Dr. Bartha, the guy who blew up his Manhattan townhouse with him in it (and he eventually died) so that his wife couldn’t take possession of it in their divorce proceedings . . . was kind of a prick:

The ex-wife hid from the Nazis as a child; he drew swastikas all around their house. Their children tried to call him, but he sputtered curses and hung up the phone: he accused them of siding with their mother. Finally, the authorities suspect, he destroyed the house so she wouldn’t get it.