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When people think of Jeffrey Epstein's
harrowing crimes, their minds often go
straight to a certain Caribbean island
recently discussed on this channel,
hello all the new viewers. A lot of
people watch that video. This is an
island, a place where acts of the most
depraved kind could occur away from the
unseeing or disinterested eyes of the
public. But here's an unsettling truth.
Epstein [music]
didn't really need that island to carry
out his sadism. His sorted crimes didn't
begin or end on Little St. James. They
began on American soil behind the gates
of various other properties belonging to
the wealthy degenerate himself or it
seems belonging to wealthy degenerate
allies. Epstein was known to personally
own at least six major residential
properties, not including minor holdings
or his infamous private airplane,
nicknamed the Lolita Express. Who would
have ever known there was something
wrong with this guy? So, excluding
Epstein's property in the Caribbean,
which we have covered separately, we're
here to talk about the rest of it. Let's
dive in. [clears throat]
So, just a reminder, Jeffrey Epstein was
born and raised in Brooklyn with his
gruff New York accent audible in various
often creepy interviews that surfaced
over the years.
>> In the early mornings, you're allowed to
make two phone calls, collect.
>> His early professional life included a
stint at an investment bank, Bear
Sterns, preceded by a period teaching
mathematics at a private school in
Manhattan. And since many of his prized
celebrity circles moved in Manhattan's
upper east side, it would stand to
reason that one of his properties would
be found right there in the Big Apple.
And so it was at 9 East 71st Street just
off Fifth Avenue sits an enormous
seven-story townhouse, one of the
largest private residences in New York
City. The house was built in the 1930s
for Herbert and Strauss, heir to the
Macy's department store fortune and son
of Isidor Anita Strauss, who perished on
board the Titanic in 1912. The property
was often nicknamed the Herbert Strauss
House in later documentation, although
Strauss never actually lived there and
the enormous property wasn't completed
in his lifetime. After decades of
changing hands, including periods in
which it served as a hospital and later
a school very unfortunately, in 1989,
the property fell into the possession of
Leslie Les Wexner, billionaire founder
of Elbrands, the parent company of
Victoria's Secret. [music] More about
Wexner and all that he got up to in just
a bit. Epstein, Wexner's longtime
financial manager, moved into the
mansion around 1995. The house's
registered ownership officially remained
linked to Wexner until 2011 when
ownership was moved to a trust
controlled by Epstein alone. Still,
according to other sources, actually
Epstein took over full ownership in
1998, only paid about $20 million to
Wexner for the Strauss house. 1998 was a
big year in Epstein's life, having
founded his financial management
company, J Epstein and Company, 10 years
before. He was now seemingly a wash with
money. That same year, he also bought
Little St. James, for $8 million. By
this time, his perversion was already
well underway, and he had been accused
of assault by painter Maria Farmer in
1996, although the accusation seemingly
didn't lead anywhere. That assault
reportedly took place at a property in
Ohio owned by none other than Les
Wexner. With time, the Manhattan mansion
hosted various meets and dinner parties
featuring politicians, academics,
billionaires, scientists, and royalty.
According to multiple accusers, abuse
would occur all throughout the building.
Virginia Duay, Maria Palmer, and others
described being abused inside the
Manhattan townhouse, sometimes while
guests were present elsewhere in the
house. The Strauss House was deeply
integrated into Epstein's trafficking
network, serving as both a recruitment
site and a distribution node from which
girls would be moved on to other
properties. And the house itself was
designed for privacy. Thick walls,
staircases, controlled access. Staff
were also trained to obey Epstein
without question. And the house was
enormous. Already 21,000 ft in the
1980s. It was reportedly expanded by
Epstein in the early 2000s, adding two
extra floors to reach a total of about
51,000 square ft. That's about the same
size as an IKEA showroom floor space, by
the way. So quite large. Epstein
reportedly entertained wealthy guests at
his Manhattan mansion and the Strauss
house played an anecdotal role in his
story unraveling. It was there that
Andrew Mountbat and Windsor was
photographed with Epstein in 2009 at a
time when the financier was already a
convicted sex offender. Thus began
Andrew's slow but certain fall from
grace, which itself helped bring greater
attention to the long underinvestigated
story of what Epstein did. Andrew later
admitted to having visited all of
Epstein's properties at some point and
infamously claimed that he stayed at the
Manhattan House in 2009 on an earnest
trip to break off his friendship with
Epstein, reasoning that quote, "It was a
convenient place to stay." As it turned
out later on, this was baloney. Both
Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson
had remained in contact with Epstein
beyond this dubious mission. Turned out
to not be so convened. Did it, Andrew?
