Done & Dunne

Dominick Dunne’s papers live in Austin these days within the Briscoe Center at UT/Austin. What a treasure trove of his life to explore. Today, we are taking one out of his archives to investigate how our man Nick pitched ideas to Tina Brown in his Vanity Fair days. How did his reporting of the Lonergan case come to be? This episode reveals all.

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In this encore of an episode, we journey into the past to visit “New York’s New Yorkiest” Joint, The Stork Club. The Stork Club operated off 5th Avenue for over three decades and it is the scene for ALL of it. This episode includes all the dish – the founding, the owner, the spiderwebs too!

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This week, we dip into the past for the story of the murder that rocked New York City’s Café Society in the 1940s. The murder of Patricia Burton Longergan, committed by her husband Wayne, truly had everything a scandal needs to take hold. We have an heiress, and a charming but seedy gigolo. Add a family fortune and a little too much family togetherness and you have the story of the grisliest crime of the time.

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With all the talk of Diana this week, and Charles Spencer's Swan Song released, the late Princess of Wales has been very much in the news. In a bit of a twist today, it was time to tell the story of Dominick Dunne reporting from London in 2002 on the trial of Paul Burrell, the royal butler who knows all Diana’s secrets. Dunne reports in on this trial of the most loyal servant ever, which is halted after 11 days, right before Paul’s appearance on the stand. Why the delay at The Old Bailey? Why, of course, Queen Elizabeth II steps in with late-breaking testimony about an important conversation from years before that will change the whole narrative in her Jubilee year.

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What are the secrets of Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont? This hotel has been holding the city captive for almost 100 years now, playing host to famous names and events in history. Ride along for this one as we dig into Mark Rozzo’s reporting for Vanity Fair, “Secrets of the Chateau” from 2019.

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In 2023, Belle Burden, a granddaughter of Babe Paley, published an essay in the New York Times Modern Love column called, "Was I Married to a Stranger?" It's a question a lot of people ask themselves after a divorce, so the column went very viral and a book deal followed. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage published in January, and quickly became the must-read book of 2026. It's part processing and part cautionary tale, especially to women, about being active players in their own finances, and clear about their marital finances. Alicia explores the story and some of the pushback it has received.

Get your copy here: Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage (bookshop.org)

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Dominick Dunne reports in September 2001 on the death of Ed Pauley, Jr. the son of a prominent Hollywood scion. The odd thing - Pauley's death and its gruesome details were not released, and for the most part - these 25 years later - absent from the internet. Our man Nick gives us all the details of this mystery, namedropping his way through the thing, with some fantastic details, quotes, and characters.

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We do love Listener Letters around here, and Jay sent us a real gem recently. His Granny really hated Ava Gardner for reasons that stayed with her a lifetime.

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In this final episode of the Sunny and Claus von Bülow arc, we investigate the fallout from the verdict in the second trial, its aftermath, and provide Dunne the final words, on Sunny’s behalf.

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In the four days of jury deliberations in the 1985 trial of Claus von Bulow, Dominick Dunne is very deep into his reporting on this piece, even landing an invite to Clarendon Court from Sunny’s children. There is also a very revealing dinner as well with the press pool. Our man Nick wastes no time as everyone is awaiting the final verdict for Claus, and what it will mean for so many.

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