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Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

The Hollywood Madam: Heidi Fleiss

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

National Geographic

Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7527 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Heidi Fleiss is perhaps best known as the “Hollywood Madam.” Despite having started her business at just 22, she developed a star-studded list of clients, all meticulously organized in her red Gucci planner. Among them was Charlie Sheen, who famously testified at Heidi’s trial that he’d spent $53,000 a year on her services. On a bad night, Heidi says she raked in $10,000. What made Heidi Fleiss so successful, how did her ring unravel, and where did she fly off to? For more information about Heidi Fleiss’ Nevada bird sanctuary, please visit her YouTube Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8

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0:37.2

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0:41.2

Where are we heading?

0:42.3

We're headed to Figaroor.

0:43.9

It's referred to as the track, the blade.

0:46.8

It's late on a weeknight, you know, sort of a cold night,

0:50.2

and I was in the car with Mickey Royal.

0:52.8

Former Pimp, author of the Pimp game, the instructional guide,

0:56.9

taking us down this road and pointing out all the women.

1:01.4

I mean, he didn't have to point out much because everywhere you looked,

1:04.8

there were just women out, you know, skimply dressed, approaching cars.

1:10.5

Several times they approached our car because they saw that we were

1:13.6

you know going slowly and looking at them. She's working to the ride. Oh, she's wearing a bikini.

1:18.7

Yeah. We actually saw a group of three women wearing all of them the same high heels and he says

1:24.7

that's a telltale sign that they're all working for the same. Was that a thing where your girls are worked with you dressed the same? Yeah,

1:31.2

it was either a shot for all of them at the same time. It was so close to my house here in

1:35.7

L.A., and I had no idea that this was happening. You know, again, miles and miles of sex workers

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