But they weren't the only ones. Woody
Allen reflected nostalgically upon
dinner parties at the Manhattan House in
the creepiest way possible. What? Woody
Allen being creepy? Never. In a letter
written for Epstein's 63rd birthday in
2016 and unearthed by the New York Times
sometime later. In it, he wrote that the
dinners reminded him of Dracula's castle
where quote, "Lo goi has three young
female vampires who service the place."
Also, according to the New York Times,
the Strauss House's property tax bill
for 2008, while Epstein was in prison,
was the fourth highest for a single
residence in all of New York City. By
2019, the house was valued at up to $77
million by United States Attorney for
the Southern District of New York.
However, it was sold by the Epstein
estate in 2021 to former Goldman Sachs
executive Michael Daffy for a cut price
$51 million. Proceeds from the sale went
to the Epstein's victims compensation
program, which has distributed over $150
million to Epstein's victims after his
death before winding down operations in
August 2021. Daffy announced plans to
renovate the house and renovation was
completed in 2025.
Located far away from the hustle and
bustle of New York, deep in the New
Mexico wilderness, sits the Rancho de
San Raphael. Previously known as the
Zoro or Fox Ranch, this sprawling
property also belonged to Jeffrey
Epstein for years, and it hosted some of
his most reprobate activities. The ranch
came into his possession in 1993 when he
purchased it for $12 million from New
Mexico's former governor, Democrat Bruce
King. With time, Epstein added an
enormous Hassiendar mansion, an
airirstrip, an antique railroad car, and
a helipad. The ranch came with around
10,000 acres of open land, of which
around 1,200 acres was leased from the
land commission to New Mexico. Just like
elsewhere, the ranch was allegedly used
for the abuse and trafficking of minors.
The girl named Annie Farmer stated that
in 1996, she had been abused by Epstein
and Gelain Maxwell at the ranch, which
was in fact what spurred her sister,
Maria Farmer, to report her own abuse to
the FBI to no avail. Troublingly, even
after Epstein was convicted in Florida
in 2008, he was not required to register
as a offender in New Mexico. And so, the
state of New Mexico continued to lease
him land on the ranch. At the time, the
governor of New Mexico was Bill
Richardson of the Democratic Party, a
man later accused not only of
corruption, but of direct involvement in
the crimes of Epstein and Maxwell.
Virginia Dupre alleged in both 2019 and
in her 2025 book, Nobody's Girl, that
she'd been trafficked to have sex with
Richardson while underage in the early
2000s. Flight logs unsealed in 2025
revealed that Richardson and his chief
of staff had traveled to Epstein's
Island in 2011 along with three of
Epstein's victims allegedly from Neker
Islands, Richard Branson's residence in
the neighboring British Virgin Islands.
It was also revealed that Epstein had
contributed to Richardson's New Mexico
gubernatorial campaigns in 2002 and
2006. And Richardson was also alleged to
have appeared in Epstein's personal
contact book in November 2025. The ranch
was under Epstein's ownership managed by
New Zealand couple, former New Zealand
Defense Force members Karen and Bryce
Gordon. The Gordens are also believed to
have later overseen some of Epstein's
other properties, and Bryce was listed
as the island manager of Little St.
James in documents released from the
Epstein files. Documents from among more
than 11,000 files containing his name.
By the way, the Gordens reportedly
swanded around in expensive cars and
attempted to lure girls to the ranch
from local strip clubs. Girls would be
enticed or coerced to take part in sex
parties as claimed [music] by a former
stripper in one of the January 2026
Epstein files. A 2019 email to a local
radio host also alleged details of the
abuse of an underage girl at the ranch
by former Republican Senator Matthew
Melon, a member of the powerful Melon
political dynasty who died after taking
Iawaska in Mexico in 2018. Perhaps most
harrowingly of all, the email spoke of
two quote foreign girls who'd been
killed by strangulation and were buried
somewhere on the ranch itself. Just to
be absolutely clear, that's just an
allegation. The Zoro ranch seems to have
been central to many of the most
sadistic actions of a deeply, deeply
sadistic man. According to the New York
Times, Epstein planned to seed the human
race with his DNA by impregnating women
at his New Mexico ranch. In an article
released shortly before his death in
2019, the ranch shared much in common
with Little St. James, as much in
function as in geography, isolated,
controlled, and staffed by people loyal
to Epstein. Unfortunately, it was also
almost impossible to escape. After
Epstein's 2019 arrest, the FBI raided
the New Mexico ranch along with his
other properties. Again, details of what
were recovered were never fully
disclosed. The property then passed like
all others into the control of the
executives of the Epstein estate, his
personal lawyer, Darren Ind, and
longtime accountant and financial
adviser, Richard Khn. Both were sued by
Epstein's victims in 2024 for aiding a
betting and facilitating Epstein's sex
trafficking operation. The Zoro property
otherwise remains as it was. In 2022,
hikers were reportedly chased away from
the ranch after having been accosted at
gunpoint by an unidentified man on Zoro
Ranch Road. The man didn't identify
himself, but he was described as bearing
a striking resemblance to former estate
manager Bryce Gordon. When asked if he
was Gordon, however, the man's glad he
wasn't in a New Zealand accent. To this
day, survivors have questioned why this
location, so frequently named has
received comparatively little public
scrutiny. As it stands, the ranch
located in the New Mexico Hills about 9
milesi north of town of Stanley has no
geoloc attached to it on Google Maps.
