Insidious Podcast

Otto Braun

Season 1: Epstein — A 10-part series tracing Jeffrey Epstein from a Brooklyn dropout to the center of a global blackmail operation involving billionaires, intelligence agencies, and three US presidents. From the hidden cameras to the sweetheart deal to the death at MCC — every connection, every name, every dark corner. ---------------- The powerful don't want you to know their names. We say them anyway. Insidious is an investigative documentary series that follows the money, the intelligence connections, and the cover-ups behind the most protected networks on earth. Each season is a deep-dive investigation. New seasons cover new investigations. Subscribe to follow the full series.

Episodes

  1. FEB 25

    S01E010 — Epstein - 3.5 Million Pages, a Royal Arrest, and the Reckoning

    3.5 million pages. 2,000 videos. 180,000 images. In January 2026, the dam finally broke. Prince Andrew was arrested. Peter Mandelson resigned. Congressman Ro Khanna read six redacted names aloud on the House floor. The final episode covers the 2026 document dump, Prince Andrew's arrest, the Les Wexner deposition, European fallout, and the Zorro Ranch Truth Commission. This series is dedicated to the survivors.

    30 min

  2. FEB 25

    S01E009 — Epstein - The Maxwell Trial, Bannon Texts, and the Fight for the Files

    Ghislaine Maxwell's trial convicted one woman while carefully avoiding the broader network. This episode covers her arrest, conviction on five counts, 20-year sentence, and 2025 DOJ interviews. Plus the Bannon-Epstein texts, Howard Lutnick's island visit before becoming Commerce Secretary, the Epstein Files Transparency Act passing 427-1, and the December 2025 releases where failed redactions exposed victims while protecting powerful men.

    38 min

  3. FEB 25

    S01E008 — Epstein - Both Cameras Failed. Both Guards Slept. He's Dead.

    Two guards are asleep for 8 hours. Falsified logs. Malfunctioning cameras. A cellmate transferred out the day before. The most high-profile prisoner in America was found dead. This episode covers Epstein's 2019 arrest, the FBI raid that found cash, diamonds, and a fake Saudi passport, the forensic debate between suicide and homicide findings, and AG William Barr — whose father hired Epstein at Dalton. What his death prevented: trial, testimony, accountability.

    29 min

  4. FEB 25

    S01E007 — Epstein - The Sweetheart Deal That Let a Predator Walk Free

    36 victims identified. A 53-page federal indictment. And Epstein walked away with 13 months in county jail with daily work release. This episode covers the 2005 Palm Beach investigation, State Attorney Krischer's sabotage, the FBI's 30+ count draft indictment, the defense dream team, Acosta's claim that Epstein belonged to intelligence, and Julie K. Brown's Miami Herald investigation that reopened everything.

    30 min

  5. FEB 25

    S01E006 — Epstein - Gates, Musk, Thiel, and the Reach of the Network

    Bill Gates visited Epstein's mansion multiple times after his conviction. Elon Musk met with him at least four times. Peter Thiel's Palantir connects to Israeli intelligence. Leon Black paid $158M. This episode maps Epstein's full reach into tech, science, finance, and academia — covering Harvard, MIT, Dershowitz, Reid Hoffman, Sergey Brin, and more. The pattern: Epstein infiltrated every sector.

    32 min

  6. FEB 25

    S01E005 — Epstein - The Survivors Who Refused to Stay Silent

    Behind every name in Epstein's black book is a victim. This episode centers the survivors — the pyramid recruitment scheme, Jean-Luc Brunel's MC2 modeling agency pipeline, and Virginia Giuffre's story from recruitment at Mar-a-Lago at age 16 to her fight for justice. We hear from Annie Farmer, Courtney Wild, Maria Farmer, and Maxwell trial witnesses. How the system violated victims' rights while protecting powerful men.

    31 min

  7. FEB 25

    S01E004 — Epstein - The Black Book, Flight Logs, and Three Presidents

    Epstein's black book was 97 pages with hundreds of names and direct phone numbers to the global elite. His flight logs documented every Lolita Express passenger. This episode examines Clinton's 26+ flights and island visits, Trump's phone numbers and recordings, Prince Andrew's trafficking allegations and 2026 arrest, plus Mandelson, Blair, and Mitchell. Once on camera, you were compromised — and compromised people protect the network.

    36 min

  8. FEB 25

    S01E003 — Epstein - Hidden Cameras, Billions, and the Blackmail Machine

    Hidden cameras in Kleenex boxes. Israeli-installed security systems. Infrastructure for up to 1,000 surveillance devices. Epstein's properties weren't homes — they were intelligence collection sites. This episode details the surveillance infrastructure across every property, the recruitment system, and the financial architecture: Leon Black's $158M in unexplained fees, Rothschild banking connections, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank's complicity.

    32 min

  9. FEB 25

    S01E002 — Epstein - Ghislaine Maxwell Inherited a Spy Network

    Robert Maxwell was a Mossad superspy. His daughter Ghislaine became Epstein's most important partner. This episode covers the Maxwell dynasty — Robert's work for MI6, KGB, and Mossad, the PROMIS software scandal, his mysterious death, and how Ghislaine bridged her father's spy network to Epstein's operation. We trace intelligence-run sexual blackmail from Operation Midnight Climax to the Craig Spence affair.

    31 min

  10. FEB 25

    S01E001 — Epstein - How a Brooklyn Dropout Infiltrated the Elite

    Jeffrey Epstein went from a college dropout in Brooklyn to controlling a billionaire's fortune in under a decade. This episode traces his origins — from Coney Island to the Dalton School (hired by Donald Barr, father of future AG William Barr), his rise at Bear Stearns, the $475M Towers Financial Ponzi scheme, and the Les Wexner relationship that gave him a $77M mansion and power of attorney over a billionaire's fortune.

    32 min
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Season 1: Epstein — A 10-part series tracing Jeffrey Epstein from a Brooklyn dropout to the center of a global blackmail operation involving billionaires, intelligence agencies, and three US presidents. From the hidden cameras to the sweetheart deal to the death at MCC — every connection, every name, every dark corner. ---------------- The powerful don't want you to know their names. We say them anyway. Insidious is an investigative documentary series that follows the money, the intelligence connections, and the cover-ups behind the most protected networks on earth. Each season is a deep-dive investigation. New seasons cover new investigations. Subscribe to follow the full series.

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  • Creator
    Otto Braun
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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