When a wealthy socialite was found face-down and unresponsive on her bathroom floor, she soon slipped into her second coma in a year.

This time, she would never wake up. Suspicion surrounded the cause of the woman's condition from the very beginning, and that

suspicion eventually led to an arrest. But two trials and endless speculation from the public and

media later, the question still stands. Did someone attempt to end Sunny's life in order to

inherit her fortune, or was the suspect framed?

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Martha Sonny von Bulow on Dark Down East.

It was the case of Martha, December 26th, 1979, in Newport, Rhode Island,

and something was wrong with 47-year-old Martha Sharp Crawford von Bulow.

Martha, who went by the nickname Sunny, had declined over the course of the evening and was

feeling weak and uncoordinated, so her son Alexander helped Sunny to her bedroom to get

some rest.

Around 9.30 the next morning, one of the Von Bulow's household staff members, a maid named

Maria Shalhammer, heard some

concerning noises coming from Sonny's bedroom. Sunny was moaning in her bed, but Maria was unable to wake her up.

Maria went to find Sunny's husband, Klaus von Bulow, and insisted that he called the doctor for his wife

who appeared to be unresponsive.

But Klaus did not jump to call for help, not at first.

It wasn't until 2 p.m. that afternoon when he finally phoned a physician.

The doctor wasn't available at the moment, so Klaus left a message.

When the doctor finally called back about an hour later,

Klaus explained that his wife had been struggling with alcohol use disorder and she had been

drinking the night before. Though she was unresponsive now, Klaus said that Sunny was up and

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