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Done & Dunne

274. Dunne's Home Sweet Homes

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7628 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this bit of a twist, we move from others’ famous homes in our journey to Dominick Dunne’s last two homes, his East Side pied-a-terre and his rustic Connecticut retreat. It is a bit of a real estate and storytelling ride, with a charming Dunne and Son story to close this cozy episode.  All sources and recommended reading can be found on our website.  Sources:  https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/dominick-dunne-connecticut-retreat https://observer.com/2010/08/the-way-he-lived-then-dunnes-midtown-penthouse-sells-for-12-m/ https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/a-glimpse-into-the-dream-state-of-a-hollywood-family/ Griffin Dunne’s The Friday Afternoon Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:07.7

Thank you for joining me today for this little bit of a detour. We've talked about so many homes, houses, palaces, estates on this podcast, and the people attached to those homes.

0:22.7

Some made famous for high society things, some made famous for more grisly events.

0:29.5

But do you all know about the last two homes of our man, Dominic Dunn.

0:36.0

Certainly in our journey, we have seen Nick through many domiciles,

0:41.3

from his childhood home in Connecticut to his Los Angeles Walden Drive home. Oh yeah, the penthouse that

0:49.1

he and Lenny had in New York City when they were just starting out. However, his last two homes, I thought today

0:57.8

in this little bit of a journey ride, might warm your hearts as we are heading into this holiday

1:04.6

season. Also, included are a few different spider webs and a shameless plug from me at the end with a really

1:13.4

charming Dominic Dunn story. Let's investigate.

1:18.6

Music Oh, friends, if you have tuned in to Dominic Dunn's power, privilege, and justice,

1:42.3

you have been in the very large sitting room of his rustic Connecticut

1:47.6

retreat. We have seen the room in power privilege and justice that Dominic Dunn is going to

1:54.7

describe to you in this wonderful little piece. It turns out that Dominic Dunn's Connecticut home was featured in

2:05.0

Architectural Digest, all the way back in the May 1992 issue. Here's the beauty of this little piece

2:14.1

from May 1992 in Architectural Digest, is Dominic Dunn wrote it for us.

2:21.3

He is actually the featured writer for his home's profile.

2:25.2

It's so heartwarming.

2:26.4

It's so charming.

2:28.1

Let's go to our man Nick to hear him talk about how he acquired this house, how he loved it and made it his with a little

2:36.9

name dropping along the way. Dunn writes for Architectural Digest. Take the ferry at Chester and

2:45.2

cross the river. There's a crazy looking castle high up on the left. You'll see some wonderful 18th century houses

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