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Done & Dunne
by Hemlock Creatives
A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.
Episodes
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371. Lord Lucan | Act V
In this final episode of our series, we investigate what might have happened to Lord Lucan and the fates of our associated cast of characters in this season. Sponsors Find your next fall favorites at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince dot com. Get free...
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370. Lord Lucan | Act IV
Not only has Lord Lucan disappeared, causing an international manhunt, but Lucan’s friends are closing ranks. In this episode, we investigate the immediate aftermath of Lucan’s deeds and how one of the set, Dominick Elwes, is destroyed by the Clermont set. Sponsors Find your next fall favorites…
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369. Lord Lucan | Act III
In this episode, we investigate the events of that terrible night, November 7, 1974, where Lucky’s fate is sealed by miscalculating his hand, with the terrible cost of the life of the Lucan’s nanny, Sandra Rivett. Lord Lucan is now a murderer on the run. Sponsors Find your next fall favorites at...
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368. Lord Lucan | Act II
In this second episode, we investigate the marriage, separation and downright ugly court battle of Lord and Lady Lucan. Lord Lucan is very much down on his luck and makes some decisions about how to change his fate. Sponsors Find your next fall favorites at Quince. Download the Quince app for...
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367. Lord Lucan | Act I
We begin our investigation into the mysterious vanishing of Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, also known as Lucky. John Bingham certainly started life on a lucky streak. This episode delves into Lord Lucan’s background, including his family, early childhood, and meeting his future…
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366. A Different Side of Dominick Dunne
In this Dominick focused episode, we are traveling back in time to 2017 for Andrew Holleran’s amazing review of Robert Hofler’s biography of Dunne, Money, Murder and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts. Published in The Gay and Lesbian Review, this review centers on much more of Dominick’s...
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365. From Dunne’s Archive: The Lonergan Pitch to Tina Brown
Dominick Dunne’s papers live in Austin these days within the Briscoe Center at UT/Austin. What a treasure trove of his life to explore. Today, we are taking one out of his archives to investigate how our man Nick pitched ideas to Tina Brown in his Vanity Fair days. How did his reporting of the...
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364. The Stork Club | New York's New Yorkiest Joint
In this encore of an episode, we journey into the past to visit “New York’s New Yorkiest” Joint, The Stork Club. The Stork Club operated off 5th Avenue for over three decades and it is the scene for ALL of it. This episode includes all the dish – the founding, the owner, the spiderwebs too!...
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363. Café Society Crime | The Case of Patricia Lonergan
This week, we dip into the past for the story of the murder that rocked New York City’s Café Society in the 1940s. The murder of Patricia Burton Longergan, committed by her husband Wayne, truly had everything a scandal needs to take hold. We have an heiress, and a charming but seedy gigolo. Add a...
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362. Diana's Secret Keeper | Paul Burrell
With all the talk of Diana this week, and Charles Spencer's Swan Song released, the late Princess of Wales has been very much in the news. In a bit of a twist today, it was time to tell the story of Dominick Dunne reporting from London in 2002 on the trial of Paul Burrell, the royal butler who...
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361. Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
What are the secrets of Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont? This hotel has been holding the city captive for almost 100 years now, playing host to famous names and events in history. Ride along for this one as we dig into Mark Rozzo’s reporting for Vanity Fair, “Secrets of the Chateau” from 2019.…
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360. Spiderwebs Bonus: Belle Burden | A Cautionary Tale
In 2023, Belle Burden, a granddaughter of Babe Paley, published an essay in the New York Times Modern Love column called, "Was I Married to a Stranger?" It's a question a lot of people ask themselves after a divorce, so the column went very viral and a book deal followed. Strangers: A Memoir of...
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359. California Crime | The Disappearing Ed Pauley Jr.
Dominick Dunne reports in September 2001 on the death of Ed Pauley, Jr. the son of a prominent Hollywood scion. The odd thing - Pauley's death and its gruesome details were not released, and for the most part - these 25 years later - absent from the internet. Our man Nick gives us all the details...
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358. Jay’s Granny Really Hates Ava Gardner
We do love Listener Letters around here, and Jay sent us a real gem recently. His Granny really hated Ava Gardner for reasons that stayed with her a lifetime. Send your trashy stories to us at trashydivorces.com. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers…
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357. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | The Verdict, Aftermath and Last Words
In this final episode of the Sunny and Claus von Bülow arc, we investigate the fallout from the verdict in the second trial, its aftermath, and provide Dunne the final words, on Sunny’s behalf. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to...
