As if alienating Brooks (not to mention his family and friends) with her conduct wasn’t bad enough behavior, her libertine lifestyle of excessive drink, a modicum of drugs and risque-over-the-top sexual encounters of a variety of natures with seemingly anyone and everyone she could find, pushed him into the arms, and beds, of countless of other women. Unfortunately, Barbara was psychologically unstable, ill-bred and despite outward appearances, on opening her mouth, could be counted on to be the rudest, most foul-mouthed, classless person in a room. What one would describe as “ a real looker” with charm, allure and air of refinement, it took little effort for Barbara to wend her way into Brooks’ heart and home. In this case, Barbara’s prize was Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite company and fortune. What prize you ask? Well, quite frankly, any prize, as long as it would bring her great wealth with all its trappings and make her the center of attention. And just for good measure, let’s toss in a familial history of lurid, lewd, tawdry and incestuous sexual conduct, making the story ripe for the press, ripe for publication and now, ripe for the big screen.īarbara Daly was a vivacious, sexy, charming, wannabe/sometime actress and model who always had her eye on the prize.
She was the ex-wife of Brooks Baekeland, grandson of Leon Baekeland, founder of Bakelite plastic, a product found in almost every home in the industrialized world. Not just “any” murder, this one garnered international attention as Barbara was not just “any” wealthy socialite.
On November 11, 1972, Barbara Daly Baekeland was murdered by her 25 year old son, Antony, in their London home.
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