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How ambitious LA girl Heidi Fleiss rose to become a “Hollywood Madam” in the early 90s, and how she fell at the hands of American sexual hypocrisy. A kaleidoscopic look at sex, drugs, glamour and corruption in Los Angeles.

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    • Sep 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Introducing: Forgive Me For I Have Followed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 1:40 Transcription Available


    Hi HeidiWorld Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of our newest show, Forgive Me For I Have Followed.  About the show: Join Jessica Acevedo, the Executive Producer of Netflix's explosive docu-series, Dancing For The Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, and Kailea Gray, marketing strategist and former 7M Films member, as they further expose the core of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Forgive Me For I Have Followed embarks on a gripping journey into the hidden truths behind this high control group. Through powerful in-depth interviews with former members and new, chilling first-hand accounts, the series will illuminate untold, necessary perspectives. Stories like Kailea's happen far too often. This podcast will also feature individuals whose lives have been affected by other cults. This will be more than an exploration—it is a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again.  Listen here and subscribe to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Introducing: To Die For

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 2:42 Transcription Available


    Hi, HeidiWorld fans! iHeartPodcasts and TenderfootTV are excited to tell you about To Die For, a brand-new true crime podcast exploring the dark world of Russian intelligence through the lens of a sex spy. Since you love our podcast, we think you'll like To Die For, too. You don't have to take our word for it, though. Check out this trailer and decide for yourself! About "To Die For:"  Imagine you were a fly on the wall at a dinner between the mafia, the CIA, and the KGB. That's where this unprecedented story begins. A journey through the dark world of Russian intelligence where, for the first time, a professed “sex spy” tells her story. All of it. Host Neil Strauss (Rolling Stone, The New York Times) brings listeners into the dangerous world of sexpionage, where enemies of the State are not the only victims. So too are the spies themselves, brainwashed to believe that their bodies belong to Russia and meticulously trained to become “the perfect weapons.” Who is Aliia Roza? From the creators of the hit podcast series To Live and Die in LA, this is To Die For. Binge all 8 episodes now. Listen to To Die For now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Introducing: Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 1:58 Transcription Available


    Hi HeidiWorld fans! We want to share a new podcast that we think you'll love - Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption. About the show: Fallen Angels is a journalistic thriller — Chinatown meets Spotlight — one that takes us into the shadows of sunny LA. Over 10 thirty-minute episodes, we go deeper and deeper into the intermingled world of power and privilege. L.A. Times investigative reporter Paul Pringle is our host – but he doesn't simply narrate this story. Like a classic L.A. Noir, as Paul and his team of reporting colleagues, who joined forces in secret from their bosses,  investigate the story, they meet obstacles and stonewalling at every turn — from USC,  from the city, and more troubling still, from their own organization. Listen here and subscribe to Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Introducing: Sanctum Unmasked

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 2:39


    Hi, HeidiWorld Fans! Sanctum Unmasked is the story of how party promotor Damon Lawner founded SNCTM - a members only roving night club that would come to be called ‘the most exclusive celebrity sex club in the world.' About Sanctum Unmasked: In 2013 a nearly penniless party promotor named Damon Lawner founded SNCTM, a members only roving night club that would come to be called ‘the most exclusive celebrity sex club in the world,' hosting a who's who of global rich and famous, and creating an environment for taboo-busting exploration into sexuality for its members. This podcast tells the story of how Lawner built this remarkable cultural institution, and of Lawner's personal journey of exploration that mirrored the experience he provided for club guests. Wild stories from the nights at the club are given depth and nuance as the deeper themes are explored –BDSM and pain for pleasure, subservience and consent, monogamy, where things went right and where they went wrong. Ultimately it's a story about breaking down societal barriers and taboos around sexuality, the most private and delicate of our human foibles, and arriving at a deeper, possibly healthier understanding of ourselves. Listen here and subscribe to Sanctum Unmasked on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 10: The Desert And Beyond: Heidi Moves To Pahrump, Nevada To Start A Stud Farm And Starts A Bird Sanctuary Instead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 62:25


    Chapter 10: The Desert And Beyond: Heidi Moves To Pahrump, Nevada To Start A Stud Farm And Starts A Bird Sanctuary Instead After prison, Heidi Fleiss tries to hustle up some new work by starting a Stud Farm in Nevada and ends up on Celebrity Rehab instead. She also discovers a new passion: taking care of tropical birds. Dr. Paul Fleiss is embroiled in a new scandal unrelated to his daughter. Charlie Sheen becomes a sitcom star but encounters further complications. Heidi gets caught up in a cryptocurrency scam. And what happened to everyone in Heidiworld. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 9: Reality Television: How Heidi Invented Reality Star Fame And Her Cousin Mike Fleiss Invented The Bachelor (late 90s/early 2000s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 63:38


