Mr. Onassis (JFK Jr: The Man Behind The Myth, Ep. 4)

Our exploration of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s life continues this week with a deep dive into the tumultuous and often troubled second marriage of John's mother Jackie to Aristotle Onassis.

In Episode 4 of my podcast series “JFK Jr: The Man Behind The Myth — Mr. Onassis” we find young #JFKJr and his sister Caroline #Kennedy struggling to adjust to a new father figure in their lives amid the strange new environment of a remote Greek island, and with two new siblings -- Ari's children Alexander and Christina (both of whom hated Jackie O. with a passion).

What started as a loving, happy marriage quickly deteriorated into loud arguments, emotional abuse, manipulation, and even physical abuse -- which John witnessed.

Tragedy struck again when Ari's son Alexander (a skilled pilot who was one of John's early teachers) died from injuries suffered in an aviation accident. The man John always called "Mr. Onassis" fell into a dark depression and became increasingly violent, erratic; paranoid. Finally, Ari called on the infamous lawyer Roy Cohn to arrange for his divorce from "the Black Widow."

And once more, another father figure John had closely bonded with in his life was suddenly gone.

Join me for the live YouTube premiere of Ep. 4, "Mr. #Onassis" Sat. Aug. 30 at 7 PM Eastern.

Listen to all episodes of “JFK Jr: The Man Behind The Myth” in this playlist.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBcSYiYQxlfxTmjwtxC00rw0G40QKhr8&si=gp9fX93zjGIobHNE