It's right there, though. It location
having been identified in multiple
publications. And as Epstein Ranch by
users on Google or legends, Bryce Gordon
was reportedly bequeafd $2 million as
part of Epstein's will. In February
2026, the New Zealand Herald reported
that the Gordens may be subpoenaed with
regard to their ties to Epstein via the
New Mexico Ranch.
Located over on the east coast of South
Florida, about 65 mi from Miami, sits
the city of West Palm Beach. And
directly facing West Palm Beach on a bit
of land about 17 mi long, sits the
wealthy barrier island of Palm [music]
Beach itself. The island is known for
its riches, geographic and economic, and
various properties belonging to
America's best connected, sit along the
waterfront. There are so many of these
mansions that the southern stretch of
the island, South Ocean Boulevard, has
earned the nickname Billionaires Row and
features enormous mansions belonging to
Sylvester Stallone, Ken Griffin, Howard
[music] Stern, and Rod Stewart, among
others. Perhaps the most wellknown of
all belongs to one Donald Trump, whose
Moraago estate is located about halfway
down Palm Beach Island. But little Mora
Lago's north, no more than a 10-minute
walk away, previously sat perhaps the
most notorious piece of private real
estate in the entire US. Jeffrey
Epstein's waterfront mansion at 358
Elrio Way. There is little doubt that
Trump and Epstein were well known to
each other, although they reportedly
fell out in 2004 over a bidding war for
another property, Maison Dami, located
in Palm Beach. Epstein reportedly
purchased his Brio Wayi mansion around
1990 for $2.5 million, and it remained
in his possession until his death in
2019. By the early 2000s, girls as young
as 13 and 14 were being recruited to the
Palm Beach home under the guise of paid
massages. Many were brought in by other
girls who were themselves already
victims, incentivized with cash to
recruit friends. A girl would arrive
alone. She'd be instructed to give
Epstein a massage and then gradually or
suddenly boundaries would be crossed,
screaming everybody. Many of these were
local girls like Virginia Duay, one of
Epstein's most well-known victims who
had grown up in Palm Beach County. Her
father worked as a maintenance manager
at Mara Lago, where she herself got a
job at the age of 17 in 2000. It was
while working there that she fell into
the sites of Gilain Maxwell and
ultimately Epstein. Public reports later
detailed a conveyor belt of abuse of
Palm Beach. Sometimes multiple girls per
day cycled through the house, paid in
cash, and warned not to tell anyone.
Palm Beach came to be central to crimes
committed by Epstein, especially through
his first arrest in 2005. The Palm Beach
investigation began that year when the
parents of a 14-year-old girl reported
to Florida police that their daughter
had been meded by Epstein at his Palm
Beach mansion. What followed was one of
the most controversial criminal
investigations in modern American
history. When the case went to trial in
2008, Epstein plead [music] guilty to
state charges of procuring a child for
and soliciting a pro in Florida. He'd
been accused of many more crimes,
including the abuse of no less than 36
girls, some aged as young as 14, but was
convicted of only two charges under a
controversial agreement called the
sweetheart deal of the century. He
served 12 months in prison before being
released under probation and house
arrest. And in early 2010, Epstein's
lawyers in New York even entered an
appeal to have his registration as a
level three offender, one at high risk
of repeat offense, reduced to level one
or low risk. Unbelievably, the Manhattan
Attorney's Office, led by Democrat Cyrus
Vance, supported the move, but it was
dismissed by the Manhattan Supreme Court
under [music] Judge Ruth Pickots, who
expressed bewilderment that a New York
prosecutor would make such a request on
behalf of a serial sex offender. [music]
Pickles also ordered that Epstein would
have to personally check in with the New
York Police Department every 90 days,
but this was never enforced. After his
sentence, Epstein [music] continued to
move within elite circles and faced
civil litigation and mounting public
scrutiny. After his arrest in July 2019
and his death that same year, the Palm
Beach home remained a symbol of the
Florida chapter of the case. Both as a
physical site tied to victim accounts
and as a focal point for community
outrage. His estate sold the property in
2021 to a developer Todd Michael Glasser
for $18 million. Glasser quickly sought
to have the address changed from 358 to
360 Elrio Way. Widely interpreted as an
attempt to sever the property's
association with Epstein. And who could
blame him? The mansion was demolished
and the site has since been redeveloped.
