19TH CENTURY FRANCE: Marquis de Sade & lots of prostitutes, aristocrats, etc.
His romances were so whack they named a mental state after him (and interestingly, the word “sadism” peaked in use in 1950 and has been on the decline since). A cursory glance at his wikipedia page will tell you of making his wife eskimo twins with her own sister, having so many hookers the police started following him, and more-or-less inventing BDSM.