    Chapter 9: Reality Television: How Heidi Invented Reality Star Fame And Her Cousin Mike Fleiss Invented The Bachelor (late 90s/early 2000s) Heidi Fleiss gets sentenced and goes to jail, doing 37 months in Dublin, California. Meanwhile, her second cousin Mike Fleiss climbs the ranks of early 2000s reality television and invents huge hit The Bachelor. And Don Simpson has one last box office mega-hit and then vanishes from the mortal plane forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 8: Heidi Wear: The Mid 90s Heidi Pioneers Personal branding And Cashes In With Her Own Line Of Branded Sleepwear

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 55:34


    Chapter 8: Heidi Wear Heidi Fleiss goes to trial with the eyes of the world on her, and the Fleiss family's close bonds are tested as they are asked to turn against each other in court. But Heidi Fleiss mania has already peaked as the OJ trial begins and takes focus. The jurors deliberate and then have second thoughts. Plus the story of Charlie “Good Time,” the Malibu music promoter with a Heidi connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 7: The Trial Of The Century: 1995 How Court TV revolutionized the 24 hour news cycle and how Heidi Fleiss redefined tabloid celebrity with it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 47:58


    Episode 7: While awaiting her trials Heidi sits for another big magazine profile, this time with Vanity Fair. Her lawyer Anthony Brooklier makes a case against the johns, and we tell you about his father Dominic Brooklier the last mob don of Southern California. Ivan “Mackdaddy” Nagy returns to terrorize Heidi's employees and get sentimental about Heidi. And Heidi Fleiss finds herself in the world spotlight and isolated from everyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 6: Media Frenzy (1993, 1994): The Heidi Fleiss scandal breaks wide in the media, making Heidi the most famous woman and sending her clients into a panic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 65:30


    Chapter 6: media frenzy, the Heidi Fleiss scandal breaks in the media and spawns a million stories. Everybody wants a cut of the Heidi Fleiss story, and some of the people in Heidi's orbit are selling her out to get theirs. Plus a rabbit hole into how Pretty Woman connects to illegal arms dealing, the stories of call girls “Marilyn” and “Leann,” and how women in Hollywood (and Adrian Lyne) reacted to what the scandal said about the men in their industry in the 90s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 5: Heidi's Empire: From The Peak Of The Hollywood Hills To The Pits Of Despair (1992) Heidi's madaming business takes off and crashes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 76:23


    Heidi's empire peaks as she gets overconfident running her mouth around town. The stories of producers Don Simpson, Robert Evans and Jon Peters. The saga of JJ The Beeper King, Cookie Orgad and the LA ecstasy trade. And Heidi's downfall at the hands of former Heidi girl Alexandra Datig and Beverly Hills cop Sammy Lee II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 4: Little Black Book (late 80s, early 90s)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 56:39


    In episode 4, Madam Alex's loss is Heidi Fleiss's gain as her high end madaming empire takes off. Heidi recruits a new kind of call girl to suit her Gen X taste and sends them out to rich guys all around the world. She buys a mansion in the LA hills and throws an extravagant party. She even starts a Sunset Strip nightclub. But she also starts getting perhaps too comfortable talking about her business to strangers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 3: Midcentury Madam: Madam Alex Rules LA and Teaches Heidi The Rules Of The Game (60s, 70s, 80s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 44:18


    The story of how Madam Alex left a Catholic girlhood in the Philippines for a mid-century marriage in America, only to become the most powerful madam in Beverly Hills with her high-end escort business. And how the madaming business leads her to a young woman named Heidi Fleiss who will eventually dethrone her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 2: Party Girl On The Sunset Strip: Heidi Chases Thrills Instead Of Stability And Finds Out There's a Whole Secret Underground World Of Partying for the Super Rich (the 1980s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 49:21


    In episode 2 we delve into the sordid history of the Sunset Strip, where Heidi Fleiss finds herself waitressing in the 80s. Then Heidi hits VIP club Helena's with the stars and later makes a love connection with mysterious millionaire Bernie Cornfeld at his mansion Grayhall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chapter 1: An LA Story: How Heidi Fleiss's Family Came To Be And How One Car Accident Changed Them Forever (The 1970s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 44:18


    Chapter 1: An LA Story: How Heidi Fleiss's Family Came To Be And How One Car Accident Changed Them Forever (The 1970s) In Chapter One we meet young Heidi and the rest of the Fleiss family, delving into the bohemian California lifestyle of the 70s as Heidi ditches high school for her first hustles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Introducing HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 1:28


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