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…
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The Trial of Dominique Dunne’s Killer, Part One
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…
Elizabeth Taylor, Ash Wednesday, & Dunne’s Hollywood Exit
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…
Lady Enid Kenmare AKA Lady Killmore
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…
Gardner McKay & Adventures In Paradise
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…
Muriel and Seema Silberstein & The Battle of the Beverly Hills Hotel
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…
Dominique Dunne
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…
Frank Sinatra & The Daisy
Eighty-Two Very Good Years (newyorker.com) Excerpt: Craig Brown on Frank Sinatra, Dominick Dunne, and Phil Spector (vanityfair.com) The Daisy in Beverly Hills (martinostimemachine.blogspot.com) Frank Sinatra Has a Cold – Gay…
Episode One: The First Act of Dominick Dunne
Sources for this episode: Dominick Dunne: After The Party (Documentary, Amazon link) A Death in the Family (Essay by Dominick Dunne, Vanity Fair, May 2003) The Way We Lived Then:…
