http://thefunded.com is a great community of founders and CEOs, and includes many bitter people who were burned by investors. I've seen a handful of horror stories on there.

See this post for example, even though it doesn't speak directly to your question of being broke after an exit, because it talks about investor control: http://thefunded.com/funds/item/5822

"From a purely technical standpoint, venture capitalists can't easily 'fire founders' either, yet two thirds of founding teams are eliminated. In fact, most investment agreements have more provisions to force a sale than they do to eliminate a founder. "