Podcast · True Crime
by iHeartPodcasts · English · True Crime
LA expert Molly Lambert (Heidiworld, Jennaworld) takes guests out to spots on Hollywood Boulevard and then they discuss their adventure and learn about local history.
12 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 5 minNew
Molly takes this week’s guest podcaster Andrew Ti to The Hustler Store. Then back at the studio we learn all about Larry Flynt, the history of Hustler, and Hustler’s casinos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5 Oct 2026 · 52 min
Molly takes this week’s guest comedian Pallavi Gunalan to the Palace Skateboards skate shop on that’s right Hollywood Boulevard, then back to the studio to shred on topics including Hollywood skater history and bungee jumping See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
28 Sep 2026 · 56 min
Molly and her guest this week Grace Freud see a revival of The Phantom Of The Opera at the Pantages and then learn about the spooky history of both back at the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
21 Sep 2026 · 55 min
Molly takes today’s guest comedian & SNL writer Carl Tart to Mel’s Diner, and then they talk about diners, car culture Hollywood Boulevard’s many eras and growing up in LA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
14 Sep 2026 · 49 min
Molly and her guest writer/animator Alix Bloom check out The Medieval Torture Museum. At the studio they recap the trip, learn about torture museums and famous torture chambers, as well as delving into the Hollywood’s first ever nightclub Cafe Montmartre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7 Sep 2026 · 46 min
Molly takes today’s guest writer Bethy Squires to Sincerely Syria for lunch where they learn the history of shawarma wraps in America, as well as the story of the Vine Theater and strip club Deja Vu, which formerly housed a haunted house themed club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31 Aug 2026 · 37 min
Molly takes her guest, writer/comedian Andrea More to the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium on, you guessed it, Hollywood Boulevard. Then they recap the trip and learn about Robert Ripley, the sports cartoonist turned media hustler extraordinaire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
24 Aug 2026 · 48 min
Molly takes guest comedian Sara Sabzi to Dr. Simi’s Similandia - a Hollywood pop up experience based around the doctor mascot for a Mexican chain of generic drugstores. Then they return to the studio to learn about the real Dr. Simi, the trend of throwing dolls of him on stage at big concerts, Mexican electoral politics and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
17 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Molly and guest comedian Brad Evans hit the flagship Funko Pop store and then learn the history of the Funko Pop brand at the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Host Molly Lambert and guest comedian Jamie Loftus take a trip to Hollywood Boulevard’s “nerd bar” Scum & Villainy to drink blue milk and talk Star Wars, the lack of bras in outer space, Babu Frik and other weird little guys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E14 · 26 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
Chapter 13 "Valley of the Dolls": As the old adult film industry evaporates, a new world emerges. Jenna finds new notoriety on Twitter and TikTok as her porn stardom fades. New attacks from the right wing threaten to undermine porn’s hard-won legality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E13 · 19 Jan 2026 · 59 min
Chapter 12 "Heel Turn": Jenna announces she’s leaving porn with a dramatic awards show speech. A new crop of unlikely porn tycoons and internet stars emerge online as the ecosystem of Porn Valley and its studio system continues to collapse into streaming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E12 · 12 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
Chapter 11 “Pirates!”: As the porn industry makes record profits in the early 2000s, upstart studio Digital Playground makes the highest budget adult film ever called Pirates just as online piracy begins to destroy the entire adult film industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E11 · 5 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Chapter 10 “Beyond Jennaworld”: Heather Hunter becomes the first Black female porn superstar and tries to cross over into rap. Performer Sean Michaels moves into directing to try to tackle the porn industry’s racism issues firsthand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E10 · 29 Dec 2025 · 19 min
Chapter 9.5 "Moms I’d Like To Film": A 20 minute minisode about the history of another low budget sometimes very profitable film genre: sex comedies! with Tess Lynch in dual roles as Jennifer Coolidge (as Stifler’s Mom) and as Kim Cattrall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E9 · 22 Dec 2025 · 56 min
Chapter 9 “The Game”: Jenna signs a book deal. The story of girlboss publishing tycoon Judith Regan’s own tumultuous rise and fall, and how Jenna’s co-writer Neil Strauss went on to cover the rise of male pickup artists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E8 · 15 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Chapter 8 “Club Jenna”: Jenna starts her own internet studio called Club Jenna and falls in love with porn producer Jay Grdina. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E7 · 8 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
