Today, Frank Lloyd Wright stands as one of America's most iconic 20thcentury architects, responsible for innovative designs ranging from Fallingwater House in western Pennsylvania, built atop a gushing waterfall, to the spiralshaped Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

But in 1914, the successful 47yearold Chicagobased architect was notorious throughout the Midwest for a scandalous affair—and for the tragic murder that took place at Taliesen, the Wisconsin home and studio he shared with his mistress.

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