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Our journey begins in Connecticut with Donellan Hall, a sprawling Jacobian-style mansion built in 1918 as a wedding gift for industrialist Daniel G. Reed's daughter. Despite its lavish construction costing approximately $1 million at the time (equivalent to about $20 million today), the mansion’s story quickly turned tragic. Reed suffered from opiate addiction before passing away at 66. His daughter's premature death at 61 was just the beginning of a string of misfortunes tied to the estate.