120. Justice for Lita McClinton Sullivan: Part One

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this arc of our Done and Dunne investigation, we are returning to a few threads we have pulled in previous episodes, picking up a little bit of Palm Beach attached to an Atlanta true crime. These next episodes will investigate the 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan, and the long quest for justice her case takes. Included in this introduction, our main players - James Sullivan and his second wife Lita, her parents and friends too. This slice will take us to the couple moving to Palm Beach in 1983, acquiring the home that Jim Sullivan thinks will take him to the top of high society.

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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.
0:13.3	Thank you for joining me today as we begin to investigate the murder of Lita Sullivan, an Atlanta socialite brutally murdered in January
0:23.3	1987 on orders from her husband, James Sullivan, on the day of her divorce hearing. This was a
0:33.0	case that rocked not only Atlanta, but Palm Beach, Florida as well. It takes decades to get justice for
0:42.6	Lita, and you know our man Dominic Dunn is right there on the scene. Our man Nick covered this case
0:50.4	in his power privilege and justice television program. He wrote about the case a bit as well.
0:57.9	Lita's story is big. It involves many, many years and many, many players. A lot of crimes and a lot of
1:06.1	scandals, too. Today's episode is the first of Lita's story, introducing Lita and Jim Sullivan too, taking this
1:16.7	couple through their courtship beginning in 1975 and up to the couple's move down to Palm Beach
1:24.4	in 1983. Before we begin this episode, I do have a spyglass here with a few names I see,
1:32.9	with huge thanks and praise to our most recent Patreon supporters, Colleen and Joe S, Evie D,
1:41.9	Melissa N, Judondi B, Dorothy B, and last but not least, Colleen.
1:50.3	Two Colleens this week, I gotta love it.
1:52.3	It's one of my favorite names.
1:53.9	Big thanks to all of y'all and the entire Patreon community.
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2:03.4	early episodes, done drops too. For five bucks a month, you also unlock over 50 Not Done Yet episodes
2:11.7	and new ones every Friday. Those Not Done Yets are exclusive to Patreon with all the extra stories and spider webs.
2:19.9	If you were looking to expand your done-and-done investigation, patreon.com slash done and
2:26.7	done is the place to go to find out more. Investigators, as for our episode today, the 1987 murder of Lita Sullivan was very personal to folks in Atlanta.
2:41.1	Lita was a remarkable woman, dynamic and talented, with a wonderful family and a network of friends who defend and support her in her life and after her death.
2:56.7	Her murder on the morning of Friday, January 16th, 1987 was headline news for a very long time
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