Epstein's footprint was not limited to
the United States or its Caribbean
insula territories. He also owns an
apartment in Paris where it is suspected
the same disturbing events took place as
practically all the other places
mentioned here in. The apartment was
located on Avenue Faulk in the French
capital's plush 16th Arandimmore. It
came into Epstein's hands for $3.2
million in 2001. According to Forbes,
the apartment was 7,400 ft in size with
views of the nearby Arctic Triumph, and
Epstein also owned two units on a higher
floor and two sellers in the basement.
The Paris property may have been tied to
Epstein's close relationship with
Jeanluke Brunell, a depraved fashion
model scout who resided in Paris and
who'd founded the New York-based
modeling agency Next Management Company
in 1989. With the financial assistance
of Epstein, Brunell founded MC2 Model
Management in the early 2000s, an agency
later linked with the [music] most
horrendous abuse of models, chiefly by
Brunell. Brunell was also linked with
Metropolitan Models and City Models,
both agencies, with officers located in
close proximity to Epstein's apartment.
After Epstein's death, French police
searched Epstein's apartment along with
Brenell's fashion agency officers in
order to investigate suspected sex
trafficking allegations. Few details
were released, although the apartment's
butler later told France Info that the
apartment had a custom-made massage room
frequented by many women, some of whom
had paid relationships with Epstein. He
added that he was not able to judge
whether any of them were minors.
Virginia Duay certainly wasn't in any
doubt. She accused Brunell of bringing
girls as young as 12 to the United
States [music] and passing them on to
his friends. She also described how
Epstein had forced her to sleep with
politicians and businessmen in the US,
one of which was Brunell. The disgraced
fashion scout went into hiding, but was
later arrested in France in December
2020 while trying to board a flight to
Sagal. He was detained on charges of
crimes against minors and human
trafficking. In prison, he reportedly
attempted to end his own life several
times and eventually succeeded being
found dead in prison on the 19th of
February, 2022. Epstein's estate valued
the Paris apartments at almost $9
million in 2019 and later listed it for
about 12 a.5. It was sold in June 2020
to Bulgarian businessman Georgie Tuchev
for $10 million. As with the other
properties, a lawyer for Epstein's
estate told Bloomberg that part of the
proceeds would be paid out to Epstein's
victims. Although by that time the
Epstein victim's compensation fund had
already been wound down.
It is possible, if not likely, that
Epstein owned other properties given his
vast wealth and connections and the
opaque nature of ownership of his
holdings. According to Forbes, Epstein
owned at least two properties in New
Albany, Ohio, an extension of Columbus
largely developed by Les Wexner during
the 1990s through his New Albany
Company. Forbes added that Epstein
purchased a residence at 5025 East
Dublin Granville Road, close to Wexner's
own residence in 1993 for $3.5 million.
It was reported at that same Wexner
property that Marie Farmer was abused by
Epstein and Maxwell in 1996. Wexner
security guards had allegedly blocked
her from leaving, although she
ultimately succeeded after her father
drove all the way from Kentucky to pick
her up. Epstein didn't keep his New
Albany property long and sold it for $8
million in 1998 to a company owned by
Wexner, which still owns the house
today. Epstein also owned another
smaller home in New Albany for $365,000
in 1994. In 2007, he transferred it for
$0 to a trust for Wexner's wife,
Abigail, who sold it on in 2011. Since
Epstein sold or transferred both of his
new Albony homes years before his death,
neither one was included in his estate.
After Epstein's 2019 arrest, Wexner
publicly portrayed himself as someone
Epstein had deceived and exploited
financially, saying he severed ties and
reclaimed assets. Media reporting has
noted Wexner's acknowledgement that
funds were recovered from Epstein, while
also emphasizing that Wexner has not
been charged with crimes in connection
with Epstein's abuse. But this narrative
has coexisted uneasily with a documented
breadth of Epstein's authority on
Wexner's interests, not least a power of
attorney he once held on Wexner's
financial behalf. In January 2026,
Reuters reported that the US House
Oversight Committee approved subpoenas
seeking depositions from Wexner and
executors of Epstein's estate about
Epstein related connections. Wexner, now
88 years old, reportedly agreed to
cooperate with the inquiry. It seems
there remains much about the Epstein
story still to be told. Thank you for
watching.