The Last Days of August: Episode Three

The Last Days of August

K Seabury

Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Jon Ronson, the creator of Audible Original The Butterfly Effect, delves into the pornography industry again as he unravels the never-before-told story of what caused a beloved 23-year-old actress’s untimely death.

In December 2017, famed adult film star August Ames died by suicide in a park in the Conejo Valley. Her death came just a day after she’d been the victim of a social media pile-on by fellow porn professionals—punishment for her tweeting out something deemed homophobic.

A month later, August’s husband and pornography producer Kevin Moore connected with journalist Jon Ronson to tell the story of how cyberbullying via Twitter killed his wife. Neither of them could predict the rumors and secrets that Ronson would soon hear, revelations that hinted at a very different story—something mysterious and unexpected and terrible.

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0:00.0	The last days of August contained some explicit and upsetting material involving sexuality, assault, and self-harm.
0:07.0	It may not be suitable for all audiences.
0:10.0	Can you tell us where we are, James?
0:13.0	Intent, intent Alberta, in a hotel room.
0:17.0	This is James Gribowski, Augusta's name is his older brother.
0:21.0	Of course, throughout this interview, we call her by a real name, Mercedes.
0:25.0	What was the town like that you and Mercedes grew up in?
0:29.0	Army base, we grew up in Pettihuahua, Ontario.
0:32.0	It's a military base, it's the second biggest in the Commonwealth.
0:34.0	Dad was a military, mum was a stay-at-home mum.
0:37.0	What was life like growing up on a military base?
0:40.0	Oh fuck.
0:42.0	That's strict. Very strict.
0:44.0	My dad, he raised a strict household.
0:47.0	We had chores, we had curfew, we couldn't misbehave.
0:50.0	We'd get punished if we misbehaveed.
0:52.0	The only fuck-up once and when we were young.
0:55.0	Gosh, what was Mercedes like?
0:59.0	Is a really young little girl.
1:02.0	She was a sweetheart.
1:05.0	She was Daddy's favorite for sure.
1:07.0	She could do no wrong.
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