Dominique Dunne // 550

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In October of 1982, a rising young actress from a prominent Hollywood family was preparing for her next big role, fresh off a breakout performance in one of the year’s biggest horror films. But just months after the movie’s release, her promising future was cut short in a shocking act of violence outside her West Hollywood home. Strangely, it was the first event linked to a string of tragedies connected to the very blockbuster she appeared in that year… This is the murder of Dominique Dunne.

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans?
0:16.4	I'm your host, Teeth.
0:17.3	And I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going West. Yes, happy Halloween
0:22.7	everybody for this special Halloween episode. And episode 550 of Going West, we made it. We will be
0:32.7	exploring a devastating true crime case, but also the string of other eerie and heartbreaking events
0:39.2	tied to one of the most famous horror movies of all time.
0:43.9	Again, it just really proves that more often than not, the scariest stories don't actually
0:47.9	come from the screen, but instead, they come from real life.
0:51.9	So true.
0:53.0	So for anybody listening, the day that this episode comes out, again, happy Halloween.
0:58.2	We love you guys.
0:59.0	Grab some candy, maybe even a spiked apple cider.
1:02.3	And let's get into today's story.
1:05.4	All right, guys, this is episode 550 of Going West, so let's get into it. I'm I'm I'm
1:28.3	I'm
1:29.3	I'm
1:30.3	I'm
1:32.3	I'm
1:33.3	I'm In October of 1982, a rising young actress from a prominent Hollywood family was preparing for her next role,
2:00.5	fresh off a breakout performance in one
2:03.0	of the year's biggest horror films. But just months after the movie's release, her promising
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