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Done & Dunne

34. Notorious | Paul Bern

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7629 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, we investigate the mysterious 1932 death of filmmaker Paul Bern, and explore the history of his Benedict Canyon home. The Harlow-Bern House would become significant to Dominick years later, when his friend Jay Sebring, who owned it at the time when he suffered his terrible fate at the hands of the Manson Family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:08.4

In our episode this week, we're going to pick up on the last singular thread, the only one not

0:14.7

picked up from our two-part premiere last week, where we left our nine-year-old Nick's boyhood self

0:20.6

in his Hollywood visit with Aunt Harriet.

0:23.9

Dunn mentions one more item on his list, this one about the mysterious death of Paul Byrne.

0:30.2

And this one, as opposed to the last two things, our nine-year-old Nick believed, about Pollack Goddard and Lana Turner.

0:37.3

This one about Paul Byrne is

0:39.1

actually probably true. Before we get into the mysterious death of Paul Byrne, being covered up by

0:45.9

MGM, I want to take a quick moment to say thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you,

0:51.4

to our first supporters of Dun & Dunn's Patreon page. I see you in our

0:57.5

spyglass with enormous thanks for your support. Kimber V. Diane T., Melissa, Rory, and two anonymous

1:08.4

supporters. very mysterious.

1:12.3

Also in my spyglass this week, I want to give a big shout out to my girl Dominique at Breakfast at Dominique's.

1:19.3

Breakfast at Dominique's is making gourmet blended delicious coffees that celebrate so much of old-time Hollywood.

1:27.2

I bring this up because right now I am

1:29.3

sipping the Jean Harlow blend as I'm telling you the story today. If you like good coffee,

1:36.2

check out my girl Dominique at Breakfast at Dominique's. She's doing such good things over there.

1:42.0

Thank you for the Jean Harlow inspiration, honey. I appreciate you.

1:46.5

Okay, let's pick up on that last spider web from our nine-year-old Nick, the one that may be true.

1:53.3

Dominic Dunn will write, I thrilled to the lore that Louis B. Mayor, the most powerful man in Hollywood,

2:00.2

destroyed the suicide note of Paul Byrne to protect MGM's investment in Gene Harlow.

2:08.5

In this episode, we're going to explore the mysterious death of Paul Byrne,

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