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Done & Dunne

31. Hell On Heels | Barbara 'Bobo' Sears Rockefeller

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7629 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In a crossover episode from another of her podcasts, Trashy Divorces, Alicia presents the real-life person behind The Two Mrs. Grenvilles’ character of Babette Van Degan, socialite Barbara ‘Bobo’ Sears Rockefeller. When Bobo died at 91 in 2008, the New York Sun remembered her with this headline: “Bobo Rockefeller, 91, Married Well, Divorced Better.” An ex-wife of both a Sears and a Rockefeller, she was a prominent personality in the 1950s when she had both a well-publicized “Cinderella Wedding” to Standard Oil heir Winthrop Rockefeller, and a Divorce of the Century from him two years later. Listen to Trashy Divorces wherever you listen to podcasts. Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:23.4

Dunn, but hopefully you know that, and instead are asking, hey, Alicia, it's not Dunn Day. It's Wednesday,

0:31.2

what gives? Today, investigators, I have a fun little crossover bonus for you that answers the question laid out in

0:40.2

the two Mrs. Grenvilles, who is Babette Van Deegan? And not necessarily a plot point for our most

0:49.3

recent coverage of the Woodward case, but holy cats, Babette is the character portrayal in fictional form of the real-life Barbara Sears Rockefeller,

1:01.6

known affectionately as Bobo, and it is the most amazing story you might not know.

1:08.4

Big love to y'all, hope you dig it.

1:14.1

Stay curious, Keep on investigating.

1:17.5

See you, Monday, friends, for a whole new theme. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Trashy Divorces.

1:30.8

Trashy Breakups Edition midweek.

1:33.5

My name is Stacey and Alicia, you have a crossover.

1:37.6

I do.

1:38.2

I have a crossover.

1:39.2

This week, it's just a story that's too delightfully good not to share with everybody. It's a crossover with

1:46.0

done and done. And honestly, it's normally pretty clear when I do all of my trashy investigations,

1:52.0

which side of the podcast fence the story needs to go to. But this one, holy cats. It has everything

1:58.6

for both. Happy bonus. Trashy Dund Day. So within Dun &

2:03.8

in the last few weeks, we have been looking at the fact and the fiction about the 195 death

2:10.0

of Billy Woodward, done by his wife, Anne. This is the shooting of the century. We've talked

2:15.8

about Billy's mom, Elsie Woodward, the Grand Dom of New York Society.

2:21.1

This is all within the sordid tale that becomes the basis for Dominic Dunn's, Romana Clay,

2:27.2

1985 novel The Two Mrs. Grenville's.

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