Episodes

  • Episode 0 - Trailer

    Episode 0 - Trailer
    Jul 1 2021

    In an explosive investigative series, executive produced by James Patterson, veteran journalist and New York Times best-selling author Vicky Ward chronicles her 19-year quest to uncover what - or who - is behind Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth, influence, and criminality. You’ll hear testimonies from over 20 individuals with ties to Epstein, as well as previously off-the-record transcripts and exclusive conversations with Epstein himself.

    Ward’s journey began in 2002 when she profiled Epstein for Vanity Fair. At the time, she didn’t realize just how close she came to uncovering the financier’s web of secrets, connections, and wealth that enabled his sexual crimes and shielded him from justice for decades. As she investigated further, Ward would unearth ties to a criminal empire of money-laundering, gun-running, and international espionage.

    Amidst all the bold-faced names, the saga repeatedly intertwines with that of a single enigmatic figure: Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-lover, former employee, and alleged co-conspirator. The disgraced heiress, who now awaits trial herself, may hold the key to unlocking the truth behind Epstein.

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    2 mins
    Free with 30-day trial
  • Prologue, Episode 1: Ghislaine Behind Bars

    Prologue, Episode 1: Ghislaine Behind Bars
    Jul 15 2021
    In 2002, veteran reporter Vicky Ward was assigned what seemed like an easy story: Find the source of Jeffery Epstein’s money. The story turned hard, though, when she stumbled on early sexual abuse allegations about Jeffrey and Ghislaine Maxwell and Vicky found her professional and personal safety under threat. In Jeffrey’s absence, Vicky now chases Ghislaine’s secrets: her relationship to Jeffrey, what she knows of the building of his web of international elites, and the fate of his fortune.
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    21 mins
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  • Episode 2: Something Dark

    Episode 2: Something Dark
    Jul 15 2021
    Vicky tells the first, of her three-part personal story, of trying to report the early on-the-record, alleged sexual allegations raised by two brave women, Maria and Annie Farmer against Jeffrey and Ghislaine. But in never heard before conversations between Jeffrey and Vicky in 2002, Vicky begins to understand what a master manipulator Jeffrey is and how difficult it will be to tell the Farmer sisters’ story.
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    26 mins
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  • Episode 3: The Father

    Episode 3: The Father
    Jul 15 2021
    Robert Maxwell was a larger-than-life media tycoon, a former Member of Parliament, a tyrant. He had extensive political and business relationships with Israel and Russia and reportedly an asset for the Mossad. Ghislaine was his favorite of nine children and when Robert, died under mysterious circumstances, Jeffrey took up the mantle of becoming an perception-maker, providing for Ghislaine in ways that are eerily reminiscent of the father.
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    43 mins
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  • Episode 4: An Unlikely Couple

    Episode 4: An Unlikely Couple
    Jul 15 2021
    Ghislaine is fighting criminal charges including, sex trafficking of a minor for the purpose of aiding Jeffery Epstein in his debauchery. So what exactly was her relationship with him? Jeffrey’s wealth was extremely important. But when you take away the money, what you find is something far short of a love affair.
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    43 mins
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  • Episode 5: Find the Dupe

    Episode 5: Find the Dupe
    Jul 15 2021
    Jeffrey’s wealth and his similarities to Robert Maxwell made him Ghislaine’s go-to guy. But the story of how Jeffrey amassed that fortune has been largely unknown until now. His fortune is what allegedly drew newly impoverished Ghislaine Maxwell to him. In the next three episodes, Vicky tells what she has discovered how he was able to go from a high school math teacher to a Wall Street power broker, identifying the people who mentored him and opening the playbook he used to con the very rich.
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    38 mins
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  • Episode 6: Playing the Box

    Episode 6: Playing the Box
    Jul 15 2021
    Steve Hoffenberg is an already known mentor of Jeffrey’s and the creator of the biggest financial ponzi scheme before the Bernie Madoff scam involving his company, Towers Financial. Hoffenberg went to jail for his crimes, but says Jeffrey was very much a part of orchestrating illegal insurance bond schemes and stock manipulation. Vicky asks Jeffrey about these schemes, but he flatly denies everything, even though court papers show he was involved. In this episode, we hear how Jeffrey conned the con man.
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    42 mins
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  • Episode 7: Charm, Control, and Then Con

    Episode 7: Charm, Control, and Then Con
    Jul 15 2021
    The L Brand billionaire Les Wexner turned over control of his fortune as well as many of the details of manging his personal life to Jeffrey Epstein. He even had Jeffrey living right next door in mini replica of his own mansion. Most think that Jeffrey was just after his money, but did he also target Wexner as part of an international influence campaign?
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    44 mins
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