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Uncommon people & underreported stories.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Pay Pimps $2K or Eat Dog Food – Amsterdam’s Red Light District Is Sick

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ I teamed up with journalist Renate van der Zee to uncover the truth about Amsterdam’s Red Light District, and it’s far darker than I expected. This isn’t just about girls in windows or tourist fun—think pimps forcing women to earn $2,000 or face eating dog food, or a woman from Uganda trafficked, starved, and blackmailed with videos. Renate’s spent over a decade researching this, even working in a shelter for trafficking victims, and what she found is grim: 50-80% of these women are controlled by pimps or trafficked, and legalization isn’t fixing it—it’s making it worse. In this video, we dive into the real stories: manipulation by pimps, the racism behind who ends up here, and how tourists unknowingly keep it going. Renate used to think legal brothels were a smart idea, but after hearing from survivors—like one forced into a bondage brothel—she’s completely changed her mind. It’s heavy stuff. Watch to see why Amsterdam’s “clean” sex trade is a myth and what might actually help. Drop your thoughts in the comments—should buying sex be illegal like in Sweden? Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Renate Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - History of Dutch legal prostitution 04:46 - Working in a Trafficked Women's Shelter 13:44 - What is human trafficking? 19:51 - Mostly foreign pimps 27:30 - Dutch government know the problems 30:38 - Can we stop human trafficking? 38:36 - Sex buyers 40:40 - Is prostitution their only choice? 43:43 - Why it's hard to leave prostitution 49:43 - Prostitution encourages rape50:59 - Prostitution biggest tourist attraction

    53 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Daily Rape, Pimps, Knife to Neck: 10+ Years in Red Light District

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shocking true story from the Netherlands’ Red Light Districts! Jesslin reveals her 15-year nightmare as a sex worker—daily rape, violent pimps, and a knife to her neck. From being exploited underage to facing creepy clients who ripped off condoms, she exposes the dark reality of legal prostitution. Pimps blackmailed her with Facebook photos, police ignored her cries, and she even went undercover to film human trafficking. Watch her insane survival story and fight for justice. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jesslin Timestamps:00-00 - Intro 01:55 - Abusive mum 05:55 - Grandma died 08:38 - Raped for underage porn 11:29 - Became underage escort 14:40 - Worked in a brothel 16:25 - Creepy & mean clients 22:39 - Money in the brothel 27:55 - You have to be already damaged for prostitution 28:44 - Working in the windows 36:16 - Foreign girls have pimps 37:40 - Money and daily life in window prostitution 41:52 - Battles with pimps 48:23 - Police laugh and don't care 54:07 - Hard to quit the windows 56:18 - Should prostitution be legal? 01:00:08 - There's no help 01:05:06 - Are police corrupt? 01:09:03 - How I feel seeing the women in windows 01:10:49 - Raped every day 01:15:21 - Undercover filming

    1h 20m

  3. FEB 25

    98% Face Violence in Red Light District—She Helps Them

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ I went to Amsterdam’s Red Light District expecting a positive story about legal prostitution—turns out, it’s a total gut punch. I teamed up with Elise, who’s spent years helping women escape this life, and what she told me blew my mind. Did you know 98% of these women face violence—physical, emotional, you name it? And 50-80% are trafficked, forced into those windows while police barely blink. Elise is out there fighting for them, hearing stories of pimps threatening babies and girls so traumatized their hair falls out. Watch the full video to see why this place isn’t the enlightened utopia tourists think. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Do I call them prostitutes? 02:28 - Why is it hard to leave prostitution? 07:39 - What is a pimp?10:58 - Trauma and PTSS 13:10 - British tourists 15:05 - 50-80% is human trafficking 18:08 - Threatening her baby! 20:44 -  Dissociation24:22 - Are any prostitutes happy? 26:14 - Police are slow to respond 30:18 - They have nightmares 32:41 - Is it Dutch culture? 36:06 - Can't they get a normal job? 40:13 - Taxing prostitution 44:40 - No one dreams of being a prostitute 48:09 - Legal vs illegal prostitution 51:37 - Mostly immigrants exploited 59:23 - Drugs

    1h 6m

  4. FEB 6

    Prostitute Gives Me a Tour of the Red Light District - The Truth Is Crazy!

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠⁠⁠ This is the full interview with Chiela Rosa, a Dutch sex worker that's worked in various types of prostitution for ten years. She gave me a tour of Amsterdam's Red Light District aka De Wallen where she really opened my eyes to the reality of legal prostitution in Amsterdam and The Netherlands. See another interview with her here Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Starting at 18 in a brothel 04:45 - What it pays 05:54 - Bad clients and girls that can't say no 08:53 - Foreign girls 11:42 - Seeing 16 clients a day 14:58 - What makes a girl popular? 16:26 - The women that don't like doing it 20:16 - Germans are dirtier 21:37 - Pimps run the streets 29:02 - Different types of prostitution 32:10 - Amsterdam's Museum of Prostitution 33:02 - Is prostitution still dangerous? 35:25 - What's it like standing in the windows? 41:47 - Prostitution as a tourist attraction 45:48 - Attracting clients 48:39 - How to spot trafficked women? 52:15 - They steal money from the women 53:58 - The bed where you actually have sex 58:22 - Therapist or prostitute? 58:56 - Trafficking of foreign women 01:00:01 - Paying your window and sex shows 01:03:16 - Industry run by men 01:05:16 - Prostitution stops rape? 01:11:26 - Once you are a prostitute you can't do anything else 01:13:05 - How would you fix the problems? 01:15:16 - Can't get rid of the pimps 01:20:11 - Police laugh at and rape prostitutes 01:26:28 - Advice for new prostitutes 01:29:07 - Would you let your daughter do this work? 01:31:39 - Longer I do it, the less it hurts.

