Trashy Divorces

This week we’re taking a look at a couple of American princesses, er, heiresses. First, Stacie has the bizarre story of Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph, whose abduction by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 led to a crime spree that stunned the world. Then, Alicia has the scandalous life and loves of Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jackie O, who struggled in the shadow of her sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been a cold week, friends, so we thought we’d take the show someplace warm and take a look at two of the 20th century’s most notable yacht owners: it’s Greek shipping magnate week on TD! Alicia has the trashy life of Aristotle Onassis, while Stacie has the trashy tale of his archrival Stavros Niarchos. These two cut a path of destruction through the lives of the people who loved them, often with tragic results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Valentine’s Day! We both realized we’d already released some stories that hit the Valentine’s Day sweet spot for us over on Patreon! Stacie has the creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky story of cartoonist Charles Addams, whose decades of darkly screwball New Yorker cartoons became The Addams Family. Then, Alicia has perhaps the perfect distillation of Truman Capote’s Swans, the actress and author Carol Saroyan Matthau, who may be the most direct inspiration for Capote’s Holly Golightly character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out Done & Dunne, a new podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today. New episodes weekly, consider Monday your Dunne-Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alicia gets her dander up with the marriage and divorce of burlesque star Dita Von Teese and Marilyn Manson, including a discussion of the disturbing allegations that have been made against him in recent days. Then, Stacie spills the tea about the two families that lawyer Johnnie Cochran juggled for more than a decade.Intimate Partner Violence Resources(Thank you to Erica Kelley of Southern Fried True Crime for compiling this list)If you are suffering with intimate partner abuse, here are resources for different countries. Please ask for help: US Crisis Text Line: 741741 US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-737-732 Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/ Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well Trashpandas, Mercury is returning to retrograde, and as proof, Stacie's computer has flung itself head first toward oblivion. But good news: Instead of her regularly scheduled profile this week, we're finally able to share some of the awesome listener letters you've sent in. Then, Alicia has the two divorces but decidedly lovely life of the splendid Audrey Hepburn.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a tough few... years, so this week we thought it might be nice to dive into the private lives of one of TV's oddest and most delightful (non-romantic) couples: Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart. Snoop is a hip hop legend and icon, as well as an enthusiastic booster of cannabis, while Martha Stewart literally wrote the book on suburban domestic beauty and tranquility. Alicia has the not-divorce of Snoop Dogg, while Stacie has some pretty hefty rumors about what things were like in the long marriage of Martha and Andy Stewart.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friends, you may not be ready for the epic trashiness we have compacted for you this week. First up, Stacie has the astonishing back story of Bonnie Lee Bakley, a murder victim whose 2001 death led to years of legal and financial trouble for her tenth husband, actor Robert Blake. Then, Alicia has the incredible story of Pamela Churchill Harriman, "the 20th-century's most influential courtesan," who advised her father-in-law Winston through the darkest days of the Blitz and finished her life as an accomplished American diplomat.Stacie's Receipts The strange collision of Bonny Bakley and Christian Brando (laobserved.com)Dateline: A Question of Guilt (YouTube link) Bonny Lee Bakley had a remarkable story that played a big role at her husband Robert Blake's murder trial (abcnews.go.com)Life of Bonny Lee Bakley, Murdered Wife of Actor Robert Blake (thoughtco.com) A Question Of Guilt: The Bakley Murder (cbsnews.com)Who Killed Bonny Lee Bakley? (scaredmonkeys.net)Alicia's ReceiptsReflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman, by Sally Bedell Smith (Amazon link)Life of the Party: The Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill, by Christopher Ogden (Amazon link)Churchill's Girl (YouTube link) Pamela Harriman Is Dead at 76; An Ardent Political Personality (nytimes.com) Affairs of state aplenty for the century's greatest courtesan (irishtimes.com)Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How about something a little lighter? This week, Alicia has the story of one of her favorite people, Olivia Newton-John, who experienced a seriously trashy breakup when a longtime boyfriend disappeared without a trace. Then, Stacie jumps back to the early 2000s to explore the youthful marriage and divorce of musicians and reality TV stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey.Alicia’s ReceiptsDon’t Stop Believin’, by Olivia Newton-John (Amazon link)Dame Olivia Newton-John (onjcancercentre.org) Olivia Newton-John Just Gets On With It – No Filter (omny.fm)Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly devoted to Olivia | Sunday Night (YouTube link)Olivia Newton John’s Boyfriend Found ALIVE After Missing For A Decade (YouTube link)Sunday Morning: Olivia Newton-John (YouTube link)Stacie’s ReceiptsOpen Book, by Jessica Simpson (Amazon link) TBT: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey’s Relationship (instyle.com) Jessica Simpson Reveals the Real Reason She Divorced Nick Lachey (cheatsheet.com) Reliving Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey’s Young Love (eonline.com) With Her New Book, Jessica Simpson Joins Other Celebrities Shedding an Inescapable Dumb Blonde image (dallasobserver.com) Jessica Simpson On When “Newlyweds” With Nick Lachey Became Phony (buzzfeednews.com) Jessica Simpson turned to diet pills after record label CEO Tommy Mottola asked her to drop 15 pounds at 17 (foxnews.com)Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson Split | PEOPLE.com (people.com) Jessica Simpson Admits to Having an ‘Affair’ During Her Marriage to Nick Lachey (cheatsheet.com) Jessica’s 2017 appearance on Ellen (Twitter link) Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” memoir spares no one (latimes.com) You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong (nytimes.com)Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And we're back! For our Season 9 opener, Stacie takes a look at Mary-Kate Olsen's attempt to get a pandemic quickie divorce, plus a bunch of other Olsen Twin trashmagic. Then, Alicia has the story of American icon Gloria Vanderbilt, an undisputed rich girl who in no way had it all.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices