Dominique Dunne was an upcoming actress with roles in different shows like Chips, Hart to Hart, one of her last roles was actually in the- potentially cursed- movie Poltergeist. In 1982 Dominique was killed at the hands of her boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney. Their relationship, trial and aftermath are absolutely devastating and what we’ll go over in detail during this episode.

Sources used:

Dominik Dunne's Vanity Fair Piece, A father’s account of the trial of his daughter’s killer.

https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/dominique-dunne/

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/injustice-for-dominique-dunne-66f5bac3998b

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