Chapter 7 “Cybersex”: Porn hits the internet and a gold rush ensues. The history of phone sex hotlines and early internet adult pioneers like Danny Ashe and Cindy Margolis. A hustler named Seth Warshavsky turns Seattle into a cam girl (and boy) mecca with his company Internet Entertainment Group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E6 · 1 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Chapter 6 “Climaxing”: Jenna breaks through into mainstream media as a guest on Howard Stern’s show and becomes a superstar. She sweeps awards shows from Cannes to Las Vegas and becomes increasingly obsessed with her own fame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E5 · 24 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
Chapter 5 “Savannah”: The story of Jenna’s porn star inspiration Savannah, and how the mainstream media focused on only tragic stories of adult film stars to create a narrative that the adult film industry is a death trap. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E4 · 17 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Chapter 4 “The Valley Goes Gonzo”: Jenna fends off her drug issues and a bad boyfriend in Las Vegas. She goes to LA, makes new friends and shoots her first porn at the height of the “gonzo” trend in adult film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E3 · 10 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
Chapter 3 “B.J. (Before Jenna)”: Steven Hirsch founds Vivid Video and turns adult actress Ginger Lynn Allen into porn’s first video age superstar. The San Fernando Valley becomes the epicenter of the adult industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E2 · 3 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Chapter 2 “Learning From Las Vegas Showgirls”: Jenna drops acid, goes to a biker rally, gets a tattoo, and gets a sketchy older boyfriend. Carol Doda invents topless go-go dancing in San Francisco at The Condor Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E1 · 27 Oct 2025 · 51 min
Chapter 1 “Enter Jennaworld”: Host Molly Lambert introduces listeners to the Jennaworld podcast universe and outlines 90s porn superstar Jenna Jameson’s cultural impact. Jenna Massoli is born in Las Vegas, Nevada to a showgirl mother and cop father, whose romance comes to a tragic early end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Oct 2025 · 2 min
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S1 · E10 · 13 Jun 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
Chapter 10: The Desert And Beyond: Heidi Moves To Pahrump, Nevada To Start A Stud Farm And Starts A Bird Sanctuary Instead After prison, Heidi Fleiss tries to hustle up some new work by starting a Stud Farm in Nevada and ends up on Celebrity Rehab instead. She also discovers a new passion: taking care of tropical birds. Dr. Paul Fleiss is embroiled in a new scandal unrelated to his daughter. Charlie Sheen becomes a sitcom star but encounters further complications. Heidi gets caught up in a cryptocurrency scam. And what happened to everyone in Heidiworld. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
S1 · E9 · 6 Jun 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Chapter 9: Reality Television: How Heidi Invented Reality Star Fame And Her Cousin Mike Fleiss Invented The Bachelor (late 90s/early 2000s) Heidi Fleiss gets sentenced and goes to jail, doing 37 months in Dublin, California. Meanwhile, her second cousin Mike Fleiss climbs the ranks of early 2000s reality television and invents huge hit The Bachelor. And Don Simpson has one last box office mega-hit and then vanishes from the mortal plane forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1 · E8 · 30 May 2022 · 56 min
Chapter 8: Heidi Wear: The Mid 90s Heidi Pioneers Personal branding And Cashes In With Her Own Line Of Branded Sleepwear Heidi Fleiss goes to trial with the eyes of the world on her, and the Fleiss family’s close bonds are tested as they are asked to turn against each other in court. But Heidi Fleiss mania has already peaked as the OJ trial begins and takes focus. The jurors deliberate and then have second thoughts. Plus the story of Charlie “Good Time,” the Malibu music promoter with a Heidi connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…
S1 · E7 · 23 May 2022 · 48 min
Chapter 7: The Trial Of The Century: 1995 How Court TV revolutionized the 24 hour news cycle and how Heidi Fleiss redefined tabloid celebrity with it While awaiting her trials Heidi sits for another big magazine profile, this time with Vanity Fair. Her lawyer Anthony Brooklier makes a case against the johns, and we tell you about his father Dominic Brooklier the last mob don of Southern California. Ivan “Mackdaddy” Nagy returns to terrorize Heidi’s employees and get sentimental about Heidi. And Heidi Fleiss finds herself in the world spotlight and isolated from everyone.…
LA expert Molly Lambert (Heidiworld, Jennaworld) takes guests out to spots on Hollywood Boulevard and then they discuss their adventure and learn about local history.
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