S22E06: Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst (Done & Dunne Crossover)

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Media mogul William Randolph Hearst can be cast as a hero or a villain of the 20th century, and plenty of writers have taken a stab at pinning down his legacy definitively. But one of the lesser remembered aspects of Hearst's life was his abandonment, in 1917, of his wife, Millicent, and their five sons, to spend the rest of his life with actress Marion Davies. One quirk of this arrangement is that Millicent never consented to a divorce from her husband, and while this scandalous state of affairs might have sunk a less powerful person, Hearst's ability to manipulate the vast media empire he owned protected him, and allowed Marion's life and career to flourish on the West Coast. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Must remember, do not forget.
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0:26.8	UK slash voter ID.
0:28.8	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces.
0:33.0	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:37.0	This week though, a good relationship maybe with some fallout,
0:41.0	certainly famous in its own time my name is Stacy and
0:44.6	Alicia you are extremely excited about this one oh that I am welcome friends
0:49.6	thank you for joining us for today's tale ofital Misadventure with a twist. Today I'm
0:55.9	bringing you the Spider-Web laden-filled story of Marion Davies, the most famous mistress of the 20th century.
1:05.8	Marion Davies and W.R. Hurst carried...
1:08.6	William Randolph Hurst.
1:09.6	Oh yeah, carried on a multi-decade love affair.
1:13.0	W.R. will never leave his long-suffering wife, Millicent.
1:17.0	But even a wife didn't slow W.R. and Marion down all that much. This one is such a great story that we are
1:25.2	double dipping. We're actually going to release this episode both on trashy
1:28.7	divorces and done and done. Trash pandas, you're going to adore it.
1:33.0	Lots of connections in this one.
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