Done & Dunne

This week, Alicia invited her Trashy Divorces co-host Stacie to join as they attempt to work through Dominick's August 1984 Vanity Fair piece Candy's Dynasty, about the extravagant lifestyle of Candy and Aaron Spelling. It's a Leo Season special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, Alicia had a chance to talk to Robert Hofler, author of the 2017 Dunne biography Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts, for a far-ranging conversation about our man Nick. Hear the rest of this illuminating conversation about the man behind the books and TV's Power, Privilege, and Justice, our man Nick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alicia had a chance to talk to Robert Hofler, author of the 2017 Dunne biography Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts, for a far-ranging conversation about our man Nick. In what turned into the first half of the conversation, Robert illuminates the joys and contradictions of Dominick's life, and also shares some insights into Dunne's complicated friendship with Truman Capote and his relationship with his brother, John Gregory Dunne, and sister-in-law, Joan Didion.Look for part two on Monday, July 12, and until then - keep on investigating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Done and Dunne, we are talking about Truman Capote's Black And White Ball. Held at The Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966, this was the Party Of The Century. Also, not the original Black and White Ball - that was hosted by the Dominick and Lenny back in 1964.This episode covers it all - the reason for the party, the planning, the guest list, the fashion, the competition, and all the underlying drama that Truman will pack into his big night. It is quite a ride, and a set-up to future episodes coming in the next few weeks for you too!Link to the mentioned La Cote Basque 1965 episode: https://www.trashydivorces.com/2021/06/13/s10e10-dirty-deeds-done-dirt-cheap-truman-capotes-la-cote-basque-1965-celebrity-lawyer-marvin-mitchelson/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our man Nick wasn't always scribbling furiously in a courtroom, and his Hollywood roots were never far from his mind. To whit: In 1984, he sat to interview screen goddess Ava Gardner. Alicia weaves his words with Gardner's own, from the book she published years after, filling in the portrait of this legendary star.Sources:Fatal Charms and The Mansion of Limbo, by Dominick DunneAva: My Story, by Ava Gardner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Done and Dunne, Dominick will find a new way to continue his warrior of justice quest, this time investigating and writing about the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut. The accused is from generations of money and influence, and Dunne's role within this case will bring some kind of reckoning for this horrific crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dominick Dunne never got around to writing about the murder of Olympic skier Vladimir “Spider” Sabich in 1976, but he devoted an episode of his 2002-2009 television series, Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege, and Justice, to the killing – and the mockery of a trial that followed.Spider, a popular fixture in the Aspen scene, was shot by his longtime live-in girlfriend, singer-actress Claudine Longet. This is approximately where the agreed-upon facts end. Alicia sets the stage and then takes us through the trial and its aftermath, where Longet’s Hollywood lawyer, paid for by her crooner ex-husband Andy Williams, fully overwhelmed the sleepy ski town’s police and prosecutors.Sources:Claudine Longet | The Murder of Spider Sabich | Crime Documentaries (YouTube link)Andy Williams Says of Claudine (people.com)Andy Williams denies calling ex-wife Claudine Longet a ‘crazy-type girl’ at her 1977 trial (nydailynews.com)27 Sep The Incandescent Life and Untimely Death of Spider Sabich (tahoequarterly.com)Alicia covering this case for Trashy Divorces (trashydivorces.com)Moon River – Andy Williams (YouTube link)Andy Williams ‘Battle Hymn Of The Republic’ 45 rpm (YouTube link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a wrenching crime followed by an appalling miscarriage of justice, chronicled by none other than the grieving father of the victim. Alicia takes us through the conclusion of the trial of the man who strangled Dominique Dunne to death, presided over by a self-serving judge with a soft spot for the defense team, with a verdict rendered by a jury which was not allowed to hear key evidence as it debated lesser charges than the prosecution wanted.Past episodes in this arc Dominique DunneThe Trial of Dominique Dunne's Killer, Part OneSourcesDominick Dunne: After The Party (Documentary, Amazon link)Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of His Daughter's Killer, by Dominick Dunne (vanityfair.com)Intimate Partner Violence Resources(Thank you to Erica Kelley of Southern Fried True Crime for compiling this list)If you are suffering with intimate partner abuse, here are resources for different countries. Please ask for help: US Crisis Text Line: 741741 US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-737-732 Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends, a quick programming note. To ensure consistency, Done & Dunne is going to an every-other-week schedule starting Monday, April 26, with the conclusion of the trial of Dominque Dunne's murderer. Look forward to longer, more in-depth episodes every other Monday, and thank you so much for your support of this labor of love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have certain underlying assumptions about how the criminal justice works, and how the courtroom will treat the grieving family of a murder victim. Nick sure did, until it was his family gathered in a Los Angeles courthouse, watching a grave miscarriage of justice play out as the man who murdered his daughter Dominique stood trial.Intimate Partner Violence Resources(Thank you to Erica Kelley of Southern Fried True Crime for compiling this list)If you are suffering with intimate partner abuse, here are resources for different countries. Please ask for help: US Crisis Text Line: 741741 US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-737-732 Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices