Edison divorce torture plot

Okay kiddo, let me explain what the Edison divorce torture plot is. Thomas Edison was a famous inventor a long time ago. He was married to a woman named Mary Stilwell, and they had children together. But their marriage wasn't a happy one. They fought a lot and didn't get along.

One day, Mary got really sick and died. After she died, Thomas found out that she had been writing letters to her lawyer, and in those letters, she said some things about Thomas that he didn't like. So, Thomas started a plan to make sure that those letters would never be seen by anyone else.

He hired some people to break into Mary's lawyer's office and steal the letters. Then he used those letters to try to make Mary's reputation look bad so that people would think badly of her and not believe any bad things she might have said about him.

This plan wasn't very nice, and some people think it was really mean. That's why we call it the Edison divorce torture plot. It's a reminder that even famous people can make bad choices and do things that aren't right.