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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

WHITE SMOKE-Patrick Strudwick

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When the body of a young, gay, Black man, Gemmel Moore, was pulled out of the West Hollywood apartment of Ed Buck-a white, millionaire donor to the Democratic Party-the coroner called it an accidental overdose. The police didn’t arrest Buck. And the media refused to report on it.But just 18 months later, when a second Black man, Timothy Dean, was found dead in the same apartment from the same drug, the police still didn’t arrest Buck, sparking a series of terrifying questions. Why was Buck still free when two men had died in his home surrounded by drugs? How much were his wealth and political connections protecting him? And how many more men might have been harmed in that apartment?
In White Smoke: America’s Chemsex Killer, investigative journalist Patrick Strudwick uncovers the secret world behind this explosive Hollywood scandal. Through original reporting, we discover how a cocktail of power, racism, sexual exploitation, and drug abuse had been detonating in Buck’s apartment for years. And how it’s connected to a wider chemsex scene playing out in queer communities all around the world-one that provides the perfect hunting ground for predators. But those communities are fighting back. In this series, we meet the men who lived a nightmare inside Buck’s apartment, the friends of the men who died, and the activists who triggered a movement to get Buck off the streets. WHITE SMOKE: America's Chemsex Killer-(An Audible Original)-Patrick Strudwick

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0:00.0

You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History,

0:12.9

and the authors that have written about them.

0:15.4

Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,

0:23.3

talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

0:27.7

True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufantke.

0:41.2

Good evening.

0:42.2

When the body of a young gay black man, Jamel Moore, was pulled out of the West Hollywood

0:47.4

apartment of Ed Buck, a white millionaire donor to the Democratic Party, the coroner called

0:53.2

it an accidental overdose.

0:55.2

The police did not arrest Buck, and the media refused to report on it.

0:59.9

But just 18 months later, when a second black man Timothy Dean was found dead in the same

1:05.4

apartment from the same drug, the police still didn't arrest Buck, sparking a series of

1:10.9

terrifying questions.

1:12.7

Why was Buck still free when two men had died in his home, surrounded by drugs?

1:17.9

How much were his wealth and political connections protecting him, and how many more men might

1:23.1

have been harmed in that apartment?

1:25.3

In white smoke, America's Kimseks Killer, investigative journalist Patrick Stredwick,

1:30.7

uncovers the secret world behind this explosive Hollywood scandal.

1:35.2

Through original reporting, we discover how a cocktail of power, racism, sexual exploitation,

1:41.9

and drug abuse had been detonating in Buck's apartment for years, and how it's connected

1:47.7

to a wider Kimseks scene, playing out in queer communities all around the world, one

1:53.4

that provides the perfect hunting ground for predators, but those communities are fighting

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