The architect Stanford White (1853-1906) is credited with a host of landmark structures in New York City and beyond, but it was his sexual predation of young girls, especially the…
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26. The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
We met Alva Vanderbilt two episodes ago, and left her hosting the ball that would launch her into New York City’s high society set in 1883. Today, we chart her…
25. Keeping Up With The Astors
This week on Done and Dunne, we are going to scoot through the 1890s from the Astor side of things, including warring cousins and their hotel legacy, the end of…
24. The Social Network: The Knickerbocker Queen | Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
This week, we take a turn in a whole new direction by wandering through high society in 19th century New York City. The Knickerbockers had their own peculiar ways, and…
23. The Amazing Life and Curious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen
In this edition of A New York State of Crime, Alicia illuminates a Dominick-adjacent story, that of the mysterious 1965 death of crime reporter Dorothy Kilgallen. Was her death an…
22. Cafe Society Scandal: The Murder of Patricia Burton Lonergan
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…
21: Deadly Divorce | The Murder of Ted Ammon
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…
New Season Starts Nov. 1: A New York State of Crime!
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…
Our Man Dominick
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…
Mary Pinchot Meyer
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…