Done & Dunne

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

In this Done and Dunne episode, Alicia talks about the lynchpin in Dominick's First Act Hollywood downfall, occurring during the filming of Ash Wednesday, starring the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. Dunne profiles Elizabeth for Vanity Fair in December 1985's "The Red Queen". Theirs is a tale of friendship, respect, and recovery and an excellent example of the kind of information Dominick is able to solicit in his pieces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this high society and hot gossip of an episode, Dominick Dunne weaves the tale of much married and much widowed Lady Enid Kenmare as first told in his March 1991Vanity Fair piece "Memento Mori". Lots of marriages, scandals, and a woman who was quite a legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alicia explores the odd intersection of two of her favorite fandoms: Our man Nick and the king of laid back music, Jimmy Buffett. Their connection point occurred in the late 1950s, when Dominick Dunne was casting a forthcoming show called Adventures in Paradise and handed off his business card to a handsome man he met in a coffee shop. That man was Gardner McKay, who would become a heartthrob during three seasons helming the Tiki III through shirtless adventures across the South Pacific. One future pirate that McKay inspired a young Jimmy Buffett.Further Reading:Dominick Dunne: After The Party (Amazon link)We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About (YouTube)Beautiful Swimmers (YouTube) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alicia follows Dominick's gaze to California and tells the story of Muriel and Seema Silberstein and the 96% of the shares of the Beverly Hills Hotel they owned in equal proportion. It was that last 4% that drove them over the edge. Beverly Hills was scandalized. Dominick was intrigued.Further reading:Beverly Hills Coup, by Dominick Dunne. Vanity Fair, February 1986Fatal Charms and the Mansions of Limbo, by Dominick Dunne (Amazon link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices