104. Capote's Coterie | The High Society Six: Slim Keith

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

As we continue our investigation into Truman Capote's High Society Six, we turn to the other Swan that means the most to Truman - Slim Keith. With a few high profile marriages, and even more high profile friendships, Slim's golden life was extraordinary.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything is connected.
0:11.9	Thank you so much for tuning in today, joining me for our next Swan of Truman Capote's High Society 6.
0:20.2	It is time today for the original California girl, Slim
0:24.6	Keith. This would be Big Mama to Truman Capote. Slim Keith is right there next to Babe in the
0:32.0	pinnacle of Truman's High Society 6. This is a lot of story investigators, and before we begin, I have a
0:39.5	spyglass here with a couple of names who get all the thanks and praise. Big love, and thanks to
0:45.6	Clarice W. and Cindy M. Our newest Patreon friends. So grateful to you for your support over there.
0:53.7	Hope you're liking all the done drops
0:55.4	and not done yet bonuses we had a huge week over on patreon this week we had two not done yet bonuses
1:01.8	drop the first a little follow-up on babe payley and bird cages the second a little bit about
1:08.8	dorothy harthurst paley herson, Bill Paley's first wife.
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1:37.7	All right, today, Slim Keith, with her good looks, her golden locks, and her slender frame, goodness, there's a lot that is just gold about Slim Keith.
1:49.9	If Carol Marcus was made of moonbeams, I think Slim might be made of gold.
1:55.4	Just like Babe Paley, Truman Capote is under Slim's spell and Slim affects him as well. Slim has never really met anyone
2:04.9	like Truman Capote before. Slim will tell Gerald Clark Truman's biographer, this about Truman.
2:12.2	He had a really extraordinary mind. He was one of the three or four brightest people I've ever known in my life.
2:19.2	His head excited me immensely. Going to lunch with him in a good restaurant was the most fun there was.
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