THE GREY ZONE WITH MARK EBNER: Recent Episodes
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How world-renowned journalist and crime writer Mark Ebner got the story behind the true-crime tales and Scientology exposes that put him on the map and have kept him there... in The Grey Zone.
Meet Mark Ebner Mark Ebner is an American journalist and a New York Times bestselling author who has covered all aspects of celebrity and crime culture for Spy, Rolling Stone, Maxim, Details, Los Angeles Magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, Radar, The Daily Beast, Gawker, BoingBoing, Esquire and New Times.
Among the many and varied topics Ebner has covered are: Scientology, Bill Cosby's rape accusations, pit bull fighting, the Ku Klux Klan, celebrity stalkers, drug kingpins, missing porn stars, sports groupies, college suicides, and Hepatitis C in Hollywood.
He has produced for and/appeared as a commentator on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, A&E, Comedy Central, REELZ, Showtime, The History Channel, Channel 4 (UK), National Public Radio, Court TV, TruTV, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" "The Today Show," "The Early Show," "Out Front with Erin Burnett," "Anderson Cooper 360," "Fox & Friends," Inside Edition," "Hard Copy," "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn," and "Crime Watch Daily."
Ebner also consulted for Comedy Central on Trapped in the Closet, an episode of South Park, and for NBC/Dateline on “The Paris Hilton Tapes”. He hosted “Rich and Reckless” for TruTV, was a featured guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." His books include the NY Times bestseller Hollywood, Interrupted, Poison Candy, Being Uncle Charlie, We Have Your Husband, and the Hollywood true-crime saga, Six Degrees of Paris Hilton.
Ebner is on the brink of losing his job at A.M.I and in this episode, he makes damn sure he gets fired.
Before that though, there's a visit from slimy David Pecker, the head dude at National Enquirer.
Finally, on his way out the door with a stolen A.M.I laptop and a $5000 severance check, a co-worker gives Ebner the contents of Paris Hilton's hacked Sidekick and that leads to his next book, "6 degrees of Paris Hilton" which we will be discussing on the next season of Gumshoe Diaries.
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
Ebner's learning the ropes at the National Enquirer and it isn't going well, he just can't find the sweet spot in the Tabloid Universe. He is moved to The Globe where he finally gets a shot at his Truman Capote moment with a 'Fetus Snatcher' story but even that is cheapened by the tabloid take on the crime.
He moves onto a story about the Minutemen that gets him beaten up and in a matter of months, Ebner has 2 strikes against him at A.M.I and is seeing that the tabloid universe is not a place for him.
And all the while, that gambling addiction is still playing in the background of Ebner's head.
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
Ebner's tale of how he ended up at the tabloids is a wild ride; from a heroin addiction to the world of 12 steps, to the celebrity packed Sunset Strip restaurant Le Dome, to his first big break as a writer, to a burgeoning community of like minded malcontents that leads to a to a NY Times best selling book w/ Andrew Breitbart....then throw in a gambling addiction and a descent into homelessness for good measure and just when all seems lost, a job offer comes along, with A.M.I, American Media Incorporated aka National Enquirer/Globe/Star.
And so begins Mark's Year of Murder by Character Assassination.
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
EPISODE 3: Marina Anderson, David Carradine's 4th wife, confirms details of the story & adds her thoughts on what she believes happened to her ex-husband David Carradine.
Ebner meets colorful people with info:
*Pornthip Rojanasunand, aka Dr. Death, a Thai forensic pathologist and medical doctor that concluded Carradine's crime scene was trampeled and rendered useless.
*Bangkok post reporter that had David Carradine's morgue photos, the real photos not the fake photos floating around the press.
*Hotel manager Aurelio Giraudo, a small Italian man that offers neither assistance nor access to the hotel's surveillance footage.
And hear the 2009 press release from the Brothers Carradine regarding the passing of their brother David.
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
To read the original Maxim article "The Last Days of David Carradine" go to: https://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/single-post/2019/12/10/the-last-days-of-david-carradine-unexpurgated
EPISODE 2:
Marina Anderson, David Carradine's 4th wife, confirms details of the story.
Ebner meets colorful people with info:
*Bangkok Dan, an Ex Pat living in Thailand that educates Ebner about body snatchers.
*Flamenco Antonio Piñeda, a fixer type that hooks Ebner up with David Winters, of 'Westside Story' fame.
*David Winters, an English-born American actor, dancer, choreographer, producer and director that was a friend of David Carradine's and has stories of being drugged and robbed himself.
*Thai Police Colonel Somprasong Yenthuam, Superintendent of Lumpini Police station. Scary guy. Not helpful.
*Unnamed translator kid that sheds light on what's really going on in the Thai police station.
*Hears that Porntip is in town. PORNTIP!!
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
To read the original Maxim article "The Last Days of David Carradine" go to:
https://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/single-post/2019/12/10/the-last-days-of-david-carradine-unexpurgated
Ebner wrote this story for Maxim Magazine in 2009 shortly after the untimely death of American Actor and icon David Carradine.
