Best Hemlock Creatives Podcasts (2025)

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S28E5: Dumpster Dive | Billy Ray Cyrus, Firerose, Elizabeth Hurley, Ye, Bianca Censori, Kim Kardashian, and Elon Musk 48:10

12h ago48:10

48:10

Sometimes, we've gotta dive into that old dumpster to catch up on the fresh doings of our Trashy Divorces alums. Today, Stacie takes us through the latest messes in the lives of Billy Ray Cyrus, Ye, and Elon Musk. You will want to grab a shower after this. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom ha…

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110. Mary, Queen of Scots | Her Childhood to Widowed Queen of France 43:06

3d ago43:06

43:06

This week, we begin our Trashy Royals journey into the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots. She has been a long time coming as a missing link on our ride of the naughty nobles in her time. In this episode, we journey from Mary’s birth in 1542, with her becoming Queen of Scotland at the tender age of 6 days old to Mary, three days before her 18th…

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S28E4: Bijou Phillips and Danny Masterson 58:44

4d ago58:44

58:44

One of the grosser stories we've lived through over the last several years is that of That 70's Show actor Danny Masterson, who has now been convicted of raping two women in 2003. Especially problematically, he and his victims are members of the Church of Scientology, and prosecutors made a strong case that the church itself worked hard to keep the…

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219. Joan Didion Is Really Having A Moment 53:05

5d ago53:05

53:05

Investigators, it is a double drop week here on Done and Dunne! We turn our focus in this episode to Nick’s sister-in-law Joan Didion, wo is really having a moment this month! The archives of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne are available now at the New York Public Library, after their acquisition in 2023. Additionally, there is a whole new work …

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218. Betsy Bloomingdale | Queen of California 1:03:10

6d ago1:03:10

1:03:10

In this exciting double Done and Dunne bonus, we explore the life of Betsy Bloomingdale, the legendary hostess and Queen of California, at least as it concerns the reins of power of politics, royalty, and Hollywood. The first part of our Betsy coverage includes all the basics, a bit about her relationship with the legendary designer Billy Haines, a…

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S28E3: Gypsy Rose Blanchard 44:41

7d ago44:41

44:41

While Gypsy Rose Blanchard escaped her mother's incredibly abusive control by murdering her, the case was understandably a sensation. Gypsy Rose's childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood had been cruelly misshapen and stolen from her by her mother's abuse, and during her eight years in prison, media attention on what had happened to her only in…

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109. Arbella Stuart | A Tragic Tale of Tudor Times 54:44

10d ago54:44

54:44

Come with us this week as we take a journey into the Tudor Court with perhaps the most tragic story of the time. Arbella Stuart is our focus this week, and her tale is ever so tragic. It could have been a regular life for this girl, except that she was related to every single person in the royal line-up, and that makes for very dangerous times to b…

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S28E2: Pete Rose 45:43

11d ago45:43

45:43

There are legends in baseball, but there are also cautionary tales. Cincinnati Reds icon Pete Rose, who hit more pitches than anyone else in the history of the game, is a lot of both. His ego was enormous, his personal life a dumpster fire, and even his teammates didn't particularly care for him. Hard to believe a guy like that could go bad! Want e…

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217. Dunne in Haute Couture | Au Revoir, Paris! 34:39

13d ago34:39

34:39

This week, we conclude our journey into Dominick Dunne’s time in Paris for the January 1998 couture shows. So many more shows, including the collections of Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, and Karl Lagerfeld. There is a Princess Diana moment, and a few international and political drops too, including Dunne’s rapprochement with Adnan Khashoggi and…

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S28E1: Cardi B and Offset 56:46

14d ago56:46

56:46

Since Cardi B roared onto the rap scene in 2018 with Invasion of Privacy, she's won all the awards and become one of the most celebrated artists of our day. But the notion of "invasion of privacy" is a little funny in our current era, where stars often seem committed to invading their own privacy by oversharing on social media. Which is our entrée …

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108. Happy Valley Set: The Life, Loves, and Murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Lord Erroll 54:08

17d ago54:08

54:08

Good nobles, we have a real treat for you this week as we journey down into Africa - Kenya specifically - to begin the trashy tales of the Happy Valley Set. This group of self-absorbed, wealthy British expatriates is legendary in history for all of the sins that occurred in their heyday, from the 1920s to the 1940s. Today’s episode serves as a grea…

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216. Dunne in Haute Couture | Paris 1998 - Spiderwebs Galore! 1:09:04

