Gumshoe Diaries Mickey Ramos and Mark Ebner

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
 
 
 

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 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 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

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
 

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