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Gumshoe Diaries

Mickey Ramos and Mark Ebnergumshoediaries.libsyn.com
A Hollywood True Crime Podcast covering Mark Ebner's "How I got those stories" stories. Mark Ebner is an American journalist and New York Times bestselling author who has covered all aspects of celebrity and crime culture for Spy, Rolling Stone, Maxim, Details, Hustler, Los Angeles Magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, Radar, The Daily Beast, Gawker, BoingBoing, Esquire and New Times. He has produced for and/or appeared as a commentator on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, A&E, DiscoveryID, Comedy Central, REELZ, Showtime, The History Channel, Channel 4 (UK), National Public Radio, Court TV, TruTV, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" "The Today Show," "The Early Show," "Out Front with Erin Burnett," "Anderson Cooper 360," "Fox & Friends," Inside Edition," "Hard Copy," "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn," and "Crime Watch Daily." Ebner also consulted on the Trapped in the Closet episode of South Park for Comedy Central, and for NBC/Dateline on “The Paris Hilton Tapes." He hosted the crime show “Rich and Reckless” for TruTV, and was a featured guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." More recently, he is featured in the top-ranked Hulu documentary, "God Forbid," and he co-authored "Off The Deep End: Jerry and Becki Falwell and the Collapse of an Evangelical Dynasty" with Giancarlo Granda for William Morrow. His other books include the NY Times bestseller Hollywood,Interrupted, Poison Candy, Being Uncle Charlie, We Have Your Husband, and the Hollywood true-crime saga, Six Degrees of Paris Hilton. Producer Mickey Ramos is a veteran TV Producer & Mark's friend of over 20 years. Mickey and Mark met at Comedyworld.com, a hybrid terrestrial & Internet radio dot com that crashed and burned in 2001. Mickey has produced television for Netflix, National Geographic Channel, Disney, Fox, TBS, MTV, Discovery, OWN, TLC, Paramount Channel, Spike TV and others. Mickey has also done voices for 'South Park' the TV show and video games, being one of the few people that has killed Kenny. You can also find her picture hanging on Chef's cafeteria wall as the 'Fruits are Fun' poster child.
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Episodes

S2 Tabloids: Mark works for the National Enquirer - EP. 3 of 3

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, ...

Aug 21, 202343 minSeason 2Ep. 3

S2 Tabloids: Mark works for the National Enquirer - EP. 2 of 3

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 fo...

Aug 21, 202347 minSeason 2Ep. 2

S2 Tabloids: Mark works for the National Enquirer - EP. 1 of 3

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 Inc...

Aug 21, 202359 minSeason 2Ep. 1

S1 The Last Days of David Carradine - EP. 3 of 3

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 pres...

Feb 26, 202337 minSeason 1Ep. 3

S1 The Last Days of David Carradine - EP. 2 of 3

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....

Feb 26, 202350 minSeason 1Ep. 2

S1 The Last Days of David Carradine - EP. 1 of 3

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 arti...

Feb 26, 202339 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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