Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

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Cult Liter Podcast Host Spencer Henry brings the bizarre every Tuesday. Each week we'll dive into a new story of cults, crime, televangelists gone wild, you never really know what you're going to get, just a guaranteed good time.

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    MADAM: Heidi Fleiss

    This week we are discussing the rise and fall of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss.  Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-fleiss26-2008jun26-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-09-tm-52712-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/us/heidi-fleiss-given-37-month-sentence.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBYzd0D_SrA https://jewishjournal.com/culture/health/4651/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/1989/11/alex-adams-madam-hollywood https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-16-me-471-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/03/madam-to-the-stars/72ce114a-32f4-48cd-9261-2cac4cef12f0/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html https://wwd.com/feature/heidi-fleiss-8217-new-risqu-233-business-1492198-1654498/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-17-me-63754-story.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-heidi-fleiss-hollywoods-most-notorious-madam/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/how-ex-call-girl-helped-nab-notorious-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss/ https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/ex-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss-on-celibacy-meth-and-steve-bing/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/heidi-fleiss-is-finally-ready-turn-a-client-but-why-1214002/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-05-me-20571-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-16-me-63396-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/07/01/hollywood-madams-big-spenders-testify/855f1f68-230f-4109-a8d0-bf7fa4718f53/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-06-fg-israel-mafia-la6-story.html https://ronaldrichards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/138.htm.pdf https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-me-40902-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/12/at-studios-hollywood-confidential/52aa516b-d63a-4365-bfb1-4a8d9c203af4/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Cult Liter Podcast Host Spencer Henry brings the bizarre every Tuesday. Each week we'll dive into a new story of cults, crime, televangelists gone wild, you never really know what you're going to get, just a guaranteed good time.

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