Trashy Divorces

Alicia’s been tangling the web, but you may not be ready for the trashy affair, marriage, affairs, and divorce of Frank Sinatra and his second wife, movie legend Ava Gardner. It’s our third installment of Ocean’s 11: Twelve Degrees of Frank Sinatra, and this one’s got all the #trashcandy.Then, it’s Dolly Parton’s birthday today, and to honor the queen of our hearts, we get into the start of her career, when country superstar Porter Wagoner plucked her from obscurity to be his “Girl Singer.” Seven years later, her split from him drove him off the stage and into a courtroom, but Dolly would always love him anyway.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Alicia’s Receipts:Ava: My Story, by Ava GardnerAdvertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our second dive into the Ocean's Eleven: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra season, Stacie has the Rat Pack-adjacent comedian and original King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. He was a private person who was possibly America's most beloved and public figure for three decades. His three divorces – and final, apparently happy marriage, reveal the split-screen that was his life.Then, Alicia has the tragic early years of Ava Gardner: her rural North Carolina upbringing, her discovery by the MGM star machine, and her first marriages, to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw. It's all prelude to her final, tumultuous marriage to Sinatra, which is coming up later this season.Can't get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Stacie's Receipts: Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale, a profile of Carson, by Kenneth Tynan. The New Yorker, 2/20/1978. Obituary of Joanne Carson, Los Angeles Times, May 2015. Classic Hollywood: The timeless humor of Johnny Carson captured on new DVD sets, Susan King, Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2017. Johnny Carson, Low-Key King of Late-Night TV, Dies at 79, Richard Severo and Bill Carter, New York Times, January 24, 2005.Johnny Carson wikipedia. The Tonight Show wikipedia.Alicia's Receipts:Ava: My Story. Ava Gardner's autobiography, published shortly after her death in 1990.Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth. Lana Turner’s autiobiography, published in 1982.Music and more at trashydivorces.com.Advertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the #trashpack, y'all! For our fifth season launch, Alicia is deep-diving into Frank Sinatra’s trashy life and loves. This week we kick off with Ol’ Blue Eyes’s first marriage and divorce to Nancy Barbato; Nancy Senior, if you will. Are you ready for "Ocean’s 11: 12 Degrees of Frank Sinatra?"Then, Stacie has the surprisingly trashy tale of Charles Dickens's public abandonment of his wife of 22 years and the secret, 13-year-long affair that he conducted with a young actress throughout the rest of his life. Turns out that so-called "Great Men" only hold up if their followers are willing to keep their secrets.Receipts:The Invisible Woman: The Story of Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan, by Claire TomalinThe film version of The Invisible Woman, starring Felicity Jones and Ralph FiennesAdvertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year, everybody! Can you believe it: January 1 is one year to the day since we launched Trashy Divorces. What a ride 2019 has been!To celebrate, we’ve decided not to trash up your first day of 2020, but instead to share some sterling examples of lasting, enduring love.Thank you so much for making this year and this podcast such an incredible experience for us. We are looking forward to bringing you plenty more #trashcandy in the new year and beyond! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, and welcome to our season four closer and our last (regular) episode of 2019! This week, Alicia has the true crime story of Christmas crooner Andy Williams and his marriage to, divorce from, and defense of his ex-wife, alleged murderer Claudine Longet. Then, Stacie has the dirty details of Tommy Mattola's pursuit of and marriage to superstar Mariah Carey, with proof that a castle alone isn’t enough to hang onto a queen.Can't get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re hopping into our time machine and heading back to merry olde England, circa 1560, to take a look at the original Staircase Murder. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Bess held the affection of many men, but pony boy Robert Dudley found his feelings reciprocated. Until his wife Amy Robsart was found dead at the foot of a staircase, that is. An innocent accident, or something much darker? Alicia has all the deets.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Advertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She is one of the most beautiful people in the world and has graced the covers of more than 500 magazines, but Christie Brinkley hasn’t been especially lucky in love. This week, we take you through her four divorces – some more trashy than others – while we marvel at her enduring friendship and co-parenting relationship with musician and second husband, Billy Joel.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Advertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Thanksgiving to our US listeners, but wherever you are in the world, know that we are thankful for you! We're extra thankful for all the listener letters we receive with your funny, enraging, enlightening, and inspiring stories of the trashy divorces in your lives.For our Turkey Day bonus, we've got four more. One is destined to be a hit screenplay about a girl gang betrayed, one features a lot of bad behavior before getting it right, one is about a stolen farm, and the last is an actual Thanksgiving Day divorce story.We hope that your Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or just your Thursday is wonderful.Join us at Venkman’s in Atlanta December 29 for A Very Trashy New Year! Get your tickets here.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want the deep, dishy dirt on four of Tinseltown’s finest? We got you! First up, Stacie has the almost comically awful divorce and years-long, bi-coastal custody fight between Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin. Then, Alicia has the heartwarming and disturbing story of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, who married and divorced twice, plus a truly horrifying anecdote from Melanie’s Hollywood childhood.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Advertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready for some true crime, Trashy Divorces style? This is the episode for you! Alicia brings you the tragic story of Betty Broderick’s ultimately fatal obsession with her ex-husband Dan and his second wife Linda. Then, Stacie introduces her new imaginary true crime podcast Squeamish, with the brutal tale of the murder of David Harris by his wife Clara Harris, and the three trashy divorces that got them to that point.Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more.Advertise with Hemlock CreativesWe are growing our show offerings! To learn about advertising opportunities with Trashy Divorces, Done & Dunne, and other forthcoming projects, contact AdvertiseCast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices