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Done & Dunne

Done & Dunne

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.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Done & Dunne episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Done & Dunne for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Done & Dunne episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Done & Dunne - Introducing Done and Dunne
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02/08/21 • 2 min

Welcome to the Done and Dunne Podcast - the podcast for all things Dominick Dunne. Coming to you Mondays beginning March 2021!

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The architect Stanford White (1853-1906) is credited with a host of landmark structures in New York City and beyond, but it was his sexual predation of young girls, especially the model Evelyn Nesbit, that led to his shockingly public murder and the 1907 "Trial of the Century" in its aftermath. Society figures, sexual secrets, professional jealousies, and courtroom dramas: if only Dominick Dunne had owned a time machine!

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Done & Dunne - The Two Mrs. Grenvilles: Coming January 10!
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01/03/22 • 5 min

Dominick’s 1985 novel The Two Mrs. Grenvilles marks the completion of his transition from Hollywood producer to writer and investigative journalist, and was an auspicious start to the second act of his career that made him a household name. Covering the events of the 1955 high society killing of William Woodward, Jr., by his wife, Ann, and the ways that the upper crust closed ranks to hide the scandal, it set the tone for all that would follow in Dominick’s final quarter century.

Coming January 10, our New York State of Crime season turns its eye to the Woodward killing and the facts and fiction behind Dominick Dunne’s The Two Mrs. Grenvilles.

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Done & Dunne - 28: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | The Set Up
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01/10/22 • 40 min

Welcome back to a whole new arc of Done & Dunne! For the next several episodes, we'll explore the facts and fictions of the 1955 shooting death of William Woodward, Jr., by his wife Ann, and the class-wide coverup that New York's fanciest families executed.

Dunne wrote 1985's The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as a thinly veiled fictional account of the whole sordid tale, which landed right in the sweet spot of his interest in high society's perfidy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytHsxRJm0E&t=8s

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1985/7/murder-most-swank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Zt47V3pPw

https://everything2.com/title/And+Justice+for+All%253F

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/03/05/592841492.html?pageNumber=199

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This podcast tends to take a somewhat dim view of Truman Capote, a longtime acquaintance and maybe sometimes frenemy of Dominick Dunne. But Truman had his bright spots, too. Today we're treating you to an episode of another of Alicia's podcasts, Love Letters to..., with a Love Letter to Truman's First Swan, Carol Saroyan Matthau.

We'll see you Monday with more of The Two Mrs. Grenvilles.

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Done & Dunne - 29: The Two Mrs. Grenvillles | The Shooting
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01/17/22 • 40 min

Next up in our exploration of The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, we weave into the night of the shooting, as well as Elsie Woodward's background. Elsie is our first Mrs. Grenville, and understanding her past goes a long way to understanding all that came next. What won't Elsie do to protect her family's power and privilege?

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In a crossover episode from another of her podcasts, Trashy Divorces, Alicia presents the real-life person behind The Two Mrs. Grenvilles’ character of Babette Van Degan, socialite Barbara ‘Bobo’ Sears Rockefeller. When Bobo died at 91 in 2008, the New York Sun remembered her with this headline: “Bobo Rockefeller, 91, Married Well, Divorced Better.” An ex-wife of both a Sears and a Rockefeller, she was a prominent personality in the 1950s when she had both a well-publicized “Cinderella Wedding” to Standard Oil heir Winthrop Rockefeller, and a Divorce of the Century from him two years later.

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Done & Dunne - Notorious - Coming February 14!
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01/31/22 • 1 min

Done & Dunne's first anniversary is coming, and Alicia is hard at work on a new set of stories for the show's second year. Get ready for Notorious, starting February 14!

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Done & Dunne - 32. A Notorious Season
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02/14/22 • 17 min

Welcome to a whole new year of Done and Dunne, darlings! In this episode, we introduce our season of Notorious, with Nick recalling his first visit to Hollywood, at age 9, and the lifelong mark it left on his imagination.

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Done & Dunne - 1: The First Act of Dominick Dunne
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02/15/21 • 30 min

Welcome to the premiere of Done & Dunne! Alicia takes us through Dominick Dunne’s first act, from a comfortable childhood marred by conflict with his father, to a Hollywood career that gradually gave way to substance misuse, the breakdown of his marriage, and finally, a long stay at a remote cabin in Oregon where Nick began to piece himself back together.

Sources for this episode:

Dominick Dunne: After the Party (Documentary, Amazon link)

A Death in the Family (Essay by Dominick Dunne, Vanity Fair, May 2003)

The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper (Book by Dominick Dunne, Amazon link)

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How many episodes does Done & Dunne have?

Done & Dunne currently has 214 episodes available.

What topics does Done & Dunne cover?

The podcast is about True Crime, History and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Done & Dunne?

The episode title '25. Keeping Up With The Astors' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Done & Dunne?

The average episode length on Done & Dunne is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Done & Dunne released?

Episodes of Done & Dunne are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Done & Dunne?

The first episode of Done & Dunne was released on Feb 8, 2021.

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