I mean, there was cat shit all over the walls.

I mean, the smell was unbelievable.

I mean, the filth and the smell and everything.

And I just fell in love, and I said to her,

this is the most beautiful house I have ever seen.

And she did this little pirouette in the middle of the hall,

and she said, yes, and all it needs is a coat of paint.

Hi everyone and welcome to Dark House. I'm your host Hadley Mendelssohn. And I'm your other host

Alyssa Furentino and today we have a special bonus episode for you.

We were able to speak with Sally Quinn, the former owner of Grey Gardens who bought the

property from Little Edie in 1979 and only recently sold it a couple of years ago.

So if you listened to last week's episode about Grey Gardens, then you probably remember her

as a woman who started the religion blog for Washington

Post and also was a reporter there, as well as a writer who has published a few books. And if you

haven't listened to last week's episode yet, go do that first because you're going to want to

hear all of the stories about the property to be able to follow along with this week's episode.

So with that, I hope you enjoy our

conversation with her. Here she is. Thank you for joining us on Dark House today. Welcome.

Thank you. I personally have been wanting to talk to you since I read your memoir,

Finding Magic, which I found as I was researching gray gardens. And also,

quick shout out that we are all cancers here, which I learned in your book. So we'll see how

that impacts the mood here. And I've also told all of our listeners who you are and a little bit

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