    1h 34m

  5. 12/13/2024

    He Knows Every Prostitute in the Red Light District

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠⁠ Frits Rouvoet has been knocking on the windows of Amsterdam's Red Light District for 18 years. He's a father figure for the women that work in prostitution there, offering a whatever help is needed via his Bright Fame charity. Frits has helped hundreds of women out of prostitution and into better lives. I met with him to learn about the reality of Amsterdam's most famous tourist attraction. Bright Fame Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:31 Economic Challenges for Sex Workers 04:59 Legalization and Its Implications 18:54 Recruitment and Trafficking 28:08 Financial Exploitation and Pimping 43:22 Is Prostitution Dangerous? 47:05 The Reality of Sex Tourism 48:08 Different Types of Prostitution 48:28 The Dangers Faced by Sex Workers 51:56 Violence and Trauma Among Sex Workers 53:56 Helping Sex Workers Rebuild Their Lives 56:40 Challenges of Leaving Prostitution 01:25:10 Success and Setbacks Leaving Prostitution 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Passing Time 3 by Paul Mottram, https://t.lickd.co/Glqj4eZj95v License ID: 25vK0WozAeO If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/4f4dca1ef20144c4b48308768f403717

    1h 34m

  6. 12/07/2024

    Did Amsterdam’s Legal Prostitution Experiment Fail?

    Please consider supporting my channel⁠ Earlier this year, I traveled to Amsterdam’s famous red light district, De Wallen, to uncover the truth about legal prostitution. Instead of finding a system that protects women, I discovered a dark reality where pimps control the industry, and human trafficking runs rampant. In this video, I talk to real sex workers like Jesslin and Chiela Rosa, who share their firsthand experiences. I also speak with experts like journalist Renate Van Der Zee, who has spent over a decade investigating the sex trade; Frits Rouvoet from Bright Fame, an organization helping women escape prostitution; and Elise Lente from El Roi, a group offering support and care for women in the industry. If you want to know the dark side of Amsterdam’s Red Light District and the impact of legal prostitution, this is the video for you. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ More info: Bright Fame El Roi Jesslin Chiela Rosa Renate Van De Zee Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - What tourists think 03:27 - Working behind the windows 08:34 - Legalising prostitution 09:35 - Sex trafficking 17:07 - They come from Eastern Europe 20:14 - Pimps are everywhere 25:09 - Why women turn to prostitution 30:22 - Trauma 34:09 - Is legal prostitution safer for women? 43:50 - Can the problems be fixed? 50:24 - Tourists' reaction to the truth 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Distended Wires by Noah Sorota, https://t.lickd.co/kV5M7DxrZom License ID: xbnwyVGD8a1 Montage by David Tobin, https://t.lickd.co/9Np5g0BzG6X License ID: dR6GdpgVWqV Haunted Hustle by David Sidley, https://t.lickd.co/vzEvXb2WBNY License ID: 6xD5r1N4Ap4 State Of Mind by Barrie Gledden, https://t.lickd.co/Y7rN5P7KvJ4 License ID: nMdWjRmJBxo Passing Time by Paul Mottram, https://lickd.lnk.to/GOmtcOID License ID: 1qjQ3QlzMOb If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://app.lickd.co/r/4f4dca1ef20144c4b48308768f403717

    53 min

  7. 10/27/2024

    Now You Get 2 Years in Prison for Sending D*ck Pics!

    Please consider supporting my channel In this episode of Offbeat, I take a deep dive into the disturbing trend of cyberflashing and unsolicited explicit images with special guests Sabrina Jade and Angell Delight from Babestation. The discussion unveils why men send 'd*ck pics,' their impacts on recipients, and the new laws in places like the UK designed to crack down on this behavior. Personal anecdotes, statistics from the University of Leicester, and humorous yet insightful conversations explore the ethics, legalities, and social norms surrounding explicit photos. Tune in as we unpack the psychological effects, societal expectations, and the importance of consent, providing viewers with both a candid look and practical tips on navigating this modern challenge. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 01:34 - 1 in 3 women cyberflashed 05:21 - How it feel to receive d*ck pics 07:20 - Why men send d*ck pics 13:09 - Stalking as a service! 18:01 - Should cyberflashing be illegal? 19:07 - UK cyberflashing law 24:38 - How many men send d*ck pics? 27:52 - Sex education for victims and offenders 33:41 - Flashing vs cyberflashing 44:07 - Flasher covers g******s in hand sanitiser! 50:25 - How to take better d*ck pics

    1h 8m

  8. 08/26/2024

    Raised In Care: Sex Work Was Her Only Option

    In this episode of Offbeat I interview Chiela Rosa, A dutch sex worker with ten years of experience in prostitution and pornography. She tells me what it's like to be raised in the Dutch care system surrounded by abuse and without any family contact. Chiela shares how sex work was the only career path open to her and how she embraced this lifestyle. Finally, she makes shocking allegations of abuse against one of the Europes most famous porn productions, Kim Holland. She alleges she was violently abused on set, plied with alcohol and manipulated by Rudolf Slackhorst and Elise Van Vlaanderen. Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Daniël van der W. Trafficking Allegations⁠ ⁠Dennis Black Magic's crimes⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 09:25 - Dutch care homes for children 34:34 - Abuse by Kim Holland

    1h 34m
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    Offbeatshow.com
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    66
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