Nearly seven decades after it was first created in a Los Angeles garage, the brand has sold more than a billion dolls, but the creator s were marred in controversy.
Jack Ryan was the eccentric genius who designed Barbie and who, having made a fortune from the royalties of one of the most popular toys ever created, then spent his life pursuing real-life versions.
With his family banished to another wing of the mansion, sex-mad Jack Ryan would crown one of his glamorous female guests his queen for the night, before the revelries descended into an orgy.