What a Creep: Imelda Marcos (Dictator & Creep)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>What a Creep: Imelda Marcos</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Season 11, Episode 8</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Dictator’s Mrs. Did More Than Buy Shoes! </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/176387/4e886bb937e0b97380dc23878017953c.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="206" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Known as the “Steel Butterfly” for her combination of fashion sense and political ambition, Imelda Marcos is the former first lady of the Philippines. Her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, was president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. During that time, the couple embezzled $10 BILLION from the government. In fact, Imelda and her husband hold the</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Guinness World Record</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for the Greatest Robbery of a Government. Oh, and they committed hundreds of human rights abuses during a brutal period of martial law.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sources for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Kingmaker-Lauren-Greenfield/dp/B0855R5QL9"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Kingmaker</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(documentary)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a30280747/imelda-marcos-the-kingmaker-documentary-philippines-stolen-wealth/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Esquire</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1986/08/dunne198608"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Vanity Fair</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/world/asia/imelda-marcos-sentenced-philippines.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span