Done & Dunne

353. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Second Coma, First Trial

In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow. This week, Sunny is placed into her final and irreversible coma in December 1980, and her husband

352. Clarendon Court | A Real Estate Diversion

This week we pull one from the Patreon Vault to explore Clarendon Court in Newport RI, the home and its colorful history with so many spiderwebs. From its construction to

351. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Marriage, Mistresses, and Maids: June 1966 to December 1980

In this episode, we continue our journey into Sunny and Claus von Bülow, taking them from their June 1966 marriage to Christmas 1980, as the second attempted murder of Su

350. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | Background, Courtship, and Warnings

We begin a deeper investigation into the scandal that rocked high society in the 1980s, the twice attempted murder of Sunny von Bülow and the subsequent trials of her sec

349. The Swan Song of Truman Capote

In this final episode of our Summer of Swans, we travel to the California home of Joanne Carson where Truman Capote spent his last days in August of 1984. Truman, infam

348. The Swan Feud | Truman Capote’s Third Act

This week, we begin the wind down our summer Swan series by investigating the third act of Truman Capote, including those scandalous chapters of Answered Prayers which ta

347. Capote vs. Vidal | The Real Feud, Part 2

What happened at the White House in 1961? How does Lee become the real villain in this story, at least according to Truman? So much bad blood, and these problems can neve

346. Capote vs. Vidal | The Real Feud

It is time to bring all the spiderwebs together. This week, it is the first part of the actual feud happening – the one between Gore Vidal, Truman Capote and Lee Radziwil

345. The Dear Princess Swan | Lee Radziwell

In this episode, we explore the life, loves, and increasingly complicated relationships of Lee Bouvier Radziwill, which a lens to two in particular. The first with her si

344. A Mother of an Episode | Nina Gore Vidal and Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss

Truman Capote had a feud with his Swans, sure. But do you know about the just-as-famous feud with fellow writer and raconteur Gore Vidal? Their epic battle got nasty, and

343. Pamela Harriman | The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Swan

In this episode, we investigate the life and times of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, perhaps the premier courtesan of the 20th century. Pamela also married a fe

342. The Swans | Marella Angelli

In today's episode, we continue our summertime of the Swans with the story of Marella Agnelli. One of the least covered of the Swans, Marella’s life was filled with glamo

341. Wild Child Cornelia Guest

In our summer series continuing with The Swans, we take a little journey this week into an adjacent story. Our focus this week is the beloved daughter of C.Z. Guest, Corn

340. The Swans of Truman Capote | C.Z. Guest

Today, we meet the cool vanilla lady, C.Z. Guest. C.Z. had a legendary life including accomplishments like wife and mother, but also such as actress, columnist, horsewoma

339. The Swans of Truman Capote | Katharine Graham (to David Begelman to Dominick Dunne)

In this episode of our summer of Swans, we spend a little time with Truman’s Publishing Swan, Katharine Graham, America’s first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company and th

338. The Black and White Ball | All the Memories

In this episode, we explore Truman’s 1966 Black and White Ball from the people who were there – the build-up, the big event, and the aftermath. It seems we are never done

337. The Black and White Ball | A Primer on Truman Capote's Party of the Century

Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball is the focus of today’s episode. This 1966 event is still being talked about today, and for good reason. There had not been anything

336. The Swans of Truman Capote | Slim Keith

In the spotlight today, we focus on Truman Capote’s Golden Swan. Slim Keith, known to Truman as Big Mama, led an extraordinary life, filled with high profile marriages, a

335. The Swans of Truman Capote | Gloria Guinness

Our featured Swan in this episode is Gloria Guinness, the high society lady with a mysterious background and many lucrative marriages.   Sponsors Upgrade your every day

334. The Ex | Dorothy Hart Hearst Paley Hirshon

In the last of our Babe Paley spinoffs, this episode takes to Bill’s first wife, Dorothy Hart. What a lady, with a pretty famous first husband before Bill, and associatio