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356. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | The Jury Is Out
In the four days of jury deliberations in the 1985 trial of Claus von Bulow, Dominick Dunne is very deep into his reporting on this piece, even landing an invite to Clarendon Court from Sunny’s children. There is also a very revealing dinner as well with the press pool. Our man Nick wastes no…
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355. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Second Trial
In this episode, we continue our investigation into Sunny and Claus von Bülow, dipping into all the information Dominick Dunne is gathering during the 1985 re-trial of Claus for twice attempting to murder Sunny. Our man Nick talks with everyone during the trial, and reports all the inside scoop...
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354. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Andrea Reynolds
In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow, and answer the question posed in the previous episode – who is the mysterious Mrs. Reynolds? It doesn’t take Claus von Bulow too long to move onto his appeal from his 1982 conviction and onto his next mistress, Andrea…
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353. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Second Coma, First Trial
In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow. This week, Sunny is placed into her final and irreversible coma in December 1980, and her husband Claus will stand trial for his crimes in the spring of 1982. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for...
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352. Clarendon Court | A Real Estate Diversion
This week we pull one from the Patreon Vault to explore Clarendon Court in Newport RI, the home and its colorful history with so many spiderwebs. From its construction to its century of legendary owners, there is much more to this home than the location of two attempted murders. Sponsors Upgrade...
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351. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Marriage, Mistresses, and Maids: June 1966 to December 1980
In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow, taking them from their June 1966 marriage to Christmas 1980, as the second attempted murder of Sunny by Claus at Clarendon Court, their Newport RI home. The fourteen years covered here takes our couple from happiness to...
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350. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Background, Courtship, and Warnings
We begin a deeper investigation into the scandal that rocked high society in the 1980s, the twice attempted murder of Sunny von Bülow and the subsequent trials of her second husband Claus von Bülow for those crimes. In this first episode, we introduce and get to know the main characters in this...
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349. The Swan Song of Truman Capote
In this final episode of our Summer of Swans, we travel to the California home of Joanne Carson where Truman Capote spent his last days in August of 1984. Truman, infamous writer and collector of Swans, has some pretty epic stories in his last months, as told by his friends before his passing on...
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348. The Swan Feud | Truman Capote’s Third Act
This week, we begin the wind down our summer Swan series by investigating the third act of Truman Capote, including those scandalous chapters of Answered Prayers which targeted and alienated his Swans. In 1966, Truman claimed double success with the publication of In Cold Blood. Ultimately…
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347. Capote vs. Vidal | The Real Feud, Part 2
What happened at the White House in 1961? How does Lee become the real villain in this story, at least according to Truman? So much bad blood, and these problems can never be solved. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/DUNNE.…
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346. Capote vs. Vidal | The Real Feud
It is time to bring all the spiderwebs together. This week, it is the first part of the actual feud happening – the one between Gore Vidal, Truman Capote and Lee Radziwill. In this episode we explore the origin story of Gore and Truman which begins in the mid-1940’s and runs through 1975 – up to...
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345. The Dear Princess Swan | Lee Radziwell
In this episode, we explore the life, loves, and increasingly complicated relationships of Lee Bouvier Radziwill, which a lens to two in particular. The first with her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The next, with her best friend, Truman Capote. Moving from the White House to Montauk to the...
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344. A Mother of an Episode | Nina Gore Vidal and Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
Truman Capote had a feud with his Swans, sure. But do you know about the just-as-famous feud with fellow writer and raconteur Gore Vidal? Their epic battle got nasty, and it turns out Truman learned a whole lot about family matters from his bestie Swan, Lee Radziwell. Lee also happens to be a...
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343. Pamela Harriman | The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Swan
In this episode, we investigate the life and times of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, perhaps the premier courtesan of the 20th century. Pamela also married a few times, along with a slew of lovers too, putting her in some interesting times in history as a major player. Buckle up for…
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342. The Swans | Marella Angelli
In today's episode, we continue our summertime of the Swans with the story of Marella Agnelli. One of the least covered of the Swans, Marella’s life was filled with glamour and adventure, with some heartaches along the way, too. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for...
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341. Wild Child Cornelia Guest
In our summer series continuing with The Swans, we take a little journey this week into an adjacent story. Our focus this week is the beloved daughter of C.Z. Guest, Cornelia Guest. Cornelia was a whole entire scene in the 1980s, being the first celebutante. Bob Colacello writes all about…
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340. The Swans of Truman Capote | C.Z. Guest
Today, we meet the cool vanilla lady, C.Z. Guest. C.Z. had a legendary life including accomplishments like wife and mother, but also such as actress, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and ultimately fashion icon. Her spiderwebs are off the charts including the Aiken SC Summer Colony, Palm...
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339. The Swans of Truman Capote | Katharine Graham (to David Begelman to Dominick Dunne)
In this episode of our summer of Swans, we spend a little time with Truman’s Publishing Swan, Katharine Graham, America’s first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company and the honoree of The Black and White Ball. Katharine is a friend to Truman, but plays a far larger role in Dominick Dunne’s third…
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338. The Black and White Ball | All the Memories
In this episode, we explore Truman’s 1966 Black and White Ball from the people who were there – the build-up, the big event, and the aftermath. It seems we are never done connecting it together. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to...
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337. The Black and White Ball | A Primer on Truman Capote's Party of the Century
Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball is the focus of today’s episode. This 1966 event is still being talked about today, and for good reason. There had not been anything quite like it at the time. Included here is a quick primer on the event – the reason for the party, the planning, the guest…
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336. The Swans of Truman Capote | Slim Keith
In the spotlight today, we focus on Truman Capote’s Golden Swan. Slim Keith, known to Truman as Big Mama, led an extraordinary life, filled with high profile marriages, and even more high profile friendships. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To…
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335. The Swans of Truman Capote | Gloria Guinness
Our featured Swan in this episode is Gloria Guinness, the high society lady with a mysterious background and many lucrative marriages. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/DUNNE. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns....
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334. The Ex | Dorothy Hart Hearst Paley Hirshon
In the last of our Babe Paley spinoffs, this episode takes to Bill’s first wife, Dorothy Hart. What a lady, with a pretty famous first husband before Bill, and associations all through that high society world. Sponsors Upgrade your every day! Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or…
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333. Sister Act | The Fabulous Cushing Sisters
In this episode, we pull on another of the Babe Paley spiderwebs to meet her sisters, Betsey and Minnie. This trio of a sister act are legendary in their day and are celebrated as The Fabulous Cushing Sisters. Also included, a bit of Mama Kate too! The webs these ladies weave in time are…
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332. Trashy Tabloids | Happy Rockefeller, June 1963
It is the first of our Spiderwebs of Babe Paley episodes this week! Today, we are taking a journey into the past with reporting from The Saturday Evening Post from June 22, 1963 to spend a little time with Happy Rockefeller. Happy and Nelson Rockefller have just married, and oh my, it is a…
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331. The Swans of Truman Capote | Babe Paley
As we continue through The Swans of Truman Capote, our episode today delves into the life of Babe Paley, the most perfect of the Swans. Babe’s life, marriages, and style are legendary, along with her friendship – and subsequent falling out – with Truman Capote. Continue your investigation with...
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330. The Swans of Truman Capote | Carol Marcus, featuring Oona O'Neill and Gloria Vanderbilt
In this episode, we explore the life, loves and friendships of Truman Capote’s Original Swan, Carol Marcus. Her name might not be familiar to you now, but hers is a story that is unforgettable. Including a rags to riches story, two husbands and three marriages, and two very best friends – Gloria...
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329. The Swans of Truman Capote | Lillie Mae Faulk and Harper Lee
In this episode, we explore Truman Capote’s early years – from his tiny hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, and the cast of characters who live there. Here we are also introduced to Truman’s first Swans, his mother Lillie Mae Faulk and his childhood bestie, Harper Lee. Continue your investigation...
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328. The Swans of Truman Capote | What Makes a Swan?
It is time for a little summertime detour visiting the seven high society Swans of Truman Capote. Why would Dominick Dunne care about Truman Capote at all? What kind of mettle is Truman made of? And what defines a Swan anyway? The answer to all of these questions and more are included in today’s...
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327. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | The Rest of the Story
We have come to the end of our Scandalous Candy Mossler series, and nothing quite tops the last decade of her life. Stacie joins Alicia for this mad lib of a story. What happens after Candace Mossler stakes through first degree murder charges in 1966? We progress through a whole decade of stories...
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326. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | The Trial
You might think with all the evidence available that convicting Candy Mossler and Melvin Lane Powers for the murder of Jacques Mossler would be a cinch. Turns out justice can be bought with high powered attorneys and a compliant jury. The whole world was watching this trial go down in early 1966,...
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325. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Getting Caught
Candy Mossler and her nephew Melvin, deep within their incestuous love affair, make some new plans for Candy to be out of her marriage to Jacques, and with a way to keep all the millions. These lovers are not exactly a top notch criminal operation as by July 1965 both will be indicated for…
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324. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Melvin to Murder
In this next installment of the Candy Mossler series we meet her new lover (and nephew too) Melvin Lane Powers. This illicit relationship is an open secret in Houston and hits a few skids once her husband Jacques discovers the scandal. None of it ends well, for Jacques anyway. Continue your...
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323. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Origins to Jacques
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322. Alicia'a Auction Days Are Dunne
Investigators, it was an interesting week around here as your dedicated hostess participated in her first auction, conducted by the legendary Julien's Auctions. The story that follows is definitely one for the books. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To...
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A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.
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A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering...
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