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Done & Dunne

180. A Nick in Crime | The Murder of Vicki Morgan, Alfred Bloomingdale’s Inconvenient Mistress

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, we take a journey to the second criminal case Dominick Dunne covered in his reporting for Vanity Fair. When Vicki Morgan was murdered in July 1983, it sent shockwaves through the political upper crust, as Vicki was the mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale, connected into the Reagan administration through the decades. Dominick Dunne was there for the June 1984 trial of Vicki’s murderer, Marvin Pancoast, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree, but not everyone believed the story as it was presented on the surface. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Pst. Hey, it's A-O. Just letting you know you've not visited us yet. It's okay, things are busy.

0:06.7

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0:12.4

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0:22.3

And you didn't even have to leave the house. Get your gifting sorted with A.O.com.

0:30.3

Welcome to Dun & Dunn. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn.

0:40.8

We're this week in episode 180, we deep dive into Dominic Dunn's investigation into the murder of Vicky Morgan committed July 7,

0:48.7

1983, and the subsequent June 1984 trial of the man who confessed to the crime. His name is Marvin Pancoast.

0:59.7

You think this would be a pretty straightforward thing? There was a confession just a few hours later, all nice and tied up.

1:08.0

But our man Nick discovers there is way more going on within this case,

1:12.7

many, many unanswered questions.

1:15.6

Could it be the undercover scandal that attaches to so many folks in Nick's past that he is left

1:23.1

behind for his new life in New York City in the 80s?

1:27.1

That is, after the Society on the West Coast

1:29.7

dropped him first. Who were the top two in the Dunn droppers? Betsy Bloomingdale and Nancy Reagan,

1:37.6

both directly involved in this case. This story really does go places, but before we venture on

1:43.6

our journey today, I do have some big thanks to give to our most recent supporters on Patreon.

1:50.3

Huge thanks and big love to Cindy P, Christina G, Tony S, Bethany B, and Aino.

1:59.1

Holy catch, y'all are incredible.

2:02.0

Last week was a big week.

2:03.5

In addition to both ad-free and early episodes that dropped on the main feed, we dropped two

2:09.7

not done yet bonuses, the first about Truman Capote's secret snake bite kit art, the second

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