218. Betsy Bloomingdale | Queen of California

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this exciting double Done and Dunne bonus, we explore the life of Betsy Bloomingdale, the legendary hostess and Queen of California, at least as it concerns the reins of power of politics, royalty, and Hollywood. The first part of our Betsy coverage includes all the basics, a bit about her relationship with the legendary designer Billy Haines, and her fabulous style with entertaining too. No one hosted a party like Betsy. We follow on with Betsy Bloomingdale and her fabulous haute couture and jewelry. As for the clothing part, Betsy has so many stories to share from her fashion retrospective in 2009 encompassing 35 years of style. After Betsy passes, a select few of her jewels are auctioned. The details about these pieces are simply incredible and continue to show Betsy's practical side, even if it is high-end practical. See sources and more 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Fraud can happen faster than you think.
0:02.7	But at Barclays, we use innovative technology
0:06.0	that spots fraud in under a second.
0:12.6	And our dedicated team of experts work 24-7.
0:16.8	So you can go about your day knowing we never stop working
0:19.9	to keep you and your money safe.
0:23.2	Search Barclays Fraud Protection to see how you can stay one step ahead.
0:27.7	Barclays, make money work for you.
0:30.3	Welcome to Dun & Dunn.
0:32.1	I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things, Dominic Dunn.
0:40.3	In this week's episode, we are sticking with just a little bit more fashion, more oat couture, some jewels as well. It is time to spend
0:48.8	a little bit more time with Betsy Bloomingdale, the queen of California. We certainly talked about Betsy's
0:56.6	husband, Alfred Bloomingdale, and his scandalous affair with Vicky Morgan and Vicki's murder.
1:04.7	We covered that one back in episode 180 here on the main feed in September of 2024. This week I am pulling out of the Patreon
1:15.3	vault a little bit of the extra Betsy Bloomingdale stuff that went along with that main feed
1:22.0	episode. It's a little springtime walk down the runway of history today and two not done yet bonuses.
1:31.5	If you have ever been interested about what those not done yet bonuses sound like,
1:36.2	today you are getting two for this holiday week.
1:40.3	Betsy Bloomingdale really floated in some very high places, both within the United States and internationally.
1:48.7	Today, we look at her life, her social butterflying, her couture, and her jewels, too.
1:55.8	It really does all connect and it really does all always come back around.
2:26.4	Let's investigate. Let's investigate. Hey, hey, hey, investigators, Alicia here, and I am not done yet talking about Betsy Bloomingdale.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Hemlock Creatives, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Hemlock Creatives and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.