Paul meets with two former Silver Chain members: Janet, the first woman to win The Silver Chain's coveted Personality of the Year award, and Diana, who is frequently featured in the newsletters for her dancing and wardrobe. 

A darker side to this group emerges, where women often joined at the request or demand of their husbands, and complied in an effort to keep their marriages intact. 

Links:

Time Capsule Substack

TimeCapsulePodcast.com

Jack El-Hai's Article

Paul meets with two former Silver Chain members: Janet, the first woman to win The Silver Chain's coveted Personality of the Year award, and Diana, who is frequently featured in the newsletters for her dancing and wardrobe. 
A darker side to this group emerges, where women often joined at the request or demand of their husbands, and complied in an effort to keep their marriages intact. 
Links:
<a href="https://timecapsule.substack.com/">Time Capsule Substack</a>
<a href="https://timecapsulepodcast.com/">TimeCapsulePodcast.com</a>
<a href="https://www.gq.com/story/inside-secret-swingers-club-from-the-70s">Jack El-Hai's Article</a>

In the early 1990s, a cache of abandoned newsletters found its way from a safety deposit box in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the state’s historical society, where they were left to gather dust. The newsletters detailed the inner workings of a secret 1970s swingers society: The Silver Chain Social Club.

Fifty years later, TV writer and host Paul Ditty tracks down the club’s surviving members to uncover the group’s mysterious history and the ties that connected its members long after the swingers club closed its doors for good.

For a deeper look inside Time Capsule, read Paul's newsletter.

Learn more about Time Capsule here.

In the early 1990s, a cache of abandoned newsletters found its way from a safety deposit box in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the state’s historical society, where they were left to gather dust. The newsletters detailed the inner workings of a secret 1970s swingers society: The Silver Chain Social Club.
Fifty years later, TV writer and host Paul Ditty tracks down the club’s surviving members to uncover the group’s mysterious history and the ties that connected its members long after the swingers club closed its doors for good.
For a deeper look inside Time Capsule, read Paul's <a href="https://timecapsule.substack.com">newsletter.</a>
Learn more about Time Capsule <a href="https://timecapsulepodcast.com">here.</a>

Advertisement