Grifters, Oil Men, Tabloids, The Scrappy Ingenue, The Titans and the Hardass: An American Story | MetaFilter

Grifters, Oil Men, Tabloids, The Scrappy Ingenue, The Titans and the Hardass: An American Story | MetaFilter: "Helen, at age 69, fell in love with her chauffeur -- 'Tiger' Mike Davis, a strapping young college dropout of 28. Their romance died, and a nasty divorce ensued, in which he received a large settlement. Rolling that money into oil field investments, 'Tiger' Davis got rich."