# The Strange Case of Klaus von Bulow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 1999, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357 "1999-12-10T05:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 1999, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/1 "1999-12-10T05:10:00Z")
So what happened? Did a guilty man go free, or did an accident cause his wife’s death? It’s been a long time, and all that I remember is that you had one set of doctors saying, “It’s possible that he killed her,” and the other saying, “She might have gone into a coma without any ‘help.’” ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 1999, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/2 "1999-12-10T13:03:00Z")
Was von Bulow innocent, or just smart enough to cover his tracks well and wealthy enough to get a damn good lawyer? I don’t think we’ll ever know. From what I’ve read, he didn’t seem to have much of a motive. ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/3 "1999-12-15T04:15:00Z")
Claus didn’t kill anyone; Sunny is quietly vegitating still. ---
**Author:** ![\_Df](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7ba0ec/32.png) [@\_Df](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Df)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/4 "1999-12-15T23:24:00Z")
Well, at least Claus didn’t kill Sunny…who knows about others? The movie Reversal of Fortune has some interesting performances… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/5 "2019-05-31T02:15:50Z")
Updating this thread Sunny died in 2008 after spending 28 years in a coma and Claus just died at age 92. > **[Claus von Bülow, socialite cleared of trying to murder wife, dies aged 92](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/31/claus-von-bulow-socialite-cleared-wife-murder-dies-aged-92)** > > Story of his two sensational US trials in 1980s was made into film starring Jeremy Irons ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/6 "2019-05-31T02:39:44Z")
That’s the end of the story. Until someone makes a new histotainment show that searches for the evidence to prove what really happened, and if aliens were involved. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/7 "2019-05-31T03:46:25Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That’s the end of the story. Until someone makes a new histotainment show that searches for the evidence to prove what really happened, and if aliens were involved. ILLUMINATI. I feel like everyone overlooks them these days–just how they like it… Of course Klaus did it. It’s always the husband. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/8 "2019-05-31T04:41:16Z")
No, the crime was committed by Violet Baudelaire. Or do you think it’s merely coincidence that her brother and sister were named Klaus and Sunny? The answer is always in children’s literature, boys and girls. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/9 "2019-05-31T04:45:46Z")
Since this was bumped to provide a death notice rather than to answer the OP, let’s move this to MPSIMS. Please note that this thread is almost 20 years old. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/10 "2019-05-31T12:22:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since this was bumped to provide a death notice rather than to answer the OP, let’s move this to MPSIMS. Please note that this thread is almost 20 years old. Is it? I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/11 "2019-05-31T14:08:05Z")
I don’t really remember the case much, but the movie was very entertaining. Jeremy Irons’ performance was appropriately weird and it’s got relatively early appearances by Christine Baranski (whom I don’t remember seeing) and Felicity Huffman (who I do). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/12 "2019-05-31T17:51:41Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since this was bumped to provide a death notice rather than to answer the OP, let’s move this to MPSIMS. Please note that this thread is almost 20 years old. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Is it? I had no idea. It’s not even nineteen and a half yet! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/13 "2019-05-31T19:59:22Z")
20 years and no one’s fixed the typo in the title? It’s Claus. (I give a pass on the missing umlaut.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-klaus-von-bulow/5357/14 "2019-05-31T20:52:29Z")
Guilty or not guilty? I am not really sure. The whole thing made one boring-ass movie though.