Done & Dunne

This week, we conclude Dominick Dunne's role in the investigation of the murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1975. With the assistance of Mark Fuhrman and an 18 month grand jury investigation, an indictment was handed down to Michael Skakel in early 2000. This episode leads us through the summer of 2000 with our man Nick attending the probable cause hearing for Skakel, and all the courtroom drama attached.

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This week, we travel alongside Dominick Dunne on a quest for justice in the murder of Martha Moxley, slain in the exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut, on October 30, 1975. The investigation was dormant for almost two decades, but our man Nick gets a whiff of a bigger mystery during the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith in 1991. With his curiosity aroused, Dunne begins his own investigation, resulting in his 1993 novel A Season in Purgatory, a fictional telling of the crime. But Dunne hadn’t really solved anything.

With the help of a confidential informant, Dunne has access to the Sutton Report – the file the Skakel family never wants seen. Dunne is going to make sure someone sees that report to continue the journey for justice for Martha. That person is former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman.

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Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone with the Wind was an enormous success, and of course Hollywood came calling to make its own film version. David O. Selznick needed a certain kind of actress to pull off the role of anti-hero Scarlett O’Hara, and the job was not easy. In this episode, we get into it all – why David needs a success, all the actresses that were hopefuls, and the ultimate casting of Vivien Leigh in the role.

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Today, Alicia cannot help herself. In listening to the Trashy Divorces episode going out this weekend, she found so many connections for our man Dominick Dunne into the epic love affair and breakup of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Their romance and marriage did manage for a while until adultery, jealousy, and mental illness broke them apart. The connected Hollywood spiderwebs in this one are amazing – who do you hear about that we have missed connecting into our podcast journey?

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In the third and final act of our coverage of the death of Billy Woodward, our investigation concludes with the aftermath from his shooting. From the Grand Jury to Ann’s international life, there are a lot of bargains made and scores settled.

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Next up in our exploration of The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, we weave into the night of the shooting, as well as Elsie Woodward’s background. Elsie is our first Mrs. Grenville, and understanding her past goes a long way to understanding all that came next. What won’t Elsie do to protect her family’s power and privilege?

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In this crossover arc, we explore the fact and the fiction about The Shooting of the Century. It is October 30, 1955 that William Woodward, Jr. was shot to death by his wife Ann. Dunne wrote 1985’s The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as a thinly veiled fictional account of the whole sordid tale, which landed right in the sweet spot of his interest in high society’s perfidy.

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Talk about celebrating your birthday in high style. In this episode, we explore all the dishy details about the very exclusive 40th birthday party thrown by Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco for herself and her Scorpio Only Friends. 1969 – what a time to be a scorpion!

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The Grimaldi family was considered scandalous enough in Queen Victoria’s time that she forbade any of her close relatives to marry into it, leading Prince Albert I of Monaco to marry an American heiress in 1889 – a precedent that would matter decades later when Prince Rainier III, urged on by none other than shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, began interviewing Hollywood A-listers for a very special role: Princess of Monaco.

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The House of Grimaldi has ruled the tiny principality of Monaco since January 8, 1297, when Francois “The Spiteful” Grimaldi disguised himself as a monk and knocked on his uncle’s castle door, launching a coup. In the violence that followed, according to legend, a woman – possibly a lover of Francois, possibly a witch he had wronged (can’t it be both?) – issued a curse that has resonated across the centuries: “Never will a Grimaldi find true happiness in marriage.”

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