Done & Dunne

This week we travel to March 2003 when Dominick Dunne has a very hot retort to the shots across the bow that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has taken against him in a very lengthy essay in January 2003. Our man Nick is holding nothing back in his reply, always searching for justice for Martha Moxley. 

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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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Sources

Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishements, by Dominick Dunne (Amazon)

Trail of Guilt, by Dominick Dunne. Vanity Fair, October 2000.

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From the Trashy Divorces vault from January 2023, this Done & Dunne crossover episode unfolds the martial misadventure of RFK Jr. providing much backstory for our continuing investigation.

We’ve covered the Kennedy family in some detail during the show’s run, but like any sprawling dynasty, there’s always more to explore! This week, Alicia brings us the backstory of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of slain Attorney General and presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy. Let’s just say that Bobby experienced a troubled youth, which was certainly not helped by the high profile murders his family was subjected to, or his family’s effectively unlimited money and prestige.

After peering into RFK Jr's broken youth, Alicia brings us right up to the present day (at least, to the start of 2023, when these episodes originally aired) in the life of the notable womanizer and vaccine skeptic. With three marriages under his belt, he’s experienced disappointment and tragedy in love – but it’s never stopped him from continuing to try!

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Today, in A Nick in Time, we travel back to June of 2004, when Dominick Dunne attended and reported on the state funeral of Former President Ronald Reagan. In addition to a veritable ton of name dropping, Dunne also expands a bit on his relationship with Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, widow of the President. 

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This week, our investigation turns to Huguette Clark, a Gilded Age heiress whose money ultimately purchased a very reclusive life. Huguette was a talented painter, devoted to her mother, and certainly liked collecting dolls too. Also included in this week’s story are many expensive real estate threads, a trashy divorce, an ugly legal battle over her will, and a connection to Sunny von Bulow too. 

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In this encore Done and Dunne episode, we continue our Kennedy Chronicles with the story of Kick Kennedy, the most exuberant of the Kennedy family members. Her story is truly something – the American girl who marries into the British aristocracy – but her story, and the story of the Kennedy family, is so much more than that. 

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Alicia got to experience the majesty that is Chicago the Musical on Broadway for her birthday this year, and came home with a lot of thoughts about it all - the stories behind the play, its development over the decades, and the theater itself. Happy New Year, investigators! And be sure to subscribe to Swiftory, whose debut episode lands on the 31st!

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In this continuing episode within our Kennedy Chronicles, we pick up the storyline of Ted Kennedy, and into the events of what should have been a wonderful July weekend in 1969. A group of twelve – six men and six women - gather to celebrate so many things. There is a whole lot happening this weekend on Chappaquiddick - the Apollo 11 moon journey, the 43rd Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta, and the memory of Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated just a year before. 

How does this fun-filled weekend turn into Ted’s very worst nightmare? In this episode, we set up the facts we can establish. What are the details of this weekend that everyone can agree upon, at least on Friday, before Saturday comes around? 

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In today's episode, we take a look at the early life of Ted Kennedy, the last of the Kennedy children. Ted was a kid that took a lot of risks, with much to prove within his famous family. Not that any of that risky behavior ceased once Ted settled down with Joan Bennett. Ultimately, that marriage was not successful, ending in divorce after almost a quarter of a century, helped along with the many scandals and missteps of the last of the famous Kennedy children. 

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