What Happened to Ferdinand Marcos's Family After He Was Overthrown?

Ferdinand Marcos was flown out of the Philippines in an American helicopter in February 1986, after twenty-one years in power. He left behind an empty palace, more than a thousand pairs of his wife's shoes, and an estimated ten billion dollars that has never been fully found. This is what happened to the family of Ferdinand Marcos afterwards. The body that spent four years in a refrigerated crypt and twenty-three more in a glass coffin. The widow convicted on seven counts who has never spent a night in prison. The 9,539 victims who won two billion dollars in an American court and collected about fifteen hundred dollars each. And the son who walked back into that same palace, thirty-six years later, as the elected president of the Philippines. Every deposed dictator of the twentieth century has an afterlife. Ceausescu was shot in a courtyard. Gaddafi was killed in the road. Duvalier died without power. The family of Ferdinand Marcos is the only one that came back and won. CHAPTERS 0:00 The night they left 2:23 The murder trial that made him 6:05 The building that killed 168 men 9:07 The shot on the tarmac 10:11 Cut, and cut cleanly 12:08 Exile in Honolulu 13:32 The body that could not come home 14:34 Twenty-three years under glass 15:40 Imelda on trial in New York 17:16 Seven counts, no prison 18:51 The son comes back 20:59 31,629,783 votes 22:05 The daughters 23:39 Following the money 25:35 What the victims received 27:01 Ceausescu, Gaddafi, Duvalier 29:27 Why this family is the exception SOURCES & ARCHIVE Archive photographs are public domain, sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Full credit list in the pinned comment. This video documents the public record. Court judgments, convictions and acquittals are described as decided. Where figures are disputed or estimated, they are named as such.