EPISODE 1:
David Carradine died in a Bangkok, Thailand hotel room in 2009 at the age of 72.
His death was ruled a suicide by Thai authorities.
Michael Baden performed a second autopsy ruling out suicide.
So, there's that...and nothing more since 2009.
Developed, Produced, Edited, Sound designed by Mickey Ramos Original Music by Daniel Espy
To read the original Maxim article "The Last Days of David Carradine" go to: https://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/single-post/2019/12/10/the-last-days-of-david-carradine-unexpurgated
Ebner looks at two local nightclub murders that got away from him, and a homicide in the Beverly Hills hairstyling world that the Beverly Hills Police Department seems to have buried.
Serving Scientology, and Stan Lee's Last Interview.
Bonus: The Stan Lee Hostage Videos.
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No sleight of hand can save magician David Blaine from (alleged) drugging and rape survivor #2. Listen.
A mentally impaired American businesswoman has been locked up for 17 months under the stench of widespread corruption in Lima, Peru. Her husband wants her back.
Ebner revisits Providence, RI, the dirty city that made him a crime writer, and excavates the crime of the century: The Bonded Vault Heist.
Ebner's personal history as a privileged, white, suburban juvenile delinquent in Rhode Island comes butt-up against his career as a crime writer. Also, "Six Degrees of Paris Hilton" comes full circle with the book's narrative voice, Riley Perez owning his story with the brutally honest prison memoir, "What is Real -- The Life and Crimes of Darnell Riley."
Are the child rape claims leveled at #MeToo spokeswoman Asia Argento the result of a shakedown by her victim? Is Jimmy Bennett the "bad actor" in all of this? Have both rape victims become rapists? Ebner investigates.
Mike Ness of legendary punk band Social Distortion comes out swinging against racism; man steals plane, plane bites man; and The Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris-Moore -- then and now.
Ebner discovers that Canada's leading exports are murder, mayhem and torture.
If it bleeds, it leads.
Since the advent of America Online, everything and nothing has changed with how Hollywood and the public communicate on the Internet; the difference being that, now, one ill-advised Tweet can kill a career.
Ebner stumbles into the macabre "mummification" death of Duncan Doran - as connected to his Slavemaster, Hollywood executive, Skip Chasey
Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and Avicii. Also, what happens when the death cult of Scientology has its way with a young beautiful mind.
Ebner gets a social media-induced shock to his core, when an old "Bling Ring" story returns to haunt him on Hill Street.
An Actor's Life for Me: James Dean's heir-apparent Jan Michael Vincent hops off to Mississippi on his last leg. Literally. And, Career High: The brilliant, terrifying and utterly human tale of the fiercely talented Peter Greene.
Ebner dives deep into the entertainment world with Sovereign Syre: Can Stormy Daniels topple Trump? Is 2018 the Year of the Porn Star? Is Melania Trump a sex worker? Questions asked and answered... in The Grey Zone.
Ebner reflects on his lost, morally bankrupt year at the tabloids and questions the Feds and their holy roller crusade against BackPage.com and the safety of sex workers.
On the season finale of 'The Grey Zone with Mark Ebner: The Drug Show,' we learn that some of Ebner's best friends are drug dealers. Ebner tells the story of the life and death of a marijuana kingpin and ecstasy trafficker who takes out a new lease on life.
This week, true believer, Ebner pops off a world exclusive in Stan Lee's Last Days with fresh allegations of MONEY LAUNDERING, INTIMIDATION, LARCENY, and ELDER ABUSE - all circling around ailing comic book icon Stan Lee! If you dig what you're hearing, break off a piece of lettuce at https://www.patreon.com/markebner Excelsior!
This week, investigative journalist Mark Ebner takes you into The Grey Zone with up to the minute reporting on Stan Lee succumbing to pneumonia and con men; Ebner opines on Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels, and examines the case of Dalia Dippolito for a little murder porn... with a twist!
This week, investigative journalist Mark Ebner takes you into The Grey Zone with tales of the bagman including a dalliance with John Travolta, and Eddie Murphy as the good samaritan. Ebner dishes up a preview of his upcoming Daily Beast story on comic book icon Stan Lee's last days. Bonus: Ebner's first BJ!
This week, investigative journalist Mark Ebner takes you into The Grey Zone with exclusive wiretap tapes of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss… you’ll learn what it’s like to be prison bound with a Hollywood P.I., and if you learn anything from this episode, it should be why you should never ever have sex with your stalker.
Tune in as renowned investigative reporter Mark Ebner (Daily Beast, Spy, Maxim, Esquire, Hustler and more) goes off alleged rapist David Blaine, drops science on the mysterious death of David Carradine, and mocks Donald Trump and his coterie of courtesans. Bonus: Happy Legal Recreational Marijuana Day!