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Done & Dunne

64: A Nick In Time | Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra and The Pat Pack 2.0

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7631 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the long and complicated relationship between Peter Lawford and Frank Sinatra through 1960, and reveal the hidden origins of the 1960 Rat Pack.

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0:00.0

Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.

0:05.5

com.uk-Uk.woundary. That's audible.combe. Welcome to Dunn and Dunn. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this

0:15.8

podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything is connected. Today we're

0:22.9

continuing our journey with still a little Nick in time connecting through our man Nick two of

0:28.4

the key players in the life and death of Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lafford and Frank Sinatra,

0:35.1

with a little rat pack 2.0 on the side. Before we begin today, I want to give

0:40.6

some huge thanks and shoutouts. Got our spyglass here to recognize our newest supporters on

0:47.1

Patreon.com. Thank you. Thank you, Ashley C. and JPM. Y'all are amazing, joining the community over there getting ad-free episodes

0:57.9

and bonus episodes too. Tremendous thanks to the both of you and all of our Patreon supporters.

1:04.9

And thanks to you for joining us today as we continue our investigation.

1:11.1

Dominic Dunn, as we know, connects through both Peter Lafford and Frank Sinatra.

1:17.4

Dominic and Lenny were neighbors with Peter and his wife, Patricia Kennedy.

1:22.8

Between Dominic Dunn and Frank Sinatra, too many connections really to count between that 1950s production

1:30.0

of Our Town all the way to that infamous night at the daisy. This episode will make a through line

1:37.4

with the on-again-off again-off again relationship between Frank Sinatra and Peter Lafford,

1:42.9

along with the makings of the Rat Pack 2.0,

1:46.9

to lead us all back around to the mirror ball of Marilyn Monroe.

1:52.2

Let's investigate. In today's episode, we are going to pick up with two of the major players in the life and death of Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lafford and Frank Sinatra.

2:19.6

I want to bring in a little bit more to our story about these two characters before we

2:25.8

return back to our conclusion of our Maryland arc next week. Peter and Frank have a really

2:33.4

complicated history, and a long one. These two have been

2:37.5

sniffing around each other for quite a while. Remember Peter Lafford with his terribly pushy mom

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