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For sixty years Hugh Hefner was the Pied Piper of soft porn, selling a dream of fame, glamour and sex with a magazine empire that he created. A sting of Playboy clubs for members only promised a taste of Hefner’s high life. Playboy: The Centrefolds that Changed the World aka The Rise and Fall of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy, Channel 5 2024
Playboy was a cultural game changer, the original lad’s mag. ibid.
‘Underneath it was really ugly’ … ‘I don’t think anybody was safe there’ … ‘There was some sordid stories going around at that time’ … ‘He did things to women without their permission’ … ibid. witnesses and victims
‘The whole empire was being supported by gaming in London … the largest casino in Europe.’ ibid. man
It was part of the deal that women who posed for the magazine stay at the mansion now in full sexual swing. ibid.
Memory has always been really the cornerstone of the criminal justice system. The Innocence Files s1e6: The Witness III: Making Memory, legal lady
Between 1982 and 1983 Richmond would see a spike in violent crime; between 1983 and 1984 the murder rate in Richmond rises by 22%. ibid. historian
I parked in the back parking lot behind the church, entered in a door that went down a long hallway, turned on the lights … I heard a sound … I saw a black male walking down the hallway with a knife in his hand … He began to take my clothes off and he attacked me … ibid. rape victim
There is a pattern of five separate crimes. ibid. legal lady
Five women identified Thomas [Haynesworth] as the attacker. ibid.
I was more convinced that ever that he was an innocent man. ibid. brief
He was convicted of three rapes and he was sentenced to a total of 74 years. ibid.
What are the odds of five women being wrong? ibid. Thomas
After Thomas was arrested there was another series of rapes. ibid. Man
Leon Davis was convicted of rape, robbery and malicious wounding. He was sentenced to four life terms plus 100 years in prison. ibid. captions
My girlfriend got kidnapped last night. American Nightmare I: Part One: The Boyfriend, Aaron’s 911 call, Netflix 2024
3.04 p.m.: Denise Huskins has been missing for ten hours. ibid. Aaron in rozzers’ station
He said, We have a problem; this was meant for Andrea. ibid. Aaron recounts ordeal
The kidnapper takes Denise away. And then sedatives I’m out. ibid.
This is really rare to have a kidnapping at all. ibid. reporter
We are looking at suspicion falling on the boyfriend. ibid.
I found out my fiancée Andrea was cheating on me. The rejection wreaked me. ibid. Aaron
He’s been down there for 18 hours. And they are making him the fall guy. ibid. defense dude
Goggles … wetsuit … this is insane. ibid.
Hi, my name is Denise Huskins. I have been kidnapped. Otherwise, I’m fine. ibid. call from Denise to reporter
They actually let her go. I thought I would never see her again. ibid. Aaron
Denise needs to talk to police … Who’s really behind all this? I’ve never ever heard of a case where the kidnappers drop their victim at the front door of their family’s house. ibid. Defense
When we got to the house he says he isn’t going to dehumanise me, but he still raped me. So how can I possibly trust he’s not going to kill me? American Nightmare II: Part Two: Gone Girl, Denise
The Vallejo police department is throwing you under the bus. ibid. brief to Denise
And I realise they are looking at her like she’s a piece of trash, like she’s a criminal. ibid. brief
Her life is basically destroyed. ibid.
There is no-one protecting us. ibid. Aaron
They are actually telling me they kidnapped Denise … Here is Denise’s apparent kidnapper angry that’s she’s been branded a liar ... ibid. Journalist
Dublin, California, 10 weeks after Denise’s kidnap: ‘They are out there right now. My husband is fighting with them. They have our daughter.’ American Nightmare III: Part Three: The Others ****** mother’s 911 call
Matthew Muller: He was very quiet, composed, no emotion … He looks relatively normal. ibid. lady rozzer
And then almost by accident we find out that the lead case agent, David Sesma, used to date my ex, Andrea, who was the intended target of this whole thing. ibid. Aaron
We’re just two people going against the FBI. ibid.
I knew there was another victim out there and I had to find out who she was. ibid. lady rozzer
The police weren’t taking this very seriously. ibid. victim
The Mare Island creeper is Matthew Muller. Holy shit. ibid. lady rozzer
Denise and Aaron were telling the truth. I’m floored. ibid. reporter
If they’d actually monitored his [Aaron] phone, they could have saved me form the second rape. ibid. Denise
The police refused to follow the evidence, and the media laughed along the way. ibid.
Matthew Muller was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for kidnap, robbery and rape. ibid.
Ephesians 5:22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey I, Netflix 2022
When I was 14 they forced me to marry my cousin. I asked Warren, begged him. ibid. victim
Warren Jeffs is the leader of a secretive religion called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Church of Latter-Day Saints. ibid. News
We didn’t go to movies, we didn’t go to game parks… ibid. victim
We were told that our prophet Rulon Jeffs would never die. ibid.
Rulon Jeffs was 85 when I married him. And I was 19. ibid.
They didn’t let us work, they didn’t let us go to school … ibid.
Keep sweet no matter what is the road to perfection. ibid. prophet
You couldn’t get close to Warren. He had this holier than thou attitude. ibid. brother
Anything that had an outside influence was purged. ibid. victim
We needed to be more perfect. We need to be more obedient. And it was never enough. We were never good enough. ibid.
Rulon Jeffs: All of his wives. 65 of them. ibid.
Warren Jeffs … The man who could take them into heaven. So the stakes for them are eternal … He manipulated their beliefs and turned it into money and power and sex. And they ended up following him right off the cliff. ibid.
Who marries your mom? Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey II, victim
Warren Jeffs was kicking young boys out of the FDLS. Literally leaving them homeless. They were just trying to survive on the streets. ibid.
Nobody owned their own homes. They were all owned by the church. ibid. investigator
There are now growing concerns for those children in this polygamist town. ibid. TV news
I felt like the world was caving in on me. And I was so scared. ibid.
They know that if they’re leaving, they’re leaving their family. And that’s really hard to do. ibid. man