audrey Munson, The American Venus Who Spent Over Six Decades Locked Away In An Asylum appeared first on All That's Interesting.

It was 12:58 on the afternoon of July 26, 2009. Warren Hance received a phone call. His 36-year-old sister Diane Schulers number appeared on the caller ID, but when he answered, his own young daughter was on the line.Hance listened intently as his worried 8-year-old Emma explained that aunt Diane was having trouble seeing while driving and wasnt speaking clearly. Diane Schuler herself then got on the phone and described being disoriented; her vision foggy.Panicked, Hance told Schuler to pull over and stay off the road. He was on his way and would meet them shortly. But by the time he arrived at the scene, Schuler had left, and tragedy was on the horizon.Diane Schulers Fatal Crash On The Taconic State ParkwayDiane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day.In 1934, a bus on its way from Brooklyn to Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York drove off an embankment and plunged into a ravine. The bus was instantly engulfed in flames, ultimately resulting in the loss of 20 lives.For the next 75 years, almost to the day, this tragedy would be Westchester Countys worst automobile accident one that the population hoped theyd never come close to again.Until Diane Schuler came along.Schuler had begun her day with seemingly good intentions. She and her husband Daniel had been camping for the weekend with their children and nieces at the Hunter Lake Campground in Parksville, New York. They prepared the family to head home to West Babylon on that late-July day.Around 9:30 a.m. Diane, along with her 5-year-old son Bryan, her 2-year-old daughter Erin, and her three nieces (8-year-old Emma, Emma, 7-year-old Alyson, and 5-year-old Kate) left the camp. They piled into her brother Warrens red 2004 Ford Windstar minivan, while her husband Daniel followed behind in a truck with the family dog.Along the route home, the minivan party participated in several road trip rituals; stopping at McDonalds and several gas stations. So far, it seemed just as it was a typical New York family heading home after a camping trip.NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesThe front page of the New York Daily News on Diane Schulers car accident.Around 11 AM, however, the trouble started. As Diane Schuler was making her way down the New York Thruway, she called her brother Warren to tell him they were being delayed, as traffic in the area was heavy. However, at the same time that Diane was reporting heavy traffic, other motorists on the NY Thruway were reporting a different series of events. According to several eyewitnesses, a minivan was driving aggressively on the highway, tailgating, flashing their headlights, honking their horn, and straddling two lanes. Other witnesses reported seeing a minivan pulled over on the side of the highway with a woman bent over next to it who appeared to be vomiting. Two hours later, Warren Hance would receive his daughters worried phone call. The specifics of what happened in Diane Schulers car after the phone call are unknown and have been pieced together through witness accounts and toll information.Shortly after placing the call to Hance, Schuler made it across the Tappan Zee Bridge and onto the Taconic State Parkway. For reasons unknown or perhaps unintentionally, Schuler then left her phone on the side of the highway and drove off. At 1:33 p.m., 911 operators received two separate calls reporting a minivan driving the wrong way up an exit ramp on the Taconic State Parkway. One minute later, 911 operators received four more calls, this time reporting a similar van driving the wrong way down the parkway at 80 miles per hour.The van was indeed Schulers. For 1.7 miles, it erratically sped south down the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway before colliding head-on with a Chevrolet Trailblazer which subsequently collided with a Chevrolet Tracker at 1:35 p.m.The entire event took less than three minutes. Eight people, including four children, were killed in the three-car head-on collision July 26, 2009 in Briarcliff Manor along the Taconic State Parkway.Seven of the 11 people involved in the crash were pronounced dead at the scene. One would later die at the hospital, bringing the total number of fatalities to eight.Diane Schuler, her daughter, and two of her nieces were likely killed instantly. The children had been in the backseat, but were not secured in car seats, nor did they appear to have been wearing seatbelts. The three passengers of the Trailblazer, 81-year-old Michael Bastardi, his 49-year-old son Guy, and their friend, 74-year-old Dan Longo were also likely killed on impact. The two passengers in the Tracker received only minor injuries.Schulers 5-year-old son Bryan and one of her nieces initially survived the crash and were taken to a local hospital. Though he suffered from severe head trauma and several broken bones, Bryan would ultimately survive his ordeal. Unfortunately, the niece would not.A Sordid Explanation For What Happened On July 26, 2009Of those that responded to the crash, the first two were fellow drivers who had witnessed the ordeal. As soon as they saw what had happened, they rushed to help pulling Schuler and her kids out of the van. They almost missed Bryan, as he was under his siblings and cousins. As they pulled Diane Schuler out, they reported seeing a large bottle of Absolut Vodka broken on the floor of the drivers side, a report that would be taken into account when the medical examiner performed his autopsy. The following investigation determined that Diane Schuler was heavily intoxicated during the time of the crash. Her toxicology report showed that her blood alcohol level was at 0.19 percent (over double the legal limit of .08 percent), with another six grams of alcohol sitting in her stomach yet to be absorbed. In addition to being drunk, Schuler also had high levels of THC in her system; enough to suggest she could have smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes before the crash.Investigators noted that the toxicology report lined up with the vodka bottle found at the scene. It also explained the handful of witnesses who had reported seeing Schuler driving erratically, those claiming to see a woman vomiting on the side of the road, and the daughters phone call claiming Schuler was having trouble seeing and thinking clearly. Diane Schulers family, however, denied all allegations of intoxication and several people Schuler had interacted with over the course of the morning backed up the familys claims. Unless you believe that a woman whos like a PTA mom of the year decides this is the day I dont give a damn, Im going to have eight or ten shots and smoke a joint in front of my kids and nieces, then something else had to happen, said Daniel Schulers private investigator. Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesDaniel Schuler, Diane Schulers husband, outside the office of attorney Dominic Barbaras in Garden City.The Hunter Lake campground co-owner, who was also a friend of the Schulers, spoke with Diane before she departed and claimed that she appeared sober. A gas station employee from whom Diane Schuler had attempted to buy over-the-counter painkillers vigorously denied that she had been drunk.I know for a fact she wasnt drunk when she came into the station, he said in a news report. She was fine, but she did ask for Tylenol.Schuler did not end up purchasing the painkiller, as the station was sold out of it. Then it was thought that Schuler may have had an abscessed tooth, as shed been seen rubbing her cheek although she hadnt complained of pain.The McDonalds employees also denied that Schuler was intoxicated, and in fact, reported she carried on a coherent and lengthy conversation while she waited for her order. Over the course of the investigation, Daniel Schuler eased up on his initial claims that his wife never drank during their camping weekend. He ultimately admitted that there had been drinking during the weekend, but that Diane had not had anything to drink during the day prior to the accident. Daniel also revealed that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally but never to excess and only for insomnia. But later reports revealed a statement made by Daniels sister that claimed she smoked on a regular basis.In an attempt to prove that his wife had not been intoxicated, Daniel Schuler and his attorney issued a statement that claimed Diane Schuler had been driving erratically due to a medical issue such as a stroke rather than intoxication. They even suggested she could have had an embolism or a heart attack, though all claims of medical issues were refuted by the autopsy report.Eventually, despite the Schuler teams efforts, investigators ruled the crash a homicide after claiming the deaths were caused by negligent driving. Due to the crash and the publicity of it, the governor of New York David Paterson proposed the Child Passenger Protection Act, which would make it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child under the age of 16 in the car.Today, Daniel Schuler continues to refute claims that his wife is anything short of the perfect woman. He recalls her as reliable, trustworthy, honest, and denies her victims families claims that she was a murderer.None of her friends or family members believe shed knowingly put any children in danger. Daniel is still trying to prove there was a medical reason for her actions. She was just nice, loving, kind, he says. She bought cards for birthdays.After this look at the tragedy of Diane Schuler, check out the sinister Google searches this mom made shortly before her autistic son was found dead. Then, read about John Jairo Velasquez, the hitman nicknamed Popeye who killed more than 250 people.The post Diane Schuler Drove A Van Full Of Kids Into A Head-On Accident. Why Did She Do It? appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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