28: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | The Set Up

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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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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The Two Mrs. Grenvilles: Coming January 10!

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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BONUS: A Love Letter to Truman Capote's First Swan, Carol Saroyan Matthau

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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