20d ago1:09:04

1:09:04

In our continuing journey from the land of haute couture in Paris in January of 1998, Dominick Dunne will continue his walk down the runway. Luckily for us, we have a whole of threads to pull together this week. Take out your index cards, investigators! We are spilling the details on so many characters in this one, including the well married The Mi…

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S27E9: The Glamorous Gabors | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Part Four: The End of the Gabors 56:00

21d ago56:00

56:00

Hello dahlinks! We've made it to the very last of the Glamorous Gabors, and the later years of Zsa Zsa Gabor. This episode follows her final marriage, to a fake prince that Zsa Zsa's daughter described as an "evil queen," the fake prince's legal action against that daughter, a robbery of the fake prince by a lesbian street gang, and of course, Zsa …

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107. Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione | The Too-Much Countess 49:35

24d ago49:35

49:35

Turns out that selfies aren't really a new phenomenon, and as cameras emerged as a new technology in the 19th century, there was a nearly perfect subject who made the form her own. Meet Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, spy, diplomat, model, courtesan, art director, and one-time mistress of Emperor Napoleon III. It's quite a resume and a h…

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S27E8: The Glamorous Gabors | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Part 3: More Lovers, More Husbands! 52:29

25d ago52:29

52:29

In this penultimate episode of The Glamourous Gabors, we continue the saga of Zsa Zsa – what's next in the life of this cultural icon? We explore her relationships with a few more of her lovers, and a few more husbands too. Triumphs and tragedies – Zsa Zsa always brings the party. The Glamorous Gabors was researched and written by Melanie Shawn, wi…

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215. Dunne in Haute Couture | Paris 1998 39:58

27d ago39:58

39:58

Fashionista investigators, this one is for you! In a little break from true crime, Dominick Dunne travels to Paris for the January 1998 couture collections, and what a time he had! In this mix of high fashion and celebrity, our man Nick is catching on quickly in this world, and revealing all the inside scoop. From the beginnings of couture to its P…

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S27E7: The Glamorous Gabors | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Part 2: George Sanders, Stardom, and Porfirio Rubirosa 1:03:05

28d ago1:03:05

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In this episode of The Glamorous Gabors, we continue Zsa Zsa's journey, and what a journey it was! Actor George Sanders, hubby number three, takes his turn around the martial dance floor with Zsa Zsa in this one. Also, Zsa Zsa finds fame and as well as a "karmatic" kind of lover with a legendary peppermill all his own, Porfirio Rubirosa. This one h…

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106. Stanislaw II August, the Last King of Poland 47:31

1M ago47:31

47:31

As a young man, Stanislaw Poniatowski arrived at the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, a Polish noble in the service of an English diplomat. An affair commenced with the future Catherine the Great, whose affection (and malign influence in the politics of Russia's neighbor) resulted in Stanislaw being elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lit…

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S27E6: The Glamorous Gabors | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Part One 49:38

1M ago49:38

49:38

This week, we turn our attention to the middle - and certainly the best known - sister of our glamorous trio, Zsa Zsa Garbor. In this Part One of her life, we follow the irrepressible Zsa Zsa her through her first marriage - and perhaps an affair with the founder of the Turkish Republic, Kemal Ataturk - as well as her move to the US, where she prom…

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214. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys, Finale! 58:23

1M ago58:23

58:23

In this week’s conclusion of Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Cuevas de Larrain’s story, we examine her life from the early 1960s on, including more ballet, a much younger husband, and ultimately, the battle over her estate. Also included, the defection of Rudolf Nureyev from the Soviet Union, the murder of Jan de Vroom, and so many recurring charact…

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S27E5: The Glamorous Gabors | Magda Gabor 48:11

1M ago48:11

48:11

Dahlinks - hold on to your hats for the story of Magda Gabor, the eldest and perhaps the most undercover of the Glamorous Gabor sisters. Magda, continuing the family tradition of being well-versed in the art of falling in love and getting married, also had some nasty breakups. But there's so much more to her story, from her World War II experiences…

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105. Persephone and Hades, ft. Alicia King Anderson 56:17

1M ago56:17

56:17

This week, Alicia invited Alicia King Anderson Ph.D. to talk all things Persephone and Hades, the Queen and King of the Underworld. We unpack the myth of this royal couple down below. How does a young girl, Kore, complete the transformation into Persephone? Who is Hades and why is he messing with his niece, Kore? How does the whole snatching of the…

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S27E4: The Glamorous Gabors | Eva Gabor, Part Two 40:50

1M ago40:50

40:50

In this second and final installment of the life of Eva Gabor, we follow her through more marital misadventures, business acumen, affairs, and the possibility of marriage to Merv Griffin. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a perso…

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213. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys, Part Two 44:00

1M ago44:00

44:00

In this next installment of Dominick Dunne’s reporting on Margeret Rockefeller Strong, we investigate her first husband, George de Cuevas. George was a real fan of the ballet, which his wife lovingly supported through his lifetime, and even a little after his death. George did enjoy a theatrical and artistic lifestyle, including delicate duels as w…

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S27E3: The Glamorous Gabors | Eva Gabor 41:59

1M ago41:59

41:59

The youngest of the Gabor sisters was Eva, and to say that Eva worked for the career that Zsa Zsa sauntered into would be about right. An earnest actor, Eva toiled in relative obscurity for a quarter of a century before landing the role that finally made her a household name: Lisa Douglas, a big-city wife whose husband decides to leave it all behin…

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104. The Wives of Julius Caesar: Cossutia, Cornelia, Pompeia, and Calpurnia 55:36

2M ago55:36

55:36

As we roar towards the Ides of March, it just makes sense to spend a little time with Rome's OG, Gaius Julius Caesar. But since it's also Women's History Month, we're taking stock of his life and times through his marriages, both the ones we're sure happened, the one we aren't sure happened - and of course, Cleopatra makes an appearance. Listen ad-…

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S27E2: The Glamorous Gabors | Mama Jolie Gabor 59:27

2M ago59:27

59:27

Jolie Gabor, mother of the famous sisters, grew up in Budapest, Hungary, just in time for the tumultuous 20th century to unfold. Her mother's family was in the jewelry business - put a pin in that - and as a girl, Jolie dreamed of a life in the theater. Her parents were having none of it, and forced her into a not overwhelmingly wanted marriage tha…

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Introducing The Glamorous Gabors! 7:46

2M ago7:46

7:46

The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engaged in heroic resistance. Along with their mother, Jolie, sisters Eva, Zsa Zsa, and Magda, stormed the mid-century zeitgeist and lived through extremely …

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Introducing The Glamourous Gabors! 7:43

2M ago7:43

7:43

The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engaged in heroic resistance. Along with their mother, Jolie, sisters Eva, Zsa Zsa, and Magda, stormed the mid-century zeitgeist and lived through extremely …

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Introducing The Glamorous Gabors! 6:45

2M ago6:45

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The Gabor sisters were some of the most iconic cultural figures in the second half of the 20th century, having arrived on our shores from Nazi-occupied Hungary, where they experienced loss and engaged in heroic resistance. Along with their mother, Jolie, sisters Eva, Zsa Zsa, and Magda, stormed the mid-century zeitgeist and lived through extremely …

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212. The Rockefeller Heiress and Her Ballet Boys 38:53

2M ago38:53

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In this episode, we meet Margaret Strong, granddaughter of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. Dominick Dunne covered her life and times in detail as well as the courtroom battle over her estate in 1987. Margaret is not the only character coming into this epic tale. This Rockefeller heiress had a penchant for effete men – both marrying and su…

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103. Queen Cynethryth of Mercia 51:31

2M ago51:31

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Just in time for Women's History Month here in the US, Alicia has a story as old as time - an 8th century Queen of the central English kingdom of Mercia during the Anglo-Saxon period who maybe was the victim of a smear campaign centuries later. Obviously, contemporaneous records of the period are sparse, but what we do think we know is that Queen C…

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211. The Woodward Case | The Murder of the Century 1:55:33

2M ago1:55:33

1:55:33

In this extended encore episode, we revisit The Two Mrs. Grenvilles arc to explore both the fact and fiction 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 …

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102. Nero, ft. Agrippina the Younger (Encore) 56:54

2M ago56:54

56:54

We're on break this week, so we're delving into Trashy Royals history (see what we did there!) with an encore of one of our earliest episodes, Roman Emperor Nero. While things started out relatively well when he took the reins from Claudius at just age 16, his attention and priorities quickly spiraled to pointless things and private grievance. As o…

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S26E23: Michael C. Hall 43:24

2M ago43:24

43:24

Best known for playing TV's most complicated serial killer, Dexter, actor Michael C. Hall has had his share of romantic ups and downs - not to mention a private cancer battle in the midst of his brief second marriage, to Dexter co-star Jennifer Carpenter. His personal background certainly sheds light on some of the professional choices he's made, a…

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