Done & Dunne

Today, Alicia takes us back to wartime New York, for the scandal that rocked 1940s cafe society. Our man Nick described the case this way in his July 2000 Vanity Fair story:A young, attractive socialite, Patricia Lonergan, is found naked in her bedroom, bludgeoned and strangled to death. The accused: her wildly handsome, devastatingly charming husband, Wayne, a fortune hunter whose lurid alibi shocks even New York’s toughest police officers and tabloid reporters. The murder and subsequent trial were the media sensation of 1943 and ’44, played out against the cafe-society backdrop of the Stork Club and El Morocco.Let’s investigate!SourcesJustice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments, by Dominick Dunne (Amazon affiliate link)The Talented Mr. Lonergan, by Dominick Dunne (archive.vanityfair.com)The Stork Club | Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip | American Masters | PBS (YouTube link)Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Season 2: A New York State of Crime! Today, Alicia has the story of the lethal love triangle, and gruesome murder, that sent shockwaves from Long Island to Wall Street. The 2001 slaying of multi-millionaire investment banker Ted Ammon in his East Hampton home generated salacious headlines for years. Our man Nick covered the case in a 2005 episode of Power, Privilege, and Justice, and today's Done & Dunne also includes contemporaneous reporting by Vanity Fair's Michael Shnayerson, The Daily Mail's Lydia Warren, and more.Sources: Murder in East Hampton | Vanity Fair | January 2002 (archive.vanityfair.com) The Murder in East Hampton | Ted Ammon | Crime Documentaries (YouTube link) A Murder Mystery, A Money Mess (BusinessWeek via archive.org) Twins adopted by wealthy banker who was bludgeoned to death by mother's lover in Hamptons home reveal guilt at how she turned them against him before his murder (dailymail.co.uk) 59 Middle Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937 (townandcountryhamptons.com) MY SLAY-DAY SEX WITH TED – AMMON'S LOVE TELLS OF HOT TRYST (nypost.com) MERRY WIDOW RAKES IT IN WITH TED'S PROPERTY (nypost.com) Court TV’s Power Privilege and Justice: Rich Man, Poor Man, Season 7, Episode 31. Original airdate February 16, 2005. Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dearest Investigators: As promised, a brand new season of Done and Dunne is headed your way starting Monday, November 1! Featuring a sordid cast of high society figures, the new season, "A New York State of Crime," follows our man Nick from Manhattan to Montauk, from the Hudson to the Hamptons, as he unravels the scandals, crimes, misdemeanors, and, oh, so many murders.Catch up on Season One now, and get ready for A New York State of Crime on Mondays, starting November 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remembering Dunne on the anniversary of his death, August 26, 2009, at the age of 83. Alicia shares Michael Hogan's Vanity Fair remembrance from November 2009. Catch up on Done & Dunne's first season now! Season Two premieres November 1 with new episodes every Monday!Our Man Dominick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alicia springboards off a paragraph in Dominick Dunne's 1991 Vanity Fair article "Damage" to walk us through the mysterious murder of American painter and socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer. Was it a CIA hit? Did Meyer know too much about the assassination of her longtime lover, JFK?Sources:DAMAGE | Vanity Fair | October 1991Then And Now: Grey Gardens (YouTube link)Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace, by Peter Janney (Amazon link)A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer, by Nina Burleigh (Amazon link)Parting the curtains at Grey Gardens (YouTube link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second part of this week's Done and Dunne, Alicia continues through Dominck's 1984 exploration of the life of Candy Spelling - There are trains! There are tour buses! - with updates from her post-1984 life, too. Stacie's still hanging out for it, too.Other Sources:Randy Spelling: Father's Will and Sister Tori | Where Are They Now | Oprah Winfrey Network (YouTube link)Life not always sweet for Tori Spelling's mother Candy (thestar.com)Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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