175. A Nick In Crime | The Manson Murders

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dominick Dunne did write about the murders of his friends Jay Sebring and Sharon Tate on that terrible weekend in August 1969. This is a weekend that would change everything in Hollywood, and our man Nick was on the scene, and has the story from all his friends, so connected into our ongoing investigation.

Included: Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Warren Beatty, Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot, Natalie Wood, Terry Melcher, Doris Day, Candace Bergen, among so many others.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dun & Dunn. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic
0:06.5	Dunn, where it really does connect in the world of our man Nick. Thank you for joining me today.
0:13.2	Today it is to a Nick in Crime. Our man Dominic Dunn did write about the terrible events of August 8th and August 9th, 1969,
0:24.3	one night of what is collectively known as the Manson murders.
0:29.2	Dominic Dunn was good friends with both Jay Sebring and Sharon Tate.
0:34.8	He will not write his own coverage until April 2001 in a piece for Vanity Fair
0:41.8	called Murder Most Unforgettable. In this episode, we are going to cover a lot of ground in Hollywood
0:48.4	with many new connections and spider webs that go all the way back in our done-and-done journey.
0:56.4	Remembered from episode 34 that J.C. Bering lived in the home of Paul Byrne, where Paul
1:03.8	Byrne, when married to Jean Harlow, was found dead in 1932. We have heard about part of this story all through the Robert Evans series. He was
1:15.9	big friends with Roman Polanski. In the last few months, we have covered a number of stories
1:22.0	with many players you are going to hear about in Dunn's coverage today. Dominic Dunn was in the scene.
1:30.3	And these events in early August, 1969, changed everything in Hollywood.
1:36.4	When we talk about Hollywood being a very small connected circle, this episode will bear that out.
1:43.9	Before we begin today, I do have a number of thanks and
1:47.5	shoutouts to give to our most recent supporters on Patreon. Huge thanks and praise and lots of love to
1:54.7	Amanda W and Cameron Z. Thank you so much for your support, my friends. Big thanks to all of our sustaining supporters as well.
2:04.4	Your patronage is so much appreciated. And thank you for joining me today. It is time to investigate
2:12.1	the day when everything changed in Hollywood. It was a murder most unforgettable. Let's investigate.
2:20.6	We're going to begin this piece with our man, Nick, from April 2001 murder.
2:44.3	Most unforgettable, the subhead of this particular piece in Vanity Fair.
2:54.2	The author found himself drawn back into one of his past's grimaced chapters. August, 1969, when Hollywood learned of the murders of the actress
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