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December 2nd, 1994 and another remarkable event is about to be uncovered by Arion, Rebecca and Ollie, The Retrospectors: When the so-called Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was convicted on this day in 1994 of providing expensive prostitutes to undercover police officers, she reportedly slammed her hands down on the defense table and laid her head down as the guilty verdicts were read[…]”

From Today In History with The Retrospectors: Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam, Dec 1, 2025

Further Reading:

• ‘HEIDI FLEISS GUILTY OF PANDERING’ (The Washington Post, 1994): https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/12/03/heidi-fleiss-guilty-of-pandering/d836cdbd-4461-47d2-9038-45842269c3c9/

• ‘Heidi Fleiss on Her Arrest, Macaw Cause and “Drug Addict” Ex Tom Sizemore’ (The Hollywood Reporter, 2018): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/heidi-fleiss-her-arrest-macaw-cause-drug-addict-tom-sizemore-1117449/

• ‘Jurors in the Heidi Fleiss trial watch videotape of police arresting four alleged prostitutes’ (AP, 16 Nov 1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO0mQUA0bVw

This episode first aired in 2021

The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2025.

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