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28: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | The Set Up

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Welcome back to a whole new arc of Done & Dunne! For the next several episodes, we'll explore the facts and fictions of the 1955 shooting death of William Woodward, Jr., by his wife Ann, and the class-wide coverup that New York's fanciest families executed.

Dunne wrote 1985's The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as a thinly veiled fictional account of the whole sordid tale, which landed right in the sweet spot of his interest in high society's perfidy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytHsxRJm0E&t=8s

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1985/7/murder-most-swank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Zt47V3pPw

https://everything2.com/title/And+Justice+for+All%253F

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/03/05/592841492.html?pageNumber=199

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