Conspiracy theories about the Mayerling incident
Subject in History
Conspiracy theories about the Mayerling incident has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland considers Empress Zita's claim that the French and Clemenceau organized Rudolf's death implausible and likely invented.
“I think she made it up, but she lived to a kind of ripe old age”
The Rest Is History: 690. A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2) (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:33
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook argues conspiracy theories arise because the public refuses to accept that cataclysmic events can have trivial or chance causes.
“They don't like chance, luck, personal quirks in history. Great events must have great causes”
The Rest Is History: 690. A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2) (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:51
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
690. A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2)The Rest Is History · Jul 22, 2026 · 1 h 19 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the affair of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera, the Mayerling murder-suicide of 1889, its cover-up and aftermath.