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Done & Dunne

3: Dominique Dunne

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7628 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A deeply personal tragedy, and a horrific crime, accelerates Dominick's transition into a warrior for justice. This week we meet Dominique Dunne, the beloved California child of Nick and Lenny, whose murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriend in 1982 was chronicled for Vanity Fair in her grieving father's own words. Intimate Partner Violence Resources (Thank you to Erica Kelley of Southern Fried True Crime for compiling this list) If you are suffering with intimate partner abuse, here are resources for different countries. Please ask for help: US Crisis Text Line: 741741 US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-737-732 Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

No.

0:02.9

No, not this.

0:05.7

It takes all dad's patience, Grand's rude stories, switching stations again,

0:10.8

and a nice claims handler called Lewis from Allianz Car Insurance,

0:14.6

helping to get the windscreen replaced to set off on a family road trip.

0:18.6

All the car experts you need to protect all the things you care about.

0:22.6

Search Allianz Car Insurance.

0:24.6

Allianz, one of the world's largest insurers.

0:26.6

To verify, visit allianse.co.uk.

0:29.6

Welcome to Dun & Dunn.

0:31.6

I'm Alicia, your hostess on this journey,

0:34.6

All Things Dominic Dunn. In the last episode, we talked about

0:39.6

Dominic Dunn's first act, his life before Hollywood, his 25 years in Hollywood, and then spending

0:46.4

his time alone, riding, and trying to reclaim his life in that one-room cabin in Oregon.

0:53.2

In this episode, we're going to talk about what happens next.

0:57.4

Dominic Dunn finding his bearings, barely, and then losing them all again, only to resurrect as the

1:04.3

warrior for justice that he is remembered for. What is at the apex of this resurrection?

1:10.0

The murder of his beloved daughter Dominique, just weeks before her 23rd birthday, dead by the hands of her lover, John Sweeney.

1:19.2

This episode contains the details of intimate partner abuse, which is never okay.

1:24.3

Never.

1:25.3

Please see the show notes for resources or help. Let's investigate.

1:54.5

After leaving that cabin in Oregon, Dominic, listening to his one-time friend, Truman Capote, does